Effects Debates
Warning - inappropriate language - sexual content - violence
Violence - In video games is very common and it seems that the current generation are portraying this violence all the more. This means that violence generated from video games has grew, meaning more violent acts are taking place due to video games being more violent. However, past video games are known to be more violent than video games today such as "The Punisher" for PS2. An example of violence caused due to video games is of the 8 year old boy, who gunned down his grandmother as she sat watching TV. The boy decided to shoot his grandmother After playing Grand theft auto IV.
I don't believe that the video game encouraged him to do this as after police did research, the boy was known for having psychological problems meaning other issues apart from the video game may have triggered him to commit murder. Other believe the video game caused this considering that in the game GTA IV, violence is portrayed wildly.
GTA IV
Explicit sexual content - Is used in many video games, and it seems that games have started to add sexual content more to games such as Grand theft auto V, Red Dead Redemption, Mass Effect 1. The main problems of sexual content is that considering most games with sexual content are Rated 18, thousands of people who are maybe just 14, still manage to get the game, and play it. This means many young gamers will then see sexual content in which they shouldn't see.
On Mass Effect 1 sex scenes are shown in full nudity, In GTA V prostitutes are added to the game in which you can pay to have sex with, and in Red Dead there also is prostitutes and a mission which portrays a sex scene. I do believe sexual content is a problem as younger gamers will then see things in which they shouldn't. However company's like Rockstar have added a Rating of 18, implying that sexual content and violence is added, This means the company's have done all they could, but parents could maybe to better by banning the younger people e.g. their kids from adult based games.
GTA V
Abusive/inappropriate language - is added in many video games. It is usually added to dramatize the game and create tension for players. In some scenarios, video games have this added to them to create a funny side to it e.g. the character Trevor Phillips from GTA V. This character is well known for being mental and swearing a lot, but people laugh at this as they find him insane/laughable.
Even video games that are very old and from the PlayStation 2 have implied abusive and inappropriate language such as Tony Montana from the game Scarface, and CJ from grand theft auto sanandreas. I believe the inappropriate language is a problem yet again for young players, but the games company's have set warnings such as Ratings on these type of games, yet again leaving the responsibility up to parents and family.
Addiction - Is linked into video games, and also looked into and reviewed - debated. Many people complain and explain that people do get addicted to video games, meaning that they get violent when taken away from the Console, PC etc. Also this means the people addicted will play the game for long hours making them tired and even unhealthy.
An example of this a man known as Boogie 2988, who spends over $380 on the game Candy crush. He is addicted to this game which leads to spend all of his valuable money. From this he gets angry and starts arguing with his girlfriend. Later you see him smash open a piggy bank as there is hardly no money in it. I believe video games do cause addiction, making people angry and aggressive. This is a problem because violence is being generated from the addiction to video games.
Stereotyping and representation - is linked with video games as stereotyping has been portrayed through video games vastly. An example of this is that in the game GTA sanadreas, black people are shown in gangs along with Mexicans basically implying that it is mostly black people and Mexicans who are in gangs and causing trouble.
Also in the GTA series many woman are shown as prostitutes implying that it is mostly woman that are the prostitutes. Furthermore, In the GTA series, there are many fat people added to the game showing that in the United States, many people are fat and unhealthy. I think this is a problem as many people will argue to defend their race, personality etc. From this, violence could be caused from the anger created by this.
GTA sanandreas
GTA IV
GTA IV
Censorship - is used in the video games industry vastly. This is to save young viewers seeing violence in which they shouldn't, and to cut down violence in video games. An example of this is of the game "Left for Dead". In the USA and the UK, the game seemed very gory and vicious. However in Australia, they decided to take the gore out of the game leaving little splashes of blood now and then. They did this as they seen the game as too violent.
I think that this was not the right choice, as the game would maybe rip people off as they would be paying for the original game and getting a modified game with less effects added.
From studying many effects/debates, from violence to addiction, I have seen many different point of views and then explained what I believed was right. This is open to many different ideas and even point of views and its just about what people believe and think is right or wrong.
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