"The Kids are Alright"
Facts and Fiction about Teens and Gaming
This is a truly fascinating articles that delivers "information" from both extreme ends of the video game fanship continuum. On one end sits Jack Thompson, who still wishes this was some bizarro world completely devoid of any entertainment that includes electrons and forgets to pay homage to the King James Bible. On the other side is the ESA, which feigns neutrality while presenting material clearly biased towards video games. Although, I must admit, I have always been a staunch supporter of the ESA and the defense they provide against neo-fundamentalist Christian attacks from Congress, some of their endeavors can come on a bit strong. I personally feel the video may temporarily increase agressive behaviour in a benign way. From personal experience, I have become very aggressive during extremely frantic or frustrating gameplay (Driver 1, Geometry Wars, Klonoa: Door to Phantomile, and Ikaruga to name a few).
Surprisingly, this article, published by CBS, defends the position of video games. Many people feel that video games are a safe haven for sociopaths ( colombine, etc.) but I feel that video games provide people with a unique opportunity for socializations regardless od their degree of introversion.
Video Games Racist, Study says
I really found myself laughing at some of the points made by this article.
Yes, some video games use stereotypes to either highlight an issue within our society, or deliberately use them to create humor through political incorrectness. Also, in contrast to his point that racism isn't tolerated in other forms of media I can only point to any movie ever made that has some role played by Snoop Dogg. I have personally seen racist content in games portraying Germans as loud, ultra violent, and Nazis. ( Wolfenstein, Earthworm Jim 1, Medal of Honor) Being a German citizen with part Jewish heritage even I don't take offense.
Video game virtual racism may make gamers aware of and sympathetic toward racism in reality
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