It has seemed for a while that whenever video game censorship comes up as a debate topic, that games like the ever so popular Grand Theft Auto series and games like Manhunt, both created by Rockstar Games Inc. have come up and have been slandered mercilessly by critics because of their violent and crude nature. Creating Video Games takes immense time and effort, some games even take years to create and edit and work out all the glitches. To have some one go back and force you to change things and particular details to please a category of people who don't even play video games right after you just suited them to your liking could be extremely frustrating and maddening. Not to mention all the people who love and enjoy the games just as they are. I believe that Video Game censorship should cease to exist in all forms and is biased by the 1st amendment, freedom of speech or in this case expression.
Screenshot of Grand Theft Auto, showing the top do...
The player has a gunfight with members of an enemy...
The Welcome to Fabulous Las Venturas sign.In the middle of October in 2001, Rockstar launched its first mainstream title "Grand Theft Auto 3". Skeptics said that it was a creative game, but that it was a bit raw and a bit inappropriate for youngsters in general. Within about the next couple of months, the media was buzzing with all of the "violence" that was evident in the game. It made it into NBC, MSNBC, Dateline, and other countless TV stations that all agreed that Grand Theft Auto and all games like it were downright malevolent and served no purpose being on the shelves in video game stores, not to mention in the homes or more particularly in the rooms of little kids where they apparently spend countless hours playing. Other games mimicking Grand Theft Auto are have since then been created now...
Great Essay.
I liked your essay. You argued your points well, and even though I dissagree with you I still liked your essay.
As a 13-year-old, I see the "effects" of violent games on younger underage children.
I can take it, but I really don't want to play it. I really just play THUG, maybe THAW, or Mario, or N64. But I got GTA 3 as a present from my 5 year old cousin.
So that is where I dissagree.
But that is not the point. You did good. You should clap yourself on the back.
(P.S. The director of GTA:SA (or maybe it was Manhunt) said this to his production team, "Let's make the bloodiest, goriest game ever." I really don't think that is a good motif for making a video game.)
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