Mediated Violence - Violence in Video Games

- Joseph ‘Joestar’ Donovan

Watch to three minute mark then stop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6xQlnzffRg

Violence in Video GamesWhat mass journalism describe / What the outsider may think of violent video

games.

Violent Video GamesViolence when used to prove a point in media, can become very powerful and

thought provoking, maybe life changing.

Violent Video GamesFighting Games - Why are they so awesome?

Violent Video Games - Fighting GamesEnable the player to express one self in a creative and even productive way

Violent Video Games - What’s up with all the controversy- Games get a lot of media attention and often make controversial/confronting material.

I think this means the medium is maturing and growing up. Much like Movies did and books before them.

- Video Games and violent media aren’t negatively affecting society, globally we have less crime and violence than ever before.

In Conclusion- Games that make controversial/confronting material mature the medium.

- Violent media isn’t affecting society negatively, if anything it can be a form of emotional release.

- Violence is consistently in basically all media, as it’s a primal part of the human experience that should be embraced in healthy ways.

References

Extra Credits. (May, 2015). Hatred - Crossing the Line from Violence to Sadism - Extra Credits. Retrieved from, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6xQlnzffRg

Ferguson, Christopher. (Feb, 2015). Does Media Violence Predict Societal Violence? It Depends on What You Look at and When. Retrieved from, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jcom.12129/full

Ferguson, Christopher. (Dec, 2011). Video Games Don't Make Kids Violent. Retrieved from, http://ideas.time.com/2011/12/07/video-games-dont-make-kids-violent/

Peter McCormack. (2012). I Am Bruce Lee. Retrieved from, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1954299/ & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsmtZ7em9dw(Link to specific quote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN1o51iuWUY.)

Bibliography

Healthcare triage. (May, 2014). Video Games Don't Cause Violent Behavior. Retrieved from, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2Jq7vPxYGg

Extra Credits. (June, 2014). The Fighting Game Problem - How to Teach Complicated Mechanics. Retrieved From, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_xG1Yg_QoM

Innuendo Studios. (August, 2015). Things of Beauty: Super Smash Bros. as Spectator Sport. Retrieved from, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qxVDOc-oV8

Peter McCormack. (2012). I Am Bruce Lee. Retrieved from, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1954299/ & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsmtZ7em9dw