Video Game Hype

In 50 years of its history, video games have notPac-Man seem long gone. The most violent thing
escaped one thing and that is controversy. Videowas Pac-Man eating the ghost. You didn't see any
games are controversial for these reasons. Oneblood from the ghosts. You didn't do see their
reason is because children and teenagers are theheads flying around as it is perfectly natural that
ones who are mainly playing video games. Youheads should be flying off people's heads.
don't see many adults or elderly people playingThe most games that seem to be generating a
them or at least admitting to doing so. Childrenlot of controversy right now is the Grand Theft
also seem to spend an inordinate amount of timeAuto game series. In this game, one player is a
playing the video games. They seem like peoplecriminal in a city like San Andreas and their mission
who are addicted to caffeine. Parents are worriedis to make as much as money as possible. The
that their kids are spending too much time playingproblem is that the player seems to make this
video games. They are also worried by what ismoney by causing as much mayhem as possible.
being depicted in those games and by how theyDuring the game a player can carjack people. The
can protect kids from what is being shown inplayers of this game can fight one another. A
those games. Parents have the same concernplayer can even go to the local army base and
about video games as they do about what issteal a tank. If one prefers to go to an air force
being shown in movies and other parts of thebase, they can steal a Harrier jet. The reason
media.that this game draws so much controversy is
Parents certainly do not like the violence that theythat the players are the bad guy and they can do
see in games like House of the Dead, Doom andbad things virtually. Parents are afraid that by
Mortal Combat. These games depict limbs beingplaying this game, their will think that causing
torn from the bodies of people. Blood is spurtingmayhem is the most natural thing to do. They
freely when a bad guy gets killed. Heads are beingwant their kids to turn into good citizens, not
decapitated left and right. The good old guys offull-fledge criminals.