Violence in Video Games
By: Jasmine Brooks
Updated: January 19, 2013
Hazleton, Luzerne County-16-year-old Antonio Minneci has been playing video games for years.This time he's playing one of his favorites, Call of Duty. "It's an action game where you shoot people." says, Antonio. He says video games like the one he's playing this time, may have more violence, but they're also more fun. This teen knows the difference between fantasy and reality. "In a video game you can do things and not get in trouble like you would in real life." Antonio adds. His mom, Darlene, bought her son his first video game when he was 13-years-old. She says, the violence doesn't worry her. "Well, do we not watch horror movies with all that violence? What about Saw I, Saw II. What's the difference?" says, Darlene. This mother of two says you have to monitor your children. "We have all kinds of guns, but we do have a safe. We lock it. My husband is the only one who knows the combination." she adds. Bryan Domin is around video games everyday. He works at Heights Terrace Video in Hazleton. Domin says the violent games are most popular. "Pretty much nothing is sacred now a days. They are all pretty much hitting that "M" rating, which is for the mature." says, Domin. U.S. Rep Matt Cartwright will now serve on a Congressional Gun Violence Prevention Task Force. His take on violent video games? "My suspicion is that if you're dealing with somebody who is dealing with a lot of emotional issues and some mental health challenges, it could be the last thing you want to do is put in front of them a first person shooter game, which is all about the more people you kill, the more points you get." says Cartwright.
Comments
Being the owner at Video Game post, heres my view on what i think video gaming has on gun violence. I say very little if any. Also if were talking about video gaming, why should we not first talking about the movie industry, in particular action movies, where you see shootings, rapes, murders, but unlike video gaming animations, tv they use real people. Though I dont think thats the direction to go, we need more help in counseling our young ones when problems arise, and the parents, teachers, etc, have to be the ones to detect this, with all this being said, I believe theres no easy solution, but maybe we could at least reduce the numbers.
Brian B.
January 19, 2013 at 10:08 pm
