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I feel like video games, mainly the violent and shooting ones, are evil. Why are they teaching kids so much violence? From supposed christian gaming companies even.
I read a study that analyzed the brain's reactions to different forms of "violence". Participants were shown real violence, played violent video games, watched simulated violence with real people, and watched animated violence. During this, the researchers scanned the brain to see which areas lit up. Surprisingly enough, the brain can distinguish between real and fake. The video games and fake violence lit up different areas in the brain than the areas that lit up when real violence was shown. So, there is no correlation between violent shows or video games and true violence.
Side note, but when people say shooters teach kids to use guns and kill people, how come people don't play Minecraft and decide, "I want to go out into the forest and punch some trees, use the wood and make tools, go dig and get resources and build some cool stuff and hopefully not get attacked by creepers"?
@morningstar2651, Couldn't have said it better. I've been gaming my whole life, and I've never felt the least bit like I've been taught violence. I particularly agree with the realism part. Most of the time I don't like games like that, except maybe the racing game like Gran Turismo.
Side note, but when people say shooters teach kids to use guns and kill people, how come people don't play Minecraft and decide, "I want to go out into the forest and punch some trees, use the wood and make tools, go dig and get resources and build some cool stuff and hopefully not get attacked by creepers"?
Can you name some evil games and explain why they are evil?Video games that are evil are usually the ones rated M & above. Other than that, the others are usually fine.
I have yet to learn how to field-strip an AK-47 or learn how to unjam an M4 carbine from a video game.
You have a right to your opinion, and I have a right to believe you're incorrect, which I do.
There are reasons video games have ratings. You can't even buy many games without proof of age, however, I grew up playing violent video games and I'm a pretty peaceful person by nature.
I think if it was a game that taught you the satanic bible, and how to perform blood rituals. it might be evil. Slaying dragons, fighting fake wars, not so sure.
Part of these quality standards involved the content guidelines. Games released for Nintendo consoles could not feature nudity, sexuality
Which I find odd, because some of the Japanese versions of the Final Fantasy games had the same dancers as the American versions, except that when they started their dances, the first thing they did was toss their clothes off (leaving only the implication of underwear).
You'd have to verify that specifically, because Nintendo has only had 3 versions of Final Fantasy games, the games are developed by Square Enix and not Nintendo, and are largely on other platforms.
Interesting! Well the linked article is from Wikipedia, but it does say:
Nintendo of America and Nintendo of Europe went further in that games released for Nintendo consoles could not feature nudity, sexuality, profanity (including racism, sexism or slurs), blood, graphic or domestic violence, drugs, political messages or religious symbols (with the exception of widely unpracticed religions, such as the Greek Pantheon).[
So it does sound like different standards for different countries (and also a timeline of when they put what level of restriction in place).
The Japanese culture is a little bit different from the US and Europe. I suppose they tailored the games a bit to the audience. I'm not entirely sure if the Playstation releases of the Japanese games kept the stripping dancers or not. I never quite finished those versions of the games (by the time I got them, I had less time to play them).
I do remember Nintendo games were much more restrictive in the early (NES and Super NES) games than were other consoles. I wanted a truer version of Mortal Kombat, so I bought a Genesis. Later those restrictions were relaxed (probably because people were buying games on other systems instead of the Nintendo versions).
I feel a bit like a video game nerd right now. And I'm OK with that.
I'm not entirely sure if the Playstation releases of the Japanese games kept the stripping dancers or not. I never quite finished those versions of the games
I do remember Nintendo games were much more restrictive in the early (NES and Super NES) games than were other consoles.
And then began "Custers Revenge" ;D
But overall games have changed with what you can put, as society changes too. But one of the biggest concerns for me is that once you see a bad event, most people (And Fox News) will blame video games such as Counter-Strike and video games in general. Well it's a bittersweet affair I suppose.
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