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After the horrific murder of a teacher by a student, despite knowing absolutely nothing about the affair, we hear TV chroniclers or presenters claim with certainty that violent video games lead to acts of violence and that children may have trouble distinguishing between video games and reality . Or others, “more measured”, still ask the question: lare violent JVs turning kids into bloodthirsty beasts? I will first quote this example seen on a continuous news channel with this masterpiece:
I’m also thinking about the show C in the air on France 5, with the famous example I’ve been hearing for years, but nobody’s ever been able to quote the title in question: “We get extra points if we kill a pregnant woman, there are games like that”. Of course nobody can tell which game it is: it doesn’t exist! However, this emphasizes Ignorance, video game media at best, contempt at worst. But then why point fingers at video games?
Appoint the JV: a turnkey solution
Begin, it’s easy. Then paradoxically its relaxing. In fact, it’s simple, binary, it avoids asking more questions. More violent video games lead to more problems with ultra violent violence or blood crimes among young people. It’s understandable, isn’t it? Why didn’t you think of that sooner…
Because it’s wrong? Let’s think together. For starters, it’s called “video games.” And in “video games” there is play (tell me if I’m going too fast^^). And whether video game or not, The very concept of the game implies going to the edge of the world, Time for a game, be it soccer with friends or chasing each other in a classic game of robbers and robbers. After all, to use children’s words, for fun, it’s for “wrong”. We’re breaking the rules of the world, of real life, for a while AND we know it for sure. From the final whistle, reality takes over.
The video game is exceptional in that it allows us to completely replace our childhood games, doing away with the essential rules that are physical laws or death. It’s really just that Video games: an evolution of children’s games to make it – I don’t know – possible and easy, for example to explore space on board fabulous ships or to face hordes of monsters without risking your life, with friends from all over the world.
Rely on facts instead of emotions
So, argue that violent video games cause children to become more aggressivecommitting crimes and, above all, that video games and reality are confused, it is especially despicable to the children. It must be forgotten that it is above all an outlet, a means of escaping, imagining, experimenting, learning, socializing, just like any other entertainment medium, whether films, books, fairy tales… It denies the youngest their intelligence (as well as the role of parents).
I will go even further for young people who are fragile, in pain, violent or non-violent JVs (I’m exaggerating a bit here, sorry). rather alarm bells, revelators. This should alert those around you that your son or daughter is spending their time at the console before going out to exercise or anything else.
Here I realize that I am behaving like a simple columnist here. I have no expertise on the matter, just speaking my feelings. So it doesn’t have much value in the end. And if we ask someone who has worked on it, graduated and is therefore academically equipped to give us some answers ? It takes 5 minutes to make an inventory of the latest studies and a concentration of information.
With just 5 minutes, we can see more clearly, right? So finally I have a slightly crazy, even naïve idea: on TV and radio, in the media in general, and if we asked people who know and who have worked for years to give us their conclusions and share their expertise? And not to columnists brandishing only theirs First, clichés and opinions based on nothing? Yes, I know, that’s very naive…
