Sunday, October 19, 2008

Violence and Video Games

Video games are a way for people to escape everyday life and do things that would not be legal or "socially acceptable" by many people. As time goes on, video games on progress more and more. Many upgrades to graphics and gameplay have been made to "better" video games as a whole. Video games are very similar to movies in the sense of how reality can be pushed to the limit and still entertain many of its viewers. Simply shooting a duck as it flies across the screen is not that exciting to people and more actual game play was needed. In today's world, people find killing people or robbing people much more fun. Although these are things many people don't do (although many still do), it allows a way for people to experience such situations safely and enjoyably. These games are so persuasive because it draws its viewers in and entertains them. In today's society, killing people in video games is fun. People enjoy it. Why? Who knows? I personally even enjoying such games, although I would never actually kill someone. Such games should not be taken away from the market because they entertain people and may actually keep many from doing such activities that the game may portray.

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