In Chris Suellentrop’s article “War Games”, he reflects how the current generation of kids lives are changing due to mindless video games. Almost every kid is hooked on video games, but what is it they are usually playing. Is it old style games like “Pac Man” or the original “Maria Brothers”? No they choose fighting and killing games over harmless games, yet they think that war between countries is inhumane and wrong.
One of the games referred to in the article is “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare”. Have any kids, or even some adults, stopped to realize that they are just killing people too. Though some might argue by saying “well its just a game and nobody is really getting hurt.” They are perfectly fine with killing a computer-generated player because they don’t do anything to another person.
Do you think the people who play war video games would be careful with a real gun? Most would probably know not to mess around with weapons. Yet some people will feel like its second nature due to the games. One other game in the article that has an effect on children’s lives is “Grand Theft Auto”. In these games you run around shooting ordinary people, high jack any car you want, and disobey every law out there. So the real question is; Do you think the people who play this game, almost every day, will be in a successful career like a doctor or a lawyer, or will they live through life stealing food, money, cars, etc.?
We have to put our own future into wondering if these war game addicted kids are going to keep playing the game when they leave the video behind.
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