Monday, October 26, 2009

Why is this? “The majority of America...

 

    For me sex and violence is an everyday part of our so society they are now selling M & M's with sex in the commercials and in most TV shows Nip Tuck prime example and violence is shown in most shows that are played at night. Take a new show that is on TV call Trauma it is about rescue teams that respond to the most violent car crashes, spills etc. or Son of Anarchy on FX there is another violent motorcycle gang show. So the fact that a parent is scared to see sex in a video game is a little out there for me. “It scares them when a toy features sex. They can’t fathom it. As a designer, I'm hoping people will eventually catch on that this is an entertainment medium that can feature any theme. Sex, violence or otherwise.” Just because it is a toy and they can simulate sex do they not think that them SEEING the REAL THING on a TV show is not going to STIMULATE them! As for violence do they not think that seeing it again is not going to STIMULATE them or DESENSITIZE them violence and then they start to think that hitting, biting, kicking, punching, fighting in general is an OK thing for them to do.

 

    Now, for racism i am not a fan no matter what shape, form or whatever it comes in. I think that race has been a hard, dark, dirty, scary, sad and many other adj in our society for far too long. The article that we had to read I liked that he felt that the video game trailer was racist. When i watched it with that idea in mind i felt the same way. I don't like seeing those commercials on TV of the sick and poor children sitting in the street or in their "homes" with nothing to eat and skin and bones. And the thought that he felt that is what he was seeing in a video game and then the producers of that game want you to SHOOT THEM is just plain awful! I wish that no matter what it is or where it is that racism wasn't an issue for anyone of any color, shape, size etc.

1 comment:

  1. Given your comments about the pervasiveness of sex in our society, I wonder now if the attention paid to sex in videogames is because some have realized that keeping it out of commercials/television is impossible. Instead, they're trying (in vain, I think) to keep it out of videogames. Is this a viable possibility?

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