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I think that free speech should cover video games as well. That same parent will even turn around and attack the video game companies for putting out a violent game, when it was their own ignorance that placed it into the hands of their child If we put an "Adults Only" tag on a video game, but then the parent still goes out and buys it for their child, or the store clerk still sells it to a minor, nobody turns and yells at the parent, or fires the store clerk. There is no "magic system" that will automatically keep mature games out of the hands of kids. Is the self-imposed rating system for video games enough? Is the ESRB working? What is the relevance of a rating system for video games if the powers that be will black-list certain games because of their graphic content?Īs with any rating system, it's only as good as the people who enforce it. People will find any reason they can get their hands on to shift possible blame off of themselves. From pulp horror, graphic novels, to movies, music and television is this part of a cycle? I think that violence is violence, and that if someone doesn't have the capacity to differentiate between real life and fiction, that they have a problem that precedes their exposure to violence in the media.ĭifferent mediums, as they've come along, have had their share of controversy. If you had a bad day at work, better to come home and let loose in a video game than to let loose on your friends and relatives.ĭo you think the interactivity of game violence makes it different than violence on television, which is passive? And I also feel that it is a healthy way to relieve some natural stress and aggression, in the same way a punching bag would be.
It allows you to be someone else, to go on adventures and experiences that you would never be able to do on your own, and to do some from the comfort and safety of your own home. Gaming absolutely is escapism, in the exact same way that a book is. In my profession I have met thousands and thousands of gamers, all of whom have played the same type of violent video games that I have, and we've managed not to kill each other.
I think that if someone plays a video game, and then goes out and harms another human being, or themselves because of what they just saw in the video game, they were screwed up in the head long before they got their hands on a controller. Is there a correlation between playing violent video games and acting in a violent manner? Parents either teach it to their kids the right way, or ignore their kids and let television and video games do it for them. But this is the case with everything growing up.
I'm sure that males are more prone to aggression than females, and younger people may not have the life experience necessary to properly differentiate between right and wrong. I think it may seem like more just because the ones that are in any way related to a video game get so much publicity, it gives us the impression that it's a constant issue, an epidemic even.ĭoes age or sex play a factor in violent, aggressive behavior? How many hate or violent crimes would you say are linked to or directly related to violence in video games?
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