| Show r r Should I video games follow real wars as as they are happening happening- m 00 1 ete ner i if this Have s you if Elise Bassett Community Reporter The violence in the game Call of Duty Modern Modem Warfare 2 M is too realistic graphically and in plot to be appropriate for any age group Some suggest that it is the goal of the creators of i to show garners gamers the horrors of battle But is that necessary Dont Don't our soldiers our friends and family go to war destruction that is depicted in this game Gamer Mark Gough wrote on GAMERA T. T com corn M is easily one of the most realistically violent games Ive I've ever played The sheer realism and intensity of the combat were enough to make me sweat and feel truly frightened at some points in the campaign M-Cat M said in a comment on GAME RANT Its a game and should be treated as nothing more te Ie The beginning of the campaign takes place during the Afghan war This is a war that is going on right now in which American and Afghan soldiers arc are actually dying Youre doing things in inthe inthe inthe the battlefield that really arent aren't human nature I 1 really wouldn't wish it iton iton iton on other people said Russell Jeffers a veteran that served in Afghanistan I think is a little too graphic it desensitizes people The most controversial and disturbing part of the game takes place when you play playas as an undercover CIA agent and are forced to act like a terrorist and kill innocent civilians Even for 17 year-olds year this kind of violence is not appropriate The warning at the outset of the game which states that you have the option to skip the Airport Massacre mission shows that they realize they are pushing our boundaries of taste said Gough Most garners gamers play the level anyway 12 year-old year gamer Christian Smith said that he never skips the level 1 I want to 10 comp v what's the story so I 1 know going o on If you ask a gamer if such violence has affected them in some way most will give an emphatic and offended no However American Academy of Pediatrics' Pediatrics council on communications and the media states The now clear and convincing media violence is one of the causal factors of real-life real violence and aggression Some garners gamers may be b upset by this idea But Bu n ever t stopped to listen to the rude and aggressive comments comments' that come out of your mouth while playing this game at three in the morning When my brothers are playing Call of Duty all I hear is racial and sexual slurs and insults like You suck at this game so sogo sogo sogo go play somewhere else and so forth said Salt Lake Community college student Talya Giles Nothing positive is ever said |
