Sentences with phrase «game violence needs»

«As of lately Donald Trump caused quite a lot of media buzz when he brought up that video game violence needs to be addressed (the statement was done in the wake of the Florida school shooting aftermath).

Not exact matches

Yesterday, when I spotted Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdene on the cover of People Magazine with the headline «THE HUNGER GAMES» in bold white letters, I couldn't help but wonder if Suzanne Collins set all of this up to remind us of how closely our culture can resemble that of The Capitol — what with our excess, our reality shows, our glorification of violence, and our compulsive need to shove every good story through our celebrity - obsessed media machine.

Hartzler said after the Sandy Hook school shooting in 2012 that the government needed to address violence in video games before it addressed gun violence.

Having never read the book or seen the HBO show, but figuring reviews and trailers gave me all I needed to know, I pontificated, «Game of Thrones is popular only because it's about sex and violence.»

We need conversations about movies and video games that desensitize our children to the effects of violence.

Citing the need to convey a message to the NHL that «violence in a hockey game or in any other circumstance is not acceptable in our society,» Harris sent the North Star right wing to jail for a day and fined him $ 1,000.

Other than violence modern technology needs to be used as part of the game control where there is any doubt, as we do in rugby league.

The report also focuses on the need to explore «the relationship between exposure to media violence and real - life violence» — a topic that has caused bitter disagreement, with some researchers arguing that mayhem in movies and video games incites violence, while others dispute any link.

So at the ending of the day I don't really believe that anyone needs to prove or give any type of evidence that games many times are not violent because I don't really believe that the argument nearly even needs to be about the violence and games as much as it's about that we already have a rating system for that type of content in the first place.

There are some great charity organizations for video games and gamers (like Humble Bundle) out there that are helping those in need get an opportunity to play games and distract themselves from their situations, whether it be health issues or victims of domestic violence.

And there's so much more making up our 100 Games For 2018 special with looks at the future of PSVR, indie titles, the convergence of violence and emotion in games, the titles that will be pushing 4K and some looks at the hot topics going into 2018; do we need a new generation of consoles and what next for loot boxes?

The first title resembled a Spider - Man game, but with Spidey being a shap - shifter and out for blood, instead of a geek who rejects violence unless it's needed.

Now, to be clear, I'm certainly not saying stories seriously examining the issues surrounding domestic or sexual violence are off limits for interactive media — however if game makers do attempt to address these themes, they need to approach the topic with the subtlety, gravity and respect that the subject deserves.

It's all a bit on the nose, but it's still an interesting, reasonably novel take on an increasingly common theme — that violent games need to comment on the questionable nature of said violence.

You need to balance your play of Animal Crossing with the playing of Grand Theft Auto and Postal in order to keep yourself, like all other gamers, on the edge of commiting violence.

There's not always a need for a game inherently about violence.

The Chinese government have since then made the approval process easier, saying that they will now approve games in 20 days, but Microsoft still need to fully translate and localise each game into Simplified Chinese and censor and remove any violence or sex gameplay that doesn't fit the cultural rules set out by the government.

Now that our Oompa - Loompa in chief has finally shut his yap about video games and moved on to other ways of being just the absolute worst, we can continue the much - needed discussion on why video games are in fact, probably the leading cause of violence and most likely warping young impressionable male minds all across America.

New Leaf proves that you don't need violence or adult situations to produce a good game.

«With the recent spike in islamophobia and violence against Muslims, there has never been more of a need to humanize Muslims, who are 1/5 of the world population, to the masses», Warner Brothers Montreal Senior Game Designer (and indie developer in addition to that!)

[citation needed] The violence and strong language in the game's story mode earned it a Mature rating from the Entertainment Software Rating Board, the first and so far the only EA Sports title to do so.

They need to take a long break, or to speed things up, have a Kurt Russelesque shirtless man sneak up on each developer and deliver an amnesia - inducing elbow to the back of the head (shitty video games cause violence), then have them read some books, play some modern RPG's and reconsider their approach to storytelling, character interaction, combat, dialog and everything else that is stale about Final Fantasy.

The solution to the school violence problem needs to be an «all - encompassing approach,» and discussion should not focus exclusively on video games and guns, said Rep. Vicky Hartzler, R - Mo., who attended the meeting, in a statement released afterward.