Tuesday, March 3, 2015

How I see Violence

The first video in the series "Don't Hug me I'm scared" has a pretty good message. Everyone is creative, but some people's creativity is more obscure than others. Does this make them weird, or abnormal, or "funny"? To me, the answer is no. Their creativity is so imaginative, and so out there, that not everyone can even comprehend what it even means. This is when people start to think "Hey, I don't get that, and it had some pretty horrific images. It's violent!" Some of that stuff in the video was pretty horrific, but the point was every one gets creative in different ways.

This is also the case in video games. Now, I may be very very biased towards this, but I don't think violent games make people violent. I believe there is a number of reasons as to why someone is violent, and plays violent video games. For instance, sometimes people get so stressed from the real world that they need some kind of out let to relieve their stress. So they play video games... and it sometimes happen that they play violent video games. Also, children should not being playing violent video games. That's why there is a rating system. "But what makes a video game violent?", you may ask? Guns? Zombies? Killing? Well, yes, those things can be violent. But it's the way the game interprets guns, zombies, and the way you kill in the game. For instance, the video game "Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare" incorporates all of the above. But, in a non violent way. Sure, you are killing, but you are killing plants and zombies (Not another human.), and it's not graphic. I think its an appropriate game for all ages. Children should not be playing Grand Theft Auto, Call of Duty, and they definitely should not be play Dying Light. So, parents, please monitor what your children play. It's not their fault, it's not the video game's fault, it's your fault for giving your child a game that was not meant for them.

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