This news article by Mike Jaccarino, an editor for Fox News, discusses the potential threat of violence in video games and its link to mass murders by ordinary people. These ordinary people had a blurred sense of reality by playing violent video games and as a result had begun to re enact scenes of violence towards innocent people. The video games analyzed by Pssociate Professor Bartholow of University of Missouri, showed a promotion of rewards when participating in its violent nature. The article provides many example of school shootings by those who had played video games such as Mortal Kombat, Doom, Call of Duty and Counter Strike.
In my opinion, there has always been an instance where frustration seems to consume you after being overwhelmed by the varying competition in video games. Many people face this frustration and it slowly dissipates. What it comes down to however is the violence of video games. Violent video games promote disruptive behavior, sexual profanity, etc. The modern day video games we know today such as Grand Theft Auto and Call of Duty have all developed exponentially. The graphics and the characters become so realistic that you feel as if you are in the game, blurring the line between fantasy and reality. What unnerves me the most from the article by Jaccarino was the quote made by one of many mass murderers, Devin Moore. He quoted, "Life is a video game, everybody's got to die sometime". Just hearing those words shows the mental disturbance violent video games have among the youth of this generation. Moore as described in the article has had no history of violence, until he started playing Grand Theft Auto. A game that is built on the premise of killing, robbing, and manipulating people. This reoccurring trend of killings shows that there might be a link to the violence in video games and its affect on the youth. That's I have for tonight. This is Leonard Yalong, signing off!!!
My psych professor was actually talking to us about this not too long ago. Not only are we influenced by video games but media as well. My professor was saying how before a child finishes elementary school they will have seen 8,000 tv murders and 100,000 other acts of violence. It seems like violence is becoming more and more common now to which may be due to the video games.
ReplyDeleteThis topic was really trendy during 2012, I remember hearing about it on the news. It was about a teenager stealing a taxi car and he blamed it on the Grand Theft Auto game. I think this event can maybe help with your essay, although it's just stealing but it's an act created or influenced by the violent video game.
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