By: Johnny

Johnny
Fri, 31 Oct 2014 05:47:09 +0000

This is in response to Jon’s comment. When you quoted the author of this piece you forgot the most important word of the author’s sentence: “violent.”

The author wrote: “We are conditioned to live in fear of those who play violent video games”

Anyone who pays attention to media and news outlets in America knows that violent video games are one of the first things that comes under scrutiny with each school shooting that occurs, over 80 in America so far this year alone.

The media’s framing of the issue breeds national paranoia, which in-turn breeds fear and anxiety in the minds of parents of school-aged children on an almost daily basis. It is also one of the greatest false-social-justifications, in that 6-year-olds should have their own cell phones, but I digress.

I could right my own piece in response to your selective ignorance but I will remain succinct: Every video game that contains violence is rated “M” for mature. The video game industry has actually been lauded and recognized as one of the best in the country with regards to self-regulation and restrictions put in place to block minors obtaining media never meant to reach their hands.

Once the Baby-Boomers die off and video games are respected as a legitimate art form in this country, maybe society will look back and realize what a poor job past generations did raising Millennials.