Modern Warfare 2 on Fox & Friends
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Yesterday’s Fox & Friends morning show aired a segment covering Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
The short segment was introduced by host Steve Doocy, who began, “A popular new videogame actually allows you (points at camera) to be a terrorist and kill people.” He asked, “Is this fantasy game just a little too real and is it appropriate?” before kicking off a “fair and balanced” debate on the subject with Jim Steyer of Common Sense Media and John Christensen from SlashGamer.com.
Steyer was concerned about the age of the person playing the game, while a flummoxed Christensen attempted to explain the context of the scene in question.
Doocy followed up with the question, “Is it ever appropriate to simulate killing people?”
Steyer replied, “We live in a world of free speech so you can create these games. The issue for violent videogames is there’s no question that there is a correlation between videogame violence and screen violence and aggression in real life.
via GamePolitics
Of course, several actual research papers have all refuted any link between videogame violence and real-life aggression.
The short segment was introduced by host Steve Doocy, who began, “A popular new videogame actually allows you (points at camera) to be a terrorist and kill people.” He asked, “Is this fantasy game just a little too real and is it appropriate?” before kicking off a “fair and balanced” debate on the subject with Jim Steyer of Common Sense Media and John Christensen from SlashGamer.com.
Steyer was concerned about the age of the person playing the game, while a flummoxed Christensen attempted to explain the context of the scene in question.
Doocy followed up with the question, “Is it ever appropriate to simulate killing people?”
Steyer replied, “We live in a world of free speech so you can create these games. The issue for violent videogames is there’s no question that there is a correlation between videogame violence and screen violence and aggression in real life.
via GamePolitics
Of course, several actual research papers have all refuted any link between videogame violence and real-life aggression.
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