Реферат: Violence In Games Essay Research Paper A

because of how demeaning it is calling people monkeys, but I lack a better

saying so I used it) and take dad’s shotgun to a buddy and blow him away a la

Quake. This is why games have ratings. You know, those little rectangles that

say "T" for Teen rating because of violence, gore, vulgarity or

what-not? Yes, contrary to what you might have heard, that is a rating. It means

that if parents are responsible they will not let Billy get Quake. If you happen

to have games that are not appropriate for your kids you are not out of luck.

Daggerfall has parental controls and password protection to keep your kids from

seeing the violence. Many companies do this. It’s another way moldable young

children are protected from violent games. I have one last point to make. Sen.

Lieberman finishes his press conference that bashes computer game violence. He

then takes a walk to the local theater and purchases tickets to take his

10-year-old to see Saving Private Ryan . Do find anything wrong with this

picture? He accepts violence in one form but completely denies it in another

form. Movies have ratings to protect children from violent content. They can get

away with anything and it has not really affected kids in the past. Then a new

form of expression, computer games, pops up into the picture. Now people are

saying the violence is overbearing when really they are ignoring the fact that

the everyday news has more violence than your average computer game! Take into

consideration movies and then the violence in computer games is greatly dwarfed.

Well, Joe, did I miss anything? Computer game violence does not seem to affect

people; games do have ratings, and there is already so much violence on TV and

in society that the violence in computer games is not adding too much to the

equation. I think that if you are a kid and a violent game is OK with your

parents then play that game.

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