tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5707645171160442312.post9175719348664208232..comments2010-06-18T09:49:57.790-04:00Comments on Press Pause to Reflect: Violent Video Games and the Supreme CourtDaniel Bullard-Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10930142428698229185noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5707645171160442312.post-22173327851668292952010-04-26T14:23:08.797-04:002010-04-26T14:23:08.797-04:00Well, the thing is parents aren't doing a good...Well, the thing is parents aren't doing a good job in raising their kids. I feel that even though the government is putting an extra barrier to prevent children from buying M rated material, their parents will still spoil their kids if they're being whiny brats.<br /><br />There's a lot of similarly violent material on prime time television that children also have access too. However, I would argue that Modern Warfare 2 is a completely and more dangerous experience that watching Band of Brothers. Once agency is enabled, the perspective and interpretation of the actions portrayed on screen are dramatically skewed. BoB is not happening to the viewer. MW2 is happening to the user, you take your sniper rifle and shoot someone in the face for trophies and achievements.<br /><br />I think it's a step in the direction but at the end of the day, parents need to do a better job at curating what their children interact with.awkmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17115732876972718221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5707645171160442312.post-45743489425442769352010-04-26T14:15:22.740-04:002010-04-26T14:15:22.740-04:00I think the more likely effect of a ruling that re...I think the more likely effect of a ruling that restricts the sale of violent games would be to further bifurcate the categories of "adult" and "child" games. Many more games would either be aimed at appealing solely to a certain age group, which in a way would fragment the gaming community. Additionally, such a ruling would have a chilling effect and lead more developers to downplay violence in their titles. This means games that portray blood or use real (as opposed to, say, laser) guns would become rarer. <br /><br />As for whether this is a good balance if limiting speech to protect children, I think not. Parents should be responsible for raising their children and policing the content to which they are exposed. This is especially true given that consoles are played in the home, and thus, parental oversight is not that burdensome.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5707645171160442312.post-75507254650638725272010-04-26T12:04:05.238-04:002010-04-26T12:04:05.238-04:00Would this put video games legally more on the res...Would this put video games legally more on the restrictiveness level of porn than say, movies or music? That's my only concern with this stuff, that video games would be classified as more potentially harmful for young people than any other form of media. Also, I think it's hillarious that it has Schwarzenegger's name on it, because he has been a purveyor of simulated violence and inspired so many people of my generation to act out imaginary violence before we were 18 yrs old. Also, T2 (and probably one or two other Schwarz. movies) inspired violent video games, with his likeness in them. Awesome.shanenoreply@blogger.com