Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Do Video Games make kids more violent?

Here is what Adam B has to say about that

http://quazen.com/games/video-games/do-video-games-promote-real-life-violence/


Interesting articles. I agree that lots of people find more fascination with the more "sinister" aspects of life. Why? Human nature i suppose. But why do some people act on those desire and others do not? Why do some people not have any desire at all? As it may be proven, some people are just born with those natural instincts and carnal desires. But can it be argued that buying your kids a game called Child's Play 3 where killing children and torturing human life is excepted and "fun"? This is where people cross the line. This is a huge reason why two ten year old boys in Britain would attack and kill a toddler. What else could initiate those horrible thoughts that lead to action. Those type of video games plant disturbing ideas into little boys or girls heads when they would be much better off playing a sports game or a race car game.

I myself am not opposed to the idea of playing video games. I do like to play video games myself. However i keep my desires under control. I don't play everyday, in fact i will play maybe an hour a week. In my eyes there is nothing wrong with that. And as people get older they can handle more violent games (i.e. Halo, or Call of Duty) If those games are played with mature adults, they can be fun and harmless.

When little kids get there hands on and play violent disturbing games is when there is a problem. Who knows what the kids are playing? The parents do! And as the parents filter more of the violent/gory games out of these kids life, I do believe there will be a substantial decrease of toddler violence in society.

3 comments:

  1. violence is my middle name. but lil kiddies are way too young to be handing out round house kicks to the face.

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  2. I totally agree with your position on video games Steven. I am a big fan of the video game's rating system here in the United States because they accurately portray the age/maturity level a child should be at to play a particular video game.
    Although, a rating on a video game box wont stop a child from playing that particular video game, which means it is the parent's duty to pay attention to the video games that their children are playing and disallow any video games that are too mature for them.

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  3. Sweet post! Very interesting.

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