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.
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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