Keelan Chapman
Violence in Video Games
Destructive and unnecessary or harmless and entertaining? Beijing’s young gamers weigh in
How do you feel when you play a violent video game?
Thomas: When I play a video game, I feel like I am actually in the game – I take on the role of the character I’m playing. The violence doesn’t really bother me, it just makes me able to experience things that I would never normally be able to do in real life.
Runar: I have to admit that I feel that a game is more realistic and much more interesting if it has violence in it. Like Thomas said, we play games to be able to do the things that we normally would never be able to do. I’m not stupid – I know the difference between real life and the game, so the violence in games isn’t really an issue.
