Wednesday, April 4, 2012

This should be the least of our worries...




            The “You Decide” interactive presentation was very well put together and laid out the information in a non-biased way explaining both sides of the argument. The argument at hand is the controversy over the depiction of violence in the medium of video games at the boundary between art and pop culture. I chose to do this assignment on my own; not that I want to exclude any other opinion I just prefer to work on my own. I wasn’t going through this site observing new information any way, and the site itself was using quotes and images over 10 years old. However making the decisions wasn’t at all difficult, I went through the experience with a good amount of prior knowledge. In the end it was a fairly easy choice that didn’t require any more thought. My final decision was that the video game image was perfectly fine to display on the homepage. The image was purely intended to promote a video game, and shouldn’t be viewed as a spark for someone waiting to go postal.

            I do view video games as artwork, and that concept has just been snowballing over the past few years as technology has been rapidly evolving. Games today have the capabilities to entertain you and draw you into a plot the same way a cinematic blockbuster would. One of the biggest reasons why I don’t consider video game violence an issue is because I don’t find the content or images offensive; because none of its real, it’s just a game. From the beginning of the presentation I knew where I stood on the matter and when it was over it didn’t change. I still think it’s a big waste of time to make a big deal out video game violence. Violence has always existed and it will always exist, and for just about as long as it’s been around it has been a way of entertainment also. From cave drawings to the movies we watch today violence has and will always keep us entertained. Therefore I can’t see why these outlets for aggression wouldn’t be socially acceptable or why video games should be any different. There are bigger problems to worry about.

1 comment:

  1. My son often says the same thing. I think most people very clearly see the difference between video game violence and real life violence. Most people play these games and never do a violent act. It makes you wonder just what it is that sends those few random individuals to extreme acts.

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