(Me Playing Carmageddon)Violence is the most entertaining thing people can come up with without breaking a sweat, to think of anything else to do in movies and video games. It seems to most people video games and violence go pretty well together, so people tend to become desensitized to it (like me) and then people add more violence to the games they create and then things start getting harder ratings by the ESRB. A simple racing game for the "Nintendo 64 (Carmageddon)" was given an "M" rating because the game featured people getting run over and a little bit of blood going on the car, by hitting pedestrians this increased the time for the player so they could drive around more. In Some countries like the UK and Germany only a more censored version with green blood and Zombies were allowed to be sold.
[Me Playing GTA 3]
"In Playstation2's" "GTA 3" you could car jack people, kill police officers, have sex with prostitutes, find secret packages of cocain/marijuana, assasinate certain targets to complete the game and take amphetamines to slow down the world around you. Nobody seemed to care about anything in the game except for Police Killing. People linked a sniper shooting to this game because of the cheat you could enter which when used could blow peoples limbs off with pretty much any weapon, so police bought and played this game to test their theories on this.
(Me Playing Manhunt)
For the "Microsoft Xbox" Manhunt was a very controversial game it featured brutal ways to kill/ assasinate people and featured the use of painkillers to heal the player.It had a kill cam which recorded the way you killed the main targets and was never censored, one scene you took a baseball bat to the guys head and kept on swinging until it almost came off. You could use anything as a weapon in this game from a screwdriver to nailguns to machete's to a 50 cal SMG...(This game is fun). There are 3 levels of brutality to the game 1 being the least gory and 3 is the most. you are encouraged to do the level 3 kills because it awards you mroe points/ cash for doing this. Level one would be suffocating some one while level 3 anything goes, from brutaly stabbing in the throat to complete and utter decapitation with a crowbar.( I will let you guys use your imaginations on the other ways to kill them as there arer to many ways to list)
(Screen Shot of Manhunt 2 For Wii from IGN.COM)
The Nintendo Wii has seen the release of the new Manhunt 2 game which has been censored a little more but there is a way around it (haven't figured it out yet). They removed some kills from the game(example of a painful one - ripping someones testicles out with pliers...Ouch). The game no longer has the extreme gore kill cam, instead it has a little bit more of a hazy filter on it. Since the Wii is Motion sensitive it encourages the use of actually making the motions with your hands (for example- slitting someone's throat or stabbing someone).
People like "Jack Thompson" think that these video games are what cause school shootings / violence in general. While these are fun to play I / anyone I know have never had the urge to go out and buy a gun or stab a person for the hell of it. The people who are mentally unstable and play theses games do the school shootings and stab people for no reason. Take a look at the Columbine school shooting...people blamed it on DOOM(From id software) well it couldn't obviously have anything to do with the fact that the kids parents owned guns and bought weapons illegaly now could it? Or the fact that they were bullied for god knows how long, or the music they listened to(MDFMK, Ramstein, Orbital & The Prodigy). For the Virgina Tech Shooting the people wanted to blame it on video games. The only game he had been proven to play was sonic the hedgehog. Now correct me if i'm wrong but isn't Sonic the least violent of all games? I mean you run around a course collecting rings and at the most hopping on enemies to turn them back to their original state(chicken,bird etc..) and you reach the end of a stage you have to defeat doctor eggman by jumping on his vehicle.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Harris_and_Dylan_Klebold - Columbine Shooters
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre - The Columbine Massacre
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Tech_massacre - The Viginia Tech Massacre
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=gFVWWVSYm7o&NR=1- Link to the Columbine Movie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Thompson_%28attorney%29 Jack Thompson
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7912743/ - Positive efects of video games
Questions
1. Would Playing Violent video games make you want to kill / hurt someone?
2.Do you enjoy playing or watching people play these games?
3. What video games do you play?
Copyright of Rockstar North/ Rockstar in General (GTA 3 and MANHUNT 1&2), along with Nintendo, and SCi (for Carmaggedon), and IGN.COM for the Screen Shot of MANHUNT 2
Unreal Tournament is one of the most violent and pointless games out there but extremely fun.
33 comments:
A good start, Matt. The screen shots are excellent. I do, however, want you to do a little research and locate some articles / websites that discuss the positive / negative effects of video game play. Provide these links for your readers so that they can do some constructive research before posting. Thus far, your questions are quite individualized - remember to explore how others are affected or what others believe to be true.
Here is an example.....A new study employing state-of-the-art brain-scanning technology says that video games do make kids more violent. Read it HERE. An another article about the effects of video games can be found HERE.
How about positive effects? How about THIS article?
Remember, provide links to extra research, provide reference to it in your posts, and always provide MLA referencing in your posts.
You mention, "People like 'Jack Thompson' think that these video games are what cause school shootings / violence in general". This needs a reference. Where did you find this information. Provide some background for Jack Thompson. Who is this person? Remember to look at the personalities of school shooters to see where these ideas of video game influence come from.
Kimveer Gill, perpetrator of the violence in Montreal in 2006, was an avid player of a video game based off of the shootings in Columbine. Read it HERE.
Personally, I think the violence in video games is way too much and too real! The violence in the video games does happen in real life, on a regular bases. It does give people ideas, not all people of course, but many people do get easily influenced by something that may seem cool to them.Tragic incidents such as the columbine shooting may have been semi-influence by a game, just because it doesn't follow the games exact "path" doesn't mean that there was no influence there. So many video games today have so much violence in them, whether it be physical, verbal, etc. and with the younger generations playing them, they're still learning, and what they're learning from those games and movies and the media, isn't right, and it's teaching them the wrong thing and for some it is resulting in violence as well. The violence in the media should be cut down dramatically! Our society already has enough problems and this is just creating more.
- Kayce
this topic definitely has two sides.. in one way, some could see it as an "escape from reality". it basically gives people the roles of the "big shot" with all the money, drugs, sex, power they could ever want and allows them to get that impressive social status that they can't get in real life. this could work for older people who have already distinguised what is right from wrong. however, these games aren't only being played by the "M" audience they are targetted for. little children, who are still learning and being taught what is right and wrong are playing these! and the worst part is, many parents are supporting this and buying these video games for their young children. not to mention, even the games that are targetted for a younger audience ALLLLLL revolve around violence. even disney video games have the "hero" fighting/destroying the bad guy. so basically, we're saying it's alright to hurt others if it's to "protect" .. good one disney(Y) and another thing.. all these video games are marketed towards guys!? usually, these video games will allow you to choose one out of 48932984832 male characters, and they throw in the odd one female character that you can choose. there are hardly video games any that are made for girls, and if they are made for girls, they follow "girly" stereotypes that we have been trying to break for years now.
Video games bring people into a completely different world and some people get so into the games that they don't even know how long they have been playing them. I honestly think that there are way too many games with violence in them and how violent some games can get is just crazy. I'm sure these games don't influence many people to do the real thing but it could happen. Someone could think these games are real and it could result in many tragic incidents. My younger brother plays the game "Halo", I'm sure many people know what that is, and he spends hours, sometimes a whole day playing it. And all this game is, really, is killing people. I personally do not understand how someone can just sit for hours playing a game like this and it could influence a person to commit a wrongful act. And the new manhunt 2 game for nintendo wii that actually lets you do the hand motion of stabbing someone is something i definitely disagree with. But there is also another side to this, many people say, it's just a game it can't harm anyone, which is true, but I don't know if I completely agree.
1) no i wouldn't want to kill someone after playing a game like the ones u mentioned
2)Yes i like to play these types of games
3) I played Halo 2...if it counts, there was 007 (DONT REMEMBER WHICH ONE, scarface, Grand theft auto
Sonic Heros and killing do not go together. I liked how you found that because it helped me understand that it wasnt violent games that made him do what he did. Thanks =]
Tanja has a good point about the games being somewhat of an escape from reality, because I've used that tactic before, and it helped me. The problem with doing this is, not everyone is as mentally stable as we wish for them to be, some people may feel the urge to kill from a game such as GTA or Manhunt, or some people might want to kill others by jumping on their heads from playing Mario. The point is, violence can spawn from anything, removing it from video games might help a little bit, but it would in no way remove violence from society, violence is a natural behaviour, and though a video game may fuel this, what's to say nothing else will, violence can spawn from any other media, friends, family, or anything else that surrounds a person, like Matt said, The guy who killed all those people in Virginia Tech, the most brutal school shooting of our generation, played Sonic the Hedgehog, a game in which a very animated hedgehog jumps and rolls to attack, so can you blame a game like that for killing 32 people? not in my opinion
-DP
I strongly agree with David. Sonic the Hedgehog cannot possibly be blamed for the Virgina Tech Shooting. Every single Sonic game has only small amounts of violence. Jumping on robots would not make someone want to kill others. Even Shadow the Hedgehog isn't that bad, but there are guns in it. People tend to look down on video games and do not consider other possibilities for crime.
I think that television violence has greater influence than video game violence. Television violence, with the exceptions of cartoons and anime, involve real people murdering others. Since the viewer is also a real person they might think that everything on TV happens all the time and go out to murder someone.
Anyways, violent video games would never make me want to hurt someone. It is just purely entertainment. I do enjoy playing some violent games, but I dislike gore. Mostly the types of video games I play are RPGs and Action/Adventure. Those games are often violent, but contain no gore or minimal amounts. FPSs contain the most violence and gore. Those are the types of games that are designed to be more realistic which is something I dislike. I believe that the more realistic something is, the more likely it is to affect someone.
violence is violence. if its sonic the hedge hog jumping on a robot its still physical harm. Video game violence may not be the top cause for violence but it isnt helping the situation. the manhunt 2 game for wii is incredible. its incredible that it actually exists, that people actually play it. whats the diffrence between having the contoler in your hand than a knife? The movements are so realistic, its like parctice for a killer. i understand most people wouldnt want to kill someone after playing a violent game, but then there are some who would. Its like listenng to music with swear words, if you listen to it often enough you most likely will start swearing more.
so if you play violent games couldn't you become more violent?
I disagree with Briar. You have to have some level of tolerance or you'd just isolate yourself from the rest of the world because violence exists MUCH more on TV, the Internet and in reality than in most video games. If you can't tolerate any violence then that means, no Internet, no television and no reading anything either.
I don't think that's the problem in society. I believe that the problem is that we have too much violence. Manhunt, as a lot of people has mentioned is an extremely gory game. I'm glad they had to censor it. If a video game ever made someone violent, it would mean that the person was already having problems before. I doubt that someone with no anger problems at all would be affected by any video game.
Video Games Do Not Cause Aggression
Here's something I found.
oh please i do not agree with that at all.. we are mentally stable enough to know what is right from wrong.. sonic the hedgehog is not going to influence murder .. on a mentally stable person..
BUT, then turn the tables onto someone who isn't mentally stable.. or a young child.. these people's brains are not developed enough to distinguish right from wrong.. and these games CAN influence them to do this is in real life.
if it's SOOOOO fun... what's telling them it's not fun in real life? everytihng starts somewhere.. and this is the first building block
and what i pointed out.. about parents not checking labels, isn't just a guess.. look at these statistics:
- Ninety per cent of teens say their parents "never" check the ratings before allowing them to rent or buy video games. Eight per cent say their parents "rarely" check the rating. Only one per cent of teens said their parents had ever kept them from getting a game because of its rating.
also, the violence factor is ENJOYED in games.. that's why they keep being made. for example, here is another statistic
- The average teen likes a moderate amount of violence in their video games (roughly 5 on a scale of 1 to 10). Among boys only, the average teen likes a fair amount of violence (7 on a scale of 1 to 10).
so.. now we know that a) parents really don't set limits WHATSOEVER on what their children are playing.. and that people LIKE violence in their video games.. those have the potential to be the perfect ingredients for crime to increase.
* both statistics from http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/research_documents/statistics/videogames/video_game_content.cfm
Briar makes a pretty good point, but it's not entirely true, in Resident Evil 4 for the Wii, you slash people with your knife, but it doesn't make me want to go out and actually do it in real life, the people that do these things to real people are already twisted to begin with, video games or not, something would make them commit these violent acts sooner or later, all removing game violence will do is reduce sales for these companies, so it won't happen either way
-DP
This exact topic was discussed in my drama class during a self expression exercise where we discussed and argued about sensitive subjects like this that create major debate. So I already have an idea of how I feel about this subject. Though I do agree that the high intensity violence in video games doesn't prove to be a good influence on children or mentally unstable people, I don't believe they are to blame for real tragedies such as Virginia Tech.
In my opinion, blaming incidents such a these on violent video games seems to be a really convienent way to hide the fact that no one really has the real reason as to why these shootings happened in the first place. Seems that this could be included as a stereotype. Mr. Puley has mentioned in class before that the gunmen in many shootings were noted for having tattoos. Does this mean people who have gotten tattoos, or who play mature video games are potentially dangerous. I guess we should all keep an eye on the millions of people who purchase and play these games daily. Isn't nearly everyone a potential threat then?
After reading the posts made by various people, I have come to the conclusion that these games have some effect on people. Like Dave said, someone who plays video games may want to go out and try and kill someone by jumping on their head, although I think that strongly unlikely.. but who am I to say that Mario and Sonic can't drive someone to go jump on someone elses head? Being a fan of Video Game Violence for most of my life, playing games like Mortal Kombat, or even James Bond games has not effected me in any way that would give me the urge to go out and actually try a 'fatality' on someone, or go buy a gun and shoot down someone or people in general. I can see how this may drive someone to go and shoot someone else, though. Like Tanja said, it's an escape from reality and gives one the ability to do things that aren't legal, or even humaly possible, for that matter, but how do we know that these people who massacre schools and shoot people and blame video game violence are actually BACK to reality? They may be in their own video game violent world, and figure why not go do it out there, it would be even MORE fun than sitting here and doing it, and go out and kill someone in the real world, not thinking that what they're doing is anything different than what they were doing previously.
Also, referring back to what Briar said, that if you play more violent video games, you could become more violent... this, I think, is false. It is very true, some people who have 'something wrong upstairs', so to speak, COULD very well become more violent, but most people who the games are geared towards have the mind enough to know whats right and wrong, as Tanja has pointed out. Now, if I may say so myself, I have been playing violent video games since I can remember (First video games played were Super Mario RPG: Legend of the 7 stars, where Mario hits Goombas and Baddies with a big hammer, and Mortal Kombat 3, most violent video game I can remember from childhood =}) and, heres the 'if I may say so myself' part, I think, not to be mean in any way, that I am one of the most caring, nice, gentile and overall friendly person I know.
So, Recap:
Violence in Video games is becoming more and more over-the-top: True, but also anyone in their right mind wouldn't go out and actually kill someone.
Video Game Violence gives people a chance to do something illegal and get away with it: True, but to the extent that they know Reality from Fiction.
and Finally...
Vindeo Game Violence causes people to become more violent: My belief here is False, some people who DO become violent should not be playing these games, because they are in no right state to know when fun stops, and where the hurt begins.
~Nickie
I 100% agree with Tanja,just because the majority of you are claiming that you wouldn't go out and kill or fight osmeone the way you see it in a video game doesn't mean some people wouldn't. Think of all the children in the world that do have access to these games, now i would blame the parents for getting them these video games but still, they don't know any better. Especially the one's with mental disorders. It really depends on the society they live in as well if they are used to violence in the streets then the violence thats in video games will probably even have a greater effect on them because they use it as a source of entertainment, but also a learning resource which they can carry out.
Video game violence is officially out of control. There is no denying it. Like Matt said, “you could car jack people, kill police officers, have sex with prostitutes and find secret packages of cocaine/marijuana” in certain games. If all of these things are considered illegal in real life, how is it ok to turn on your TV and “pretend” to do these immoral acts?
Rather than having games where you can be the police officer and try to prevent situations like these, companies are encouraging the complete opposite. People have become addicted to being the bad guy and in my opinion this is a huge problem.
I don’t think someone would go out on the street and slice someone’s head off just because they did it in a video game. However, I do believe the repetition of playing aggressive games like these lead to a person subconsciously becoming more violent and angry inside.
I agree with tanja when she says children are being exposed to these violent games even when they are not targeted towards them. What is stopping an immature parent or sibling to go out and buy a young child (even of 10-15 years of age) a game like this? Nothing! and that is the problem. Children are exposed to enough violence as it is, they don’t need games like these to teach them anything else!
I might as well answer these questions, since i'm so angainst this stuff anyway.
1. Would Playing Violent video games make you want to kill / hurt someone?
No, not myself in particular but thats only cause i know whats real and what isn't but some people are not as fortunate.
2.Do you enjoy playing or watching people play these games?
It doesn't really affect me but I know if I had kids, I wouldnt let them play those games until they are able to make their own decisions and judgements.
3. What video games do you play?
None.
I think you guys should look at THIS
new article , but its not much different from the point i tried to make in my previous post.
These games including an excessive amount of violence already show the buyer that the game includes all of this by giving it a "Mature" rating. Those who are capable of buying it themselves should already know that this is video game violence and it should not be brought into the real world. Those buying it for their kids, especially of the younger generation should be a lot more cautious as their kids probably do not know any better and might learn the wrong things (Violence is okay and common in today's society).
Unfortunatly, 90% of parents do not check the rating before they buy it for their kids, which is just lazy and most likely just spoiling their kids. I'd probably consider myself spoiled but if i were to ask for a game like manhunt or even grand theft auto I would probably get questioned about why I want it.
Playing video games would not make me want to hurt someone as I never played these games when I was younger, and by now I know better that they are just for fun and it's not giving the right message.
Neither playing, or watching these video games excite me. I feel that experiencing the game for yourself, or being there and taking part of it are the same thing, and I really have no interest in either.
I don't play video games anymore, but when I did it was all about the Madden and the NHL. (I have an overwhelming passion for sports..and these were the only games I was capable of beating....)
2008 SUPER BOWL CHAMPS(L)
brandon i agree with some aspects of your comment but some i dont, your not interacting with tv tho. video games you interact with it. so its different. and im not saying evryone that plays violent video games will kill or hurt someone, im saying it isnt helping. like what message is it giving, its like its okay to hurt someone. and the people who are unsatble, who could possibly kill someone PLAY THESE GAMES!
i was watching the news, bout a year ago, and it said that a man had killed a police officer (he had no motive to kill him either) But it was belived that the video game gave him te idea to do it. cops reviewed the video game and one of the things you had to do was kill a cop. how the man killed the officer in real life was the same way you killed the officer in the game. i dont think this is a coincidence.
after playing these games so many times they may get bored of the amount of violence and want more. the games are becoming more real showing more gore. so what happens when people want more and more violence. its just going to escalade become more real from here.
Video games are not the reason for violence in society.Video games are just there to entertain us and to use our imagination.There are many type of video games out there such as sports,daily life(ex.SIMS) and the most controversial of all are the violent videos games. Among them all, the most selling is the violent video games.
http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20070927/4827/
Halo set a record in sales.Halo also has alot of violence in it from personal experience.As a frequint vedo game buyer, i have never acted out a scene in a video game unless it was sports related such as NBA live. I kno wats right and wrong. And video games do not persuade people to go jack a car or shoot up a town. All thos shootings like columbine,virginia tech were emotional acts from being bullied to getting you heart broken. Even the most popular game in the world, Mario is violent. But there has yet to be case of a person playing Mario and then after jumping on people. You never see that happen.People are quick to point out either video games,movies or music for the reason of shooting.What ever happened to being just "insaine".
This comment is in retrospect to what mostly everyone is saying about the rating system / ESRB (Entertainment Software Rating Board). They do rate games accordingly to the amount of content they have. Back in the day of N64 Golden Eye 007 was rated perfectly for the little amount of blood it showed. nowadays the ESRB is pushing it's limit with the rating system so developers get to distribute their games. I remember way back when my parents used to have strict rules on what i played the only games i could play were the ones rated for everyone(Really Long Time Ago)but when i was at my friends houses we would play Doom and Duke Nukem and golden eye and perfect dark etc.. behind my parents back so i kinda made myself get desensitized to it and i knew back then that what i was playing wasn't real and never would be. Most kids are exposed to violence earlier if they have older siblings becuase of the stuff they watch / play. My six year old brother plays Grand Theft Auto Vice City and he knows the difference between reality and fake. although he says he want's to blow me up with a rocket launcher when he gets mad and then he goes i'm kidding i know i can't do that (i've taught him the difference between reality and fake in a way that a kid would understand) i told him what happens if you run people over or shoot them and he understands it perfectly, he knows not to do that but some people out there who buy games for younger people don't ask them questions or answer them and that is what probably makes them more suceptable to more violent behaviour. I have never asked a single question about the violence in video games when i was younger because my parents explained to me that it's not real when i was about 3 or so i watched and played mortal kombat and i asked what this is about and i got answered.
Matt i definitely agree with a lot that you're saying, but it doesn't mean that everyone thinks the same way when playing these games. I found that "Children are more likely to imitate the actions of a character with whom they identify. In violent video games the player is often required to take the point of view of the shooter or perpetrator."
http://culturalpolicy.uchicago.edu/conf2001/papers/walsh.html
that definitely doesn't mean all children are that way but it just shows that there is a possibility. And like briar said it could escalade to a more serious level of violence. I'm not against violence in video games but I'm not for it either.
I completely agree with briar about today's video games players becoming immune to the amount of violence being added into video games. Like a drug almost, it is essential to increase the amounts of violence and gore to keep entertained, or stuff you've already seen will seem "same old, same old" and have no affect on your interest. So basically, when is enough enough? Does it really take someone to produce a game where you can play as a Nazi in the Holocaust to sa that video games violence and gore has gone too far?
This site I found lists its idea of the top five most violnt video games, from the early Motal Combat to todays Manhunt.
And it's no surprise the brand new Manhunt 2 just barely made it to U.S. shelves after being banned twice in Britian.
Creating games like this is risky and can get into the hands of anyone, including young children and you'll never know what kind of influence it will have on an individual. In my opinion, I would be hesitant on allowing my own children to play games like these one day, and in fact, im not really keen on my kids having a "Grand Theft childhood." Would you really want them to grow up knowing at a young age about how horrible and violent our world can really be, and it's not the knowing about it that scares me, its that they can nearly live the experience, and though it may be "harmless fun", i dont think all players realize the real consiquences, pain and loss involved in a real mass shooting in San Andres, after stealing a car, selling some drug and having sex with some random girl off the street.
http://www.alistoflists.com/technology-internet/5-most-violent-video-games
forgot to add the link
i just added a vid of me playing unreal tournament 2004 on my blog so watch it and see what it's about...sorry for no sound (sound capture ddin't work) and the lagginess of it (i had 10 other programs running in the background)
Some day’s when I wake up in the morning and flip through channels, I end up coming across a news channel which showed a taxi driver getting killed Downtown Toronto in a motor vehicle accident. That’s not it, there is more to it, and this innocent individual lost his life in the matter of seconds. The man left his house on a normal day to work like any other individual, but what he did not realize was that he was not returning home that night. The accident occurred during the night, the reason of this accident was the influence of a video game on teenagers labelled “Need for Speed Underground 2”. These two kids were playing foolish on the streets of Toronto and racing other cars, incidentally they ended up crashing into an innocent’s car. That is one example that shows that video games of any type have a significant impact on kids, whether they include violence, sex, or drugs. All these show only one perspective of non humanity as video games are fiction, possessing a few non-fiction characteristics. Not every individual in today’s society are fully mature, and after viewing such explicit material on television it is evident that these individuals have the courage to get out on the street and repeat these actions without knowing the true consequences. No, playing violent video games would not want to make me want to kill any individual because I am mature enough to realize that something like this could have a drastic impact on my life and take away all the freedom I posses within the matter of seconds. Furthermore, after seeing such incidents occurring on national televisions, I believe I have the ability to make appropriate decisions and separate my real life from video games and its influences. I personally have no desire in watching people playing these video games however, if these individuals know the wrongs and rights they should have the full illegibility to do as they please. I am not an individual which enjoys playing video games unless it is with my younger brother, and those video games which I let him play are usually like adventure ones, for example “Mario Party”.
Im understanding here, that more people are agreeing to video violence as "too much" and it's "out of control" but like Matt said above, there ARE ratings. People are warned before they even play what they are in for. So to people saying .."well children will do as they see" ..yes thats true...i guess..BUT the parents shouldn't let the kid play the violent, stabbing in the neck, blood splatter games anyways! and if they do, then, that's their perogative.
Here's another way of thinking of the video games. I learned in anthro class with Mr staples (ha) that people dream out of the ordinary things so they can get it off their chest.(example:deaths, stealing a car, things you wouldnt do in real life because you know it is wrong)Maybe its the same way for the violent games. People get real frustration out while they are playing the games, instead of taking real frustration out in real life. Maybe it cools people down and makes them LESS violent?
just a theory.
I don't know if were actually supposed to answer these but -- i will.
1. Would Playing Violent video games make you want to kill / hurt someone?
haha noo i highly doubt. Unless i was joking or something.
2.Do you enjoy playing or watching people play these games?
Actually yes, it's kind of amusing/humourous.
3. What video games do you play?
only the best! old school super nintendo.
- zelda & mario(L)
woot mario and zelda..lol
Lawrence, I see what you’re getting at about the whole rating system of video games. I discovered that a video game with an M rating is to not be bought by anyone under 17(Artist not available. Mature Ratings: Game Spot. 01 April, 2008. gamespot.com). However, my fourteen year old brother had no problem buying an M rated video game a few months ago. This just proves that although violent video games have age restrictions, stores are not enforcing any rules. I completely agree with the age limitation, but what is the point if no one takes it seriously?
I completely agree with Briar and Jessica. The violence in video games will continue to get worse and worse until something horrible (like Jessica’s example of the holocaust) is invented. Do we really want something so serious and horrific available for people to play in front of their TVs?
Yes, Lauren is correct about the video game rating and how younger kids are getting their hands on in appropriate material. This has a very negative effect on these children as they are growing up and their minds are also growing and they are adapting to the things around them. Video games which consist of violence and drugs will obviously make these kids believe that all this stuff is appropriate for them to do. Therefore, it is evident and all fingers point towards the media and tell us that we are always going to be exposed to such behaviour, also that we need to keep our children close so they aren’t exposed to such posture at a very infant age.
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