NERD

Today I plan on talking about video game violence. What sparked my interest in talking about this today is the latest controversy about Modern Warfare 2. Here is a short video of the level which has caused the latest backlash against video games.

Warning NSFW and can be a bit much for some people to watch.

This is from a level in the single player campaign. You can skip it if you want in game and you can go through the whole level with out shooting any civilians. I stand by the decision of Infinity Ward to put this in the game because I feel like it brings out a lot of emotion  in the story.

I have been an advocate of anti censorship my whole life. In fact my senior thesis in college was on this very subject. Video games are just the latest scape goat in a long history of media to get blamed for everything wrong with society. It was comics in the 50’s, music in the 70’s and then video games in the 90’s. The news organizations try and pass off all video games as being marketed and sold to children. Not bothering to check that the average age of a video game player today is in their 20s.

Mrs. Couric is quick to forget that the ESRB is actually very effective in not allowing violent games to be sold to kids. She seems almost disgusted at the idea that someone could kill a virtual program that looks like a human.

Hmmm….she sure does seem to be enjoying herself there. Shooting people and watching them die. I only put that up there not as evidence of blatant hypocrisy, but as showing you can have fun with violent games because you know its fake. 

Well I don’t want to bring anyone’s weekend down with more negativity so heres a fun video for all those fighting game fans who spam one move over and over again.

Stay Focused and NERDy out there

Chris