proposals

Reality is defined as the state of world as it really is rather then what you want it to be. Fantasy is fiction portraying highly imaginative characters or settings. Differencing between reality and fantasy for video games can be complicated for people. Most people have no problem telling fantasy from reality, but there are those few who do. The question is what kind of games would cause them to view fantasy as reality? To fix this problem parents should talk to their children and explain in full detail the different between reality and fantasy, especially games that feature humans killing other humans. There is censorship out there but lets face some facts; it doesn’t work all the time or solve anything. We need to make a class in the local schools where children ages four to sixteen attend a class where they can play video games for a couple hours and then talk to the instructor after words about what they think is real and what is fantasy in their opinion.
The purpose of video game censorship is to protect the children from exposed to violence, blood, and obscene language, which is a very noble goal. Parents think that by just never buying the game or that there are age restrictions on a game that it will stop their child from having to be exposed to the games. However, this does not stop the children from going over to a friends or a relative’s house and playing what was forbidden for them to play at their own home. Plus, there’s the fact that trying to protect a kid from violence and obscene language is not so easy to do when the world constantly exposes it to them. Parent’s should let their child have the game and explain it to them that what they see in game is not real, and should never be bought back into the real world. In turn this teaches children that what they see on the screen is completely unreal and is in an imaginary world. This is the different between reality and fantasy come in on the strongest level. There are certain games in today’s society game playing that looks like they are spreading a message that it’s ok to kill people, without repercussions in life. A few examples of these are Grand Theft Auto, Saints Row, and Manhunt.

Now if there was a class that could help people understand the content of video games then it would help them in comprehending the difference in fantasy and reality. This class should feature games of every genera from, Role Playing Games (RPG), First Person Shooters (FPS), fighting, and Action Games (AG).