All Hail The King of Controversial Games This game is by far the most boundary pushing game in the history of video games. There is a reason why this game is called a murder simulator and a terrorist simulator, because that is what the core of this game is all about, murder and terrorism. You play a character named Nico Bellic, who used to be with the Serbian Army. He moves to America to track down a traitor and ends up cleaning up his cousins messes through any means neccesary. In this game you can do alot of sick things, such as shoot an old lady in a face, carjack innocent people, kill cops, steal, and blow things up. In this game you can kill and destroy with very fake consequences. It's not a suprise why this game is boycotted by plenty of groups, and is not sold to minors. This game is indeed a murder and terrorism simulator, but honestly, that is what makes it as fun as it is. It is quite possibly the best stress releif someone who owns video games can ask for. As for cases that directly involve this game, in every case, it involves unsupervised kids, and that isn't a generalization. EVERY case involves it. A kid by that age should know that it is quite impossible to enter a cheat code in real life, get a plethora of weapons, and go on a shooting rapampage and cripple the police force with minimal consequences. If they don't, you fail as a parent. Kids should not have this game. It is rated mature for a reason. Be a smart adult and limit your kids. But if they get thier hands on it, you do your job and teach them the dangers, otherwise there is nothing more you can do. Get off the game developers' backs because they aren't at fault. That is all there is to it.
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Friday, April 1, 2011
Grand Theft Auto 4: The King of Video Game Controversy
All Hail The King of Controversial Games This game is by far the most boundary pushing game in the history of video games. There is a reason why this game is called a murder simulator and a terrorist simulator, because that is what the core of this game is all about, murder and terrorism. You play a character named Nico Bellic, who used to be with the Serbian Army. He moves to America to track down a traitor and ends up cleaning up his cousins messes through any means neccesary. In this game you can do alot of sick things, such as shoot an old lady in a face, carjack innocent people, kill cops, steal, and blow things up. In this game you can kill and destroy with very fake consequences. It's not a suprise why this game is boycotted by plenty of groups, and is not sold to minors. This game is indeed a murder and terrorism simulator, but honestly, that is what makes it as fun as it is. It is quite possibly the best stress releif someone who owns video games can ask for. As for cases that directly involve this game, in every case, it involves unsupervised kids, and that isn't a generalization. EVERY case involves it. A kid by that age should know that it is quite impossible to enter a cheat code in real life, get a plethora of weapons, and go on a shooting rapampage and cripple the police force with minimal consequences. If they don't, you fail as a parent. Kids should not have this game. It is rated mature for a reason. Be a smart adult and limit your kids. But if they get thier hands on it, you do your job and teach them the dangers, otherwise there is nothing more you can do. Get off the game developers' backs because they aren't at fault. That is all there is to it.
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Farmville Kills
Looks Harmless, Doesn't It
A game such as this shouldn't be harmless. In fact this game isn't even your conventional video game. It is a browser based game played online through Facebook. Farmville is all the rage from kids to teens to adults and to grandpas. In it, you play a farmer tending to virtual livestock and crops. Who knew that this game had controversial addictive qualities to it?
The Killer Herself
In a Jacksonville Courthouse, Alexandria Tobias pleaded guilty to murder charges under atrocious circumstances. Her baby was crying while she was playing, and so she shook the baby, stopped to smoke a cigarette to compose herself, then she shook the baby again before calling 911. It was only after she was investigated and interrogated when she fully confessed. After the trial concluded, people started to flag Farmville as the secret culprit.
After interviews with Journalists, the creators of Farmville revealed that they have a behaviour psychologist on staff so they can purposefully engineer the game to be addictive. The purpose of this they insist is only to gain popularity and nothing more. This has garnered so much controversy simply because a game that simple can be so addicting. People are complaining that this game is stealing peoples lives, which is stupid, considering that common willpower is enough to stop playing a game with no other addictive qualities besides habitual game play. This game is addicting yes, but Alexandria Tobias is mentally unstable as well. No stable person in their right mind would kill their child for interrupting a game. The addictiveness of this game can be time consuming, but in no way is it life consuming. You can't blame an innocent game for making a mentally unstable person into a killer. You can however be smart and blame the fact that she is mentally unstable.