Video game controversies

Press Start to Continue: An Argument for Video Games Video games and their impacts have been hotly debated for a number of years, particularly violent video games. Games such as Grand Theft Auto appear to promote everything from carjacking to randomly murdering an innocent bystander just because you can, sparking debate that seems to renew itself every time a new game is released in the series. The most general form of this argument simply asks if video games are good or bad for their players. On one

Tainted Minds, Video Game to Blame? All around the world people play video games. Kids of all ages engage in fun and exciting video game adventures, but at what price? Are these kids’ minds forever ruined with the action violence they see in video games? Or can simple guidance steer them away from the path that so many experts believe is unavoidable? Video games that show action violence will cause children to act out those actions, false. Video games do not push kids to act different ways. If

In the article Violent Video Games Do Not Cause Violence, Eric Kain gives various reasoning and evidence to support the directly worded title, as well as general info on the topic itself. The main issue with the argument that games cause violence is that strong, undeniable evidence has not been found. Though the University of Georgia claims to have shown that increased aggression can be reflected by arcade game use in 1984, the next year the Albert Einstein College of Medicine used similar sampling

and if the banning of games solely in Australia is justified has affected the gaming community enormously; being debated over for countless years. Those invested in gaming will try multiple tactics to get around the unlawful status of what both console and computer gaming has inherited. They will do anything from burning disks, to pirating full games; and the fact that these individuals have to fight for something which is readily available elsewhere is ludicrous. Violent games in particular are being

violent video games truly be a cause of real violence in our adolescents? Can they really lead to such terrible tragedies and massacres like the one at Columbine high school? That is exactly what writer John Leo is suggesting in his essay, “When Life Imitates Video.” He starts us off here by pointing out the similarities between the actions taken during the Littleton massacre and the events of video games like the two shooters often played; and he criticizes the plethora of shooting games available

From the World Wide Web, to cell phones, music, movies and video games the human race has thought of any and everything to keep us entertained. Over the years studies have shown reasonable concerns regarding the long-term effects of video games. These games can desensitize gamers to real life violence, which is usually seen in the younger crowd. The studies especially hit on the games containing player-on-player violence. Though these games are extremely entertaining and can get kids to settle down

exactly a violent videogame changes people in a negative way. It was said that there is an increase in aggression in individuals who play games, but there is no sign that it increased violence and crime to that person. This means that the people playing the games will have somewhat of a “hard” personality. For example, when these aggressed behaved kids play a game of football, they would rather play tackle football than flag or two hand touch football, but this doesn’t mean if they are actually playing

Games with simulated violence: diverting or perilous? Ask almost any teenager today, and they will say that either they or their friends play some kind of simulated violent game. Also in this day in age, we are seeing increasingly more school shootings and massacres than ever before. So, are these two things connected? Are these violent games more harmful than they seem? Well, after reading Shoot-out by Guy Martin and other articles, it can be concluded that simulated violent games are overall more

Valle Violent video games are the main causes of mass shootings in the U.S. Over the years as technology gets better we have more video games coming out leading to more shootings occurring around the world. For this reason teenagers are protesting about gun violence. Not only does it bring more violence, but it brings issues and behavior problems too. Moreover, many kids deal with violence and can’t control it. As a result of having issues with violence some people play video games to let their violence

I created an album cover for the original soundtracks of the game: New DanganRonpa V3. An album which contains all the soundtracks used in the game. This is a mystery game based around high school students who are trapped in a school setting. In order to escape, students must murder each other and lie through a debate without getting caught by the rest. The design of this game is inspired by the infamous psychological horror film, Saw. The design is largely made up of a colour that’s close to magenta