It is the year 2008 and technology is thriving every second as we speak. Many people such as the older generation, seem to think that video games are starting to become more realistic and believe that it will come about in to reality if these "Kids" keep on playing these "violent" games. Video games these days are definitely much more realistic and are getting much more entertaining as time moves on. Also, games these days incorporate weapons that are actually used in the military and the public seems to think that this is a problem. When school shootings or violent crimes take place by young teenagers, the public seems to always be blaming the media and video game industries. I believe that video games have no role on these teenagers who commit these acts and crimes. A example would have to be the Columbine shooting. I watched a special on the columbine shooting and also the Movie bowling for Columbine. Many people blamed the media and the video game industry for all of this. But I believe the only people that should be blamed would have to be the parents. They were able to make pipe bombs in their rooms as their parent's rooms resided about 6 feet away from them. Also, it is obvious that their parents were never there for them. You know that they had problems when their plan was to shoot everyone in the school and then commit suicide. What video game promotes acts like this? The point of 99.9 percent of all video games is to stay alive if anything. (not supporting the idea that their supposed to kill the students and run..i'm just saying...). You must admit, all this was acting out of anger and rebelling. These kids were confused and no one was ever there to tell them from right or wrong, these kids roamed free angerily with no special attention (Bowling for Columbine). There were no parents around to observe what these teenagers were doing and that was the cause of these violent crimes. I believe generally that all adolescent crimes has to do with the parents and how they raise their child. I myself have played video games my whole life. I now have random knowledge on new words I never use. I also learned to type at a fast rate at the age of 13 because of PC games. Typing fast helped me to write my 7 page english essays that was due in 2 hours. I was raised to know what is right and wrong, and I obviously know not to go around killing people in our reality just because I kill people in a fake virtual reality world. I feel that video game industries and the media are always being frowned upon because the public has no one else to blame. If you want to blame someone, why not blame George Bush and CNN??? They show video clips of the military attacking and killing "Insurgents" with missiles and "M4 carbine rifles"(standard issue weapon of a marine) and make heroes and decorate these soldiers. Wouldn't that mean CNN and George Bush would also be the cause of all this too??? And that is defintely reality, not virtual reality. Video games only get better so you have to spend more money, and you spend more money because it is much more realistic and thats where all your money goes. What if computers only get slower as time goes by, that would go for the same concept as video games. It is the nature of the companies, to make games better and more realistic. No parent deserves to be a parent if you somehow managed to let your children think that video game is a reality and it should be imitated in our reality. So I ask...Are video games the problem to our reality of the adolescent crimes? Are video games starting to enter our reality? My obvious answer would have to be NO.
-I know that there are about one million ways to argue this topic, so feel free to argue with me!
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I would have to partially argue with you on that haha. To an extent, I believe video games play a role on influence the recent acts of violence on school campuses. It does not necessarily become the ONLY reason why a student would go on a shooting rampage, but it definitely becomes a sort of conditioning for them. In a virtual reality where one is able to portray themselves as a murderer, they become more desensitized to the outcomes. Although the game isn't real, it becomes the simulation. We suddenly have this power to shoot down people, watch them bleed to death, and even hear them. How could this not contribute in a sense to the actions of violence? Video games, however, are not the only factor that become a part of this desensitization. The movies and tv shows portray stories and events that films of the 1950's never dared to touch upon. I think the media likes to poke the blame on games, but, to me, it is only one of many influences within our society.
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