Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Violence (in video games)

Now, I disapprove of real life violence with a passion. I try to do everything I can not to be violent in real life. Alas when it comes to videogames I really couldn't care less, in certain situations. Here are some examples when in game violence doesn't phase me. Games like Halo, Call of Duty and such are games where the point of the game is to be violent, there are no morally trying situations here, because it's the point of the game to shoot things. And now for games where violence does phase me, Fable and KOTOR (Knights of the Old Republic) now these games are different, these are games where you can choose to be good or evil and depending on what you do you become one or the other. Now in these games, there are SEVERAL morally challenging situations, in Fable 2 for instance there is a situation where you need to choose between, lots of innocent people, family members or incredible wealth for yourself. This was a very hard choice for me because each choice also had a consequence. For one I'd have to kill a very dear pet, another I'd have to kill thousands and the last would be I kill both. It was a very hard choice. Anyways, all that I'm saying is that, just because you play violent games doesn't mean you enjoy violence in real life.