Interactiv Digital Media Censorship
Video games are a media, just like any other. They not only affect culture, they are also affected by it. They carry certain limitations that exist on no other media. And yet, they are under the most attack. The people for censorship are not surprisingly over forty-five years of age. They first video game ever made was in 1979, almost twenty-five years after the birth of many of the pro censorship crowd. They truth is that while most people overlook it, video games carry a voluntary rating system. These ratings are much more visible than the top left corner of a television screen, or the fine printed text on a movie poster or CD case. These labels are clearly visible on the front, back and bottom of the video game box. These labels even tell you why the game is rated as it is. When parents or anti-violence advocates lay the blame on a game and its developers for being too violent, it is usually the parents'
Of the many different types of video games, the ones that take the most blame are the first person shooters or FPS, as they are commonly called. David Grossman, a retired colonel of the United States Army, called this brand of video games "murder simulators". Mr. Grossman also spearheaded a temporary movement with the American news networks to convince the public to ban violent video games. The fact that the murder rates in the United States have dropped as the sale of video games has increase has proven the accusation unfounded. Censoring one thing, such as video games, would give reason to censor every other type of media. It is an unnecessary measure with more problems involved than pros. Video games are a free media that are more protected by the developers, publishers, and retailers than movies, music CD's and magazines. I am not denying that video games are violent. The fact I am pointing out is that t
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