Monday 21 January 2008

Documentaries on video gaming

Rise of the Video Game is one documentary we've found that explores the past, present and future of gaming. The third episode of the documentary "Level 3", highlights the violence in video games and how it could be desensitizing the youth to violence in real life. It also talks about how the government uses war games to recruit young people into the army.

"America's Army was born and an even more sensitive debate arose as to the morality of recruiting young men for real war through the fun of a video game. Were games desensitizing us to the very real pain of violence and war? And more importantly, were video games leading us on a march towards virtual war?"

"For the first time, game designers had to grapple with a difficult question — how long before a game was nearly indistinguishable from reality?"


Rise of the Video Game - Level One Part 1

No comments: