Are Video Games Too Violent?

Question

1) Does the amount of violence in a video game affect your decision to play the game?

2) Do you believe that video games increase aggression in young people or has the problem been exaggerated because of isolated incidents of violence by people who play video games?

3) Does playing video games increase tendencies to violence that are already there?

4) Does the government have the right to regulate which video games young people can buy or do such laws amount to unconstitutional censorship?

Answer 1

1) Does the amount of violence in a video game affect your decision to play the game?

no- I play all sorts, but I like war games

2) Do you believe that video games increase aggression in young people or has the problem been exaggerated because of isolated incidents of violence by people who play video games?

I am a completely non violant person and have played these games for many years. I don't believe that at all. I know right and wrong

3) Does playing video games increase tendencies to violence that are already there?

No, but it could attract those people to that type of game.

4) Does the government have the right to regulate which video games young people can buy or do such laws amount to unconstitutional censorship?

They already do, you have to be 18 to buy certain games.

Answer 2

1. Yes. I play games for fun, not gore or to get out pent up anger.

2. I believe that games/simulations train people how to react in situations. If they are training to do violence then they will react in that manner more quickly if faced with a similar situation. That is one reason why people are trained in the military. That quicker automatic response can save their life.

3. Questionable. It could be contended that this is an outlet for that aggression that isn't harming humans.

4. Yes. The government acts on behalf of society. Society has the right and even the obligation to set standards of behavior among citizens. An example is that society has decided that killing people just because you don't like them isn't acceptable. Society also believes that people have the right not to be endangered by people driving 90mph in a residential area.

In fact, every law is legislating the morality of the lawmakers. We hope that those lawmakers are accurately representing society's wishes, but laws don't always support what lots of people consider to be ethical. In other words it's legal for people to steal your house as long as they use the law to do it, but it isn't necessarily ethical.

That was a long way of saying that government needs to determine if the video games are presenting a danger to society and pass laws accordingly.

Answer 3

1) No, I don't think so because a game doesn't need violence in it for you to have fun with it

2) No, there may be some people who play games so much that that's what they follow, but not enough for it to be an issue

3) Possibly, but not necessarily

4) Yes, of course. If anyone had that much freedom and were able to play any games they wanted, especially for kids, they would feel more mature than they are and feel they can do the things the people on the video games do. Not necessarily violence-wise, but following video games in general.

Answer 4

I'm 14 and I'm a proud Doom 3 and Halo player. I think that as long as the person playing it is mature enough, nothing wrong can come. That's all I have to say.

Answer 5

Video Games are not Violent. People are.

Answer 6

They're not too violent, but I hate the video games that are about war, and they make it seem like it's all a game.

Answer 7

It depends.

Answer 8

some are