Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Debate Feedback
OMG! THE DEBATE WAS AWESOME! GOOD JOB JESSENIA AND ASHLEY. THE WHOLE SETUP FOR THE DEBATE AND THIS WEBPAGE WAS A GREAT IDEA. THANKS MR. MORALES. I HOPE WE CAN HAVE ANOTHER INTERESTING PROJECT LIKE THIS ONE. DO YOU?
Monday, January 14, 2008
Essay
People believe that aggressive behavior is the result of playing violent video
games, that games like Call of Duty, Halo, and Grand Theft Auto are the reasons behind aggression and violence. It’s funny to blame video games for these problems because the same things we see in violent video games we hear about on the news, or read about in the newspaper or even see with our own eyes. Do I believe aggressive behavior is caused from playing violent video games? No, and I have a number of reasons why i feel this way.
The things we see in these FAKE video games are happening in the real world and not because of the games, just because there are some messed up people out there; People who don ‘t care who they hurt and most times don’t have a real reason for doing bad things. In a video game sure there is killing and stealing but it stays within the barriers of “it’s only a game”. When you hurt someone in real life then can’t just get up and go search for a life packet. Plus, some games have the objective of killing evil and not just for the heck of it. As to the aggression issue, if kids and people in general can see a violent movie or show and know that harsh aggression shouldn’t be done in real life why can’t they know the same for video games. This is now up to whether the person can tell the difference between right and wrong, not I saw it in a video games so let me go hurt someone.
Many of these “experiments” that monitor the behavioral changes after playing violent video games are fixed. Play is a voluntary activity, not something that some should be required to do, and when someone is forced to play, usually set with a specific time rate, it takes out the entertainment factor of the game and forces attentiveness. When a person is playing voluntarily at home, they can start playing the game and stop playing the game whenever they choose to and if they want to really pay attention they do it on their own. Plus a lot times these experiments are conducted in places where the lights are high, and the players are told to sit upright, but at their homes they are sitting back, relaxing and just trying to have fun and they’re not thinking in the back of their minds, of people are watching me let me show off my gaming skills. In many cases, people confuse mock aggression with real aggression. For example, a child or even an young adult pretending to do martial arts or shoot someone is different from them actually going and trying to hurt someone. Now violence isn’t only in adult rated games, we can find hints of violence in childish games too.
Kingdom Hearts rated E for Everyone, and created by Disney even has hints of violence. In the game the lead character kills creatures that have no soul or apparently inside organs because it bursts into pixie dust after getting slashed by a magic wand. Even though there is no blood and gore it still has that sense of being violent. If people really believe that a game like Kingdom Hearts, a fun fantasy game, which can be classified under somewhat violent, is going to cause a gamer to be aggressive then they have serious mental problems. This just proves that if you look at Kingdom Hearts and say to yourself this GAME is simply for entertainment, then you can look at a game like Resident Evil and say the same thing.
Then of course we have the idea that violent video games corrupt the minds of young children and cause them to be aggressive but that’s a whole different story. First off, the ESRB rating system helps to determine what age group is appropriate to play that certain game. For example there’s eC for Early Childhood, E for Everyone (ages 6 and up), T for Teen (ages 13 and up) and so on .83% of parents with children who play video games are aware of this rating, so if the child is playing a game that is not for his or her age group most likely the parent is aware. This means the parent must believe that their child is in the right state of mind to be able to play these games and know that the things that happen in a game aren’t real and shouldn’t be done in real life.
Experts agree that there is NO solid, concrete proof of a connection between video games and violence or aggression. There are theories and suspicions of violent activity having a connection to violent video games, but there is no real proof. Violence is unavoidable. We see it, hear about it, and read about all the time, in movies, T.V, books, news, and video games. Violence is not something that is just going to stop or disappear. Why are we blaming video games for aggressive behavior when there is so much more real violence we should be concerned about? People should open their eyes and remember that you can stop playing a game whenever you want, but you can’t stop someone from committing a crime or hurting someone else in our world by turning off the Xbox or Playstation.
games, that games like Call of Duty, Halo, and Grand Theft Auto are the reasons behind aggression and violence. It’s funny to blame video games for these problems because the same things we see in violent video games we hear about on the news, or read about in the newspaper or even see with our own eyes. Do I believe aggressive behavior is caused from playing violent video games? No, and I have a number of reasons why i feel this way.
The things we see in these FAKE video games are happening in the real world and not because of the games, just because there are some messed up people out there; People who don ‘t care who they hurt and most times don’t have a real reason for doing bad things. In a video game sure there is killing and stealing but it stays within the barriers of “it’s only a game”. When you hurt someone in real life then can’t just get up and go search for a life packet. Plus, some games have the objective of killing evil and not just for the heck of it. As to the aggression issue, if kids and people in general can see a violent movie or show and know that harsh aggression shouldn’t be done in real life why can’t they know the same for video games. This is now up to whether the person can tell the difference between right and wrong, not I saw it in a video games so let me go hurt someone.
Many of these “experiments” that monitor the behavioral changes after playing violent video games are fixed. Play is a voluntary activity, not something that some should be required to do, and when someone is forced to play, usually set with a specific time rate, it takes out the entertainment factor of the game and forces attentiveness. When a person is playing voluntarily at home, they can start playing the game and stop playing the game whenever they choose to and if they want to really pay attention they do it on their own. Plus a lot times these experiments are conducted in places where the lights are high, and the players are told to sit upright, but at their homes they are sitting back, relaxing and just trying to have fun and they’re not thinking in the back of their minds, of people are watching me let me show off my gaming skills. In many cases, people confuse mock aggression with real aggression. For example, a child or even an young adult pretending to do martial arts or shoot someone is different from them actually going and trying to hurt someone. Now violence isn’t only in adult rated games, we can find hints of violence in childish games too.
Kingdom Hearts rated E for Everyone, and created by Disney even has hints of violence. In the game the lead character kills creatures that have no soul or apparently inside organs because it bursts into pixie dust after getting slashed by a magic wand. Even though there is no blood and gore it still has that sense of being violent. If people really believe that a game like Kingdom Hearts, a fun fantasy game, which can be classified under somewhat violent, is going to cause a gamer to be aggressive then they have serious mental problems. This just proves that if you look at Kingdom Hearts and say to yourself this GAME is simply for entertainment, then you can look at a game like Resident Evil and say the same thing.
Then of course we have the idea that violent video games corrupt the minds of young children and cause them to be aggressive but that’s a whole different story. First off, the ESRB rating system helps to determine what age group is appropriate to play that certain game. For example there’s eC for Early Childhood, E for Everyone (ages 6 and up), T for Teen (ages 13 and up) and so on .83% of parents with children who play video games are aware of this rating, so if the child is playing a game that is not for his or her age group most likely the parent is aware. This means the parent must believe that their child is in the right state of mind to be able to play these games and know that the things that happen in a game aren’t real and shouldn’t be done in real life.
Experts agree that there is NO solid, concrete proof of a connection between video games and violence or aggression. There are theories and suspicions of violent activity having a connection to violent video games, but there is no real proof. Violence is unavoidable. We see it, hear about it, and read about all the time, in movies, T.V, books, news, and video games. Violence is not something that is just going to stop or disappear. Why are we blaming video games for aggressive behavior when there is so much more real violence we should be concerned about? People should open their eyes and remember that you can stop playing a game whenever you want, but you can’t stop someone from committing a crime or hurting someone else in our world by turning off the Xbox or Playstation.
Friday, January 11, 2008
REMINDER
OUR NEW DUE DATE FOR SOCIAL PROJECT IS TUESDAY SO DON'T FORGET TO HAVE YOUR ESSAY POSTED!! SCIENCE/RELIGION/LANGUAGE ARTS ESSAY DUE MONDAY- STEM CELLS, ABORTION, INFANTICIDE, EUTHANASIA. GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR WRITING!
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Pictures from violent video games.
I really don't kno how this got here but feel free to browse through this link and see the totally ridiculous, FAKE!!! pics from violent games.
Debaters Corner
Video Games....... Simply a source of entertainment or a hazard to the minds of children? Is agression caused from playing violent video games or should we be focused more on the violence happening on the streets all around us, everyday? You decide on Tuesday, January 15 after hearing our opinions and statistics. Candice and Daniela debating against Ashley and Jessenia. Be there!
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Which Should We Be More Concerned About
Video Game Aggression
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