The Ethics of Digital Games: Only Playing ?!

a) According to the film, what are some pros and cons of playing videogames for indiviuals and societies?


According to the film, there are both pros and cons of playing videogames for indiviuals and societies. About the pros for indiviuals, the players have great satisfactions when they are playing videogames. For example, in the world of online sex games, everyone is a sexual super-hero. About the pros for societies, the U.S army uses video games to train new recruits and to simulate real-life battle situations in preparation for combat.


About the cons for indiviuals, as video games cause the line between the real life and virtual life become disappearing, players may have confused on whether they are living in real life or virtual life. Also, players spend too much money on videogames. Some reports show that gamers now spend hundreds of millions of dollars on virtual items from clothing, furniture to real estate. About the cons of societies, violent video games incite players' emotion. In Syria, a developer has created a wildly popular shooter game designed to incite the rage of the young men of the Middle East.




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 evidence that digital games can encourage aggressive values and anti-social actions in the real world. According to the expert in the film, he said that digital games may increase players' aggressive emotion. So, if the players spend more time on violent videogames, their aggressive emotion is higher, which cause bad effects on them and may cause them to kill others in real life.


I agree that digital games can encourage aggressive values and anti-social actions in the real world based on
the evidences and explanations i have given above. Especially childrens and teenagers, they are easily affected by videos and images because they are not mature enough. If they always play violent video games, they become cruel and violent that have a very bad effect on their daily life and the future.




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


 Governments should have the right to ban and control certain games. As certain games have bad effects on players, governments should set up some rules to limit the development of violent games and aviod the children and teenagers playing those games who without guide.