Just finished...

...my first bit of filming. I filmed my 8 year old brother playing Red Steel on the Wii and asked him some questions while he was playing. He has played a lot of violent video games and not illegally, the games he has played are only rated by PEGI which is more of a recommendation than an enforced regulation. Red Steel is a 16+. I got some interesting comments from Kody while he was playing. It seems he enjoys violent video games more than any other type but he knows that violence as a whole is wrong. He does sometimes want to be like some of the characters in these games however.

He was very excited by things such as picking up a shotgun or a machine gun. Do these games glorify deadly weapons?

I'm off to Kent tommorrow and have started to put together some questions to ask Deb Bean which will be the same questions I will ask Steve Hogarty (a PCzone writer).

Heres the first few:

1. Whats your name and occupation?
2. Are you aware of the amount of violence appearing in video games today?
3. Is this acceptable?
4. Should more be done to prevent these games getting into the hands of children?
5. Do you think playing violent games can cause violent behaviour?
   

I'll add more later.


I think this is a very interesting article, makes some very valid points.

http://www.pbs.org/kcts/videogamerevolution/impact/myths.html

"It is true that young offenders who have committed school shootings in America have also been game players. But young people in general are more likely to be gamers - 90 percent of boys and 40 percent of girls play. The overwhelming majority of kids who play do NOT commit antisocial acts." - Henry Jenkins 2003