Just playing-the ethics of digital games

a)    According to the film, what are some pros and cons of playing videogames for individuals and societies?

     For the pros,people can play as professional players if they are good at playing games.And this is actually a game industry because lots of people are enjoying and buying games;so there are a lot of new games produced.It is good for the game making companies and the gamers.

     For the cons, there are some bad contents from the games,for example,murder,rape...According to the film, the 14 year-old boy killed 8 peoples.He did this terrible thing because he was addicted to the violent games.He learned the violence from the

    b)   According the film, is there any evidence that digital games can encourage aggressive values and anti-social actions in the real world? Do you agree?

     I partly agree with it.According to the film, a 14 year-old boy killed 8 peoples because he was addicted to the violent games.It showed that digital games could anti-social actions.But for most of the people, they just play games in their free time.The digital games can do no harm to them.And some games can be educational.

c)Should governments have the right to ban certain games? Why or why not?

The government should have the right to do so.Some may argue that everyone should have the rights to do the things that the like.It is true to a certain point.But the game companies should be very careful to the contents because this can harm our society.Take, for example ,the game Rapelay,has been banned by New York City Council.It was because the game contain the contents such as rape and abortion.We believe that this kind of protrayal will affect the players. According to the research from Dr.Karen Dill ,"exposure to sexually objectified and demeaned women in video games causes males (but not females) to be more lenient towards a real-life act of sexual harassment. "So I think it is the responsibility of the government to ban this kind of games.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Peolpe nowadays have been playing video games quite often.Many of the games are about playing sports.I think this can be enjoyable.But people will neglect the importance of going out and playing sports outside.

Reference:

Thomsen, Mike. "A Brief History of Videogame Controversy". IGN. http://au.pc.ign.com/articles/979/979079p1.html. Retrieved 2010-12-03.