Too Much Violence

Francisco Lugo

ENG 100

Instructor Mott

04 April 2012

I found this website to be very interesting. These types of questions are very difficult to answer, because it is more of an opinion rather than a definite answer. I actually got a little more insight about video games. When I was a child I have to admit that my mom would not let me play video games that involved dramatic violence. For example guns were prohibited if I wanted to play some sort of video game. As I got older I bought my first game when I was 18 and that included modern warfare two. I am actually proud to say good thing I didn’t play that game when I was younger, because now that I am mature I can view things different, without getting easily affected by violence.

I did not find it difficult to answer the questions that were given to me. My final decision to the image of video gaming was that it was okay to use it as a homepage. According to what I have read, I feel that video games are a new generation form of art. The reason for this is because it takes time to put all the details together and at the end it turns out to be media art. This involves new media technology, including digital art, computer animation, virtual art, computer robotics, and much more. The image that I found offensive was the art piece by Andrea Mantegna's St. Sebastian. This image involved the death of a saint, and to me it was a very strong image that had a lot of negative energy, and it consist strong feelings. For a video game, I don’t think that the art piece by Andrea Mantegna's St. Sebastian can relate to a specific video game, because now a day’s video games have a different perspective. There are the fantasy games, and then there are modern warfare games that may have a little bit more truth to our world. Yes one quote mentioned that the more you play, the more you are programmed to react in a violent game, if in this case violent games are all you play. It makes it easier to make actions like this when you are accustomed to consume violent acts every day. I find this true, because a lot of what we learn is used in practiced in our daily lives.