Wil's Rant

Until recently, I have never had a problem with the level of violence in video games. That has changed. In most part due to the ever increasing levels of graphic violence being depicted. I just have a problem with the concept of showing, in very realistic fashion, the rape, torture maiming and killing of everyday people in games. Grand Theft Auto comes to mind. Points for killing prostitutes? It was one thing when games showed violence in a very comic fashion. I always thought that the average person would be easily able to differentiate between this and actually committing such acts. Now the games are very realistic. They show so much graphic violence as to make it an everyday occurrence for gamers. This has the potential to take away the horror associated with such acts. Add to that the ever increasing graphic violence that we are experiencing in North America. Are the two concepts related? Unknown. What I do know is that today's youth seem to becoming more and more immune to this type of act, and the real life horrors are becoming more and more common. Something has to change. Perhaps it would be a good step for game manufacturers to accept a certain level of social responsibility for the minds of those playing their games. In other words, let's see more positive experiences being promoted and less acts of monstrosity.