The Ethics of Digital Games: Only Playing ?!

 

•A)According to the film, what are some pros and cons of playing videogames for individuals and societies?

• According to the film, there are some pros and cons pf playing the digital games for individuals and societies. On the pros aspect, digatal games can acts as an educational purpose. such as it can helps to spread knowledge, such as the game of "Americas Army", it's designed to train the people to be soldier and to know more about the American's army. It helps to promote a positive image of being a soldier. Also there are some games that were designed to used by the patient as to let them know more about their sickness and diseases. The game was also serve as a kind of tool that to provide knowledge. This is the pros for the societies.

•On the cons aspect, the negative impact was mainly effect on the individual level. Such as desensitization and immersive.Such as when we are playing the games, we are receiving those violence things and sexualality. The more time we spend on playing the violence the more negative information we receive, as time past by we will become more desensitize of violence and sex.

 

•B) According the film, is there any evidence that digital games can encourage aggressive values and anti-social actions in the real world? Do you agree?

• There are some evidences that prove digital games can encourage aggressive values and anti-social actions in the real world. According to the experts in the film, one has mentioned that digital games could give the feeling of powerful for the player, such as the first killer can get the weapons as to be the most powerful player in the game, thus encourage the player to kill the people and to be more aggressive in the role of playing and also in the reality.

•c)Should governments have the right to ban certain games? Why or why not?

I think government should have the right to control and ban the games. Since games are popular culturral product, they can be accessed by the public, no matter the young kids or the eldery. Due to its boardly exploded in the society, it will bring both negative and positive impact for the community. And game is a commercial product, the developer would be on  the profit-based purpose and goal. Thus they develolper may put in wrong content such as violence, drug, sex, in the game. in order to attract the player. So based on the protection of public correctness and social morality. The government should have a right to control and ban certain games.