Video Game Reviews

Article I: http://www.apa.org/releases/videogames.html

Study has proven that playing aggressive, violent video games increrase anger and violent thoughts in a person's mind. Although the games may stir anger to different degree with each person, I generally agree that after playing violent games you do become angry yourself. Take for instance Mortal Kombat. After playing most people probably visualize themselves fighting someone and beating down to the point where they are just staggering, and then this little voice inside their head says "finish him", thus making the person want to perform a special finishing move achieving a fatality. So yes, I agree that playing violent video games stir emotions of anger in the player, they may not be permanent, but for at least as long as they play the game.

Aritcle II: http://www.ipa.org.au/publications/1323/the-moral-code-of-grand-theft-auto-iv

A lot of people believe that Grand Theft Auto will make people playing believe they can commit crimes and be a gangster. But I believe, along with this article that it teaches and demonstrates a sort of logical thought process. In the game, if you carjack a car you run the risk of the police catching you and "busting" you. Although, you may not go to jail, it's sort of a lesson that could be applied to everyday life. Steal a car, and get arrested. I'm not saying that the game is depicting how we should live and what we should practice in our everyday lives. The message behind the game isn't to corrupt our young ones thus leading them to a life of crime and being a gangster, I think it's more of a way to show what goes on in the real world in some areas and how gruesome it can be.