Thesis #1: Grand Theft Auto goes above and beyond using bad ethics in their game, the game uses many of the ethics society does not allow and puts them all in one game. From drugs to sex to killing for money this game has it all.
Thesis #2: Although Grand Theft Auto is rated M the games still wind up in the hands of minors. Many are afraid that this is leading to the cause of violence in the streets among young adults.
Thesis #3: There has always been violence on the streets but now and days there seems to be more and more, from the shootings at Columbine to Virginia Tech. Many say that video games are to blame for these actions, but does a video game really have that effect on young kids or are video games the perfect canidate to place the blame on?
Monday, October 13, 2008
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Free write
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/2181/ethics_of_game_design.php
http://www.epinions.com/review/Grand_Theft_Auto__Vice_City_for_PlayStation_2/content_97763102340
The first article I chose was from the website Gamasutra. This articles main focus is on is the ethics of the video game Grand Theft Auto Vice City. It talks about what game designers have to focus on and go through to make their video games appropriate and to be approved by the law. They argue that their games are protected under the first amendment and that they are no worse than any R rated movie or rap-music CD. The artical also talks about the games ratings, and how even though the game is rated M for mature it is still being accessed by minors. The designers argue that the soul purpose for the game is for players to have fun, it is not intended for them to go out and live the life of the game.
The second article came from Epinions.com. This article is a review of the game GTAVC and mostly just tells the readers about the game and what to exspect. The writter calls it the most unethnical in exsistance. He then goes into details of gameplay and makes comments on it, they are his personal opnions of the game. He talks about the purpose of the game, the weapons and cars a player can choose and the houses one can buy. Basically the whole purpose of the review is to summarize the game detail by detail in his own words.
http://www.epinions.com/review/Grand_Theft_Auto__Vice_City_for_PlayStation_2/content_97763102340
The first article I chose was from the website Gamasutra. This articles main focus is on is the ethics of the video game Grand Theft Auto Vice City. It talks about what game designers have to focus on and go through to make their video games appropriate and to be approved by the law. They argue that their games are protected under the first amendment and that they are no worse than any R rated movie or rap-music CD. The artical also talks about the games ratings, and how even though the game is rated M for mature it is still being accessed by minors. The designers argue that the soul purpose for the game is for players to have fun, it is not intended for them to go out and live the life of the game.
The second article came from Epinions.com. This article is a review of the game GTAVC and mostly just tells the readers about the game and what to exspect. The writter calls it the most unethnical in exsistance. He then goes into details of gameplay and makes comments on it, they are his personal opnions of the game. He talks about the purpose of the game, the weapons and cars a player can choose and the houses one can buy. Basically the whole purpose of the review is to summarize the game detail by detail in his own words.
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