Games have been banned, police statements have been made and bloody torsos have been sold as ‘collector’s edition’. There is no doubt that violence is fairly prevalent in video games and the video game culture. The real question is have these games become too violent?
It’s that old cookie again, this time coming from an interview with Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione in Australia. He believes that youngsters are being desensitised by hours of exposure to brutal video games that reward the player for such acts as murder, rape and theft. This interview comes after a rise in knife crime amongst youngsters in Australia over the past few months.