I don't recall being appalled by any game. Except maybe Oblivion because it was so much worse than its predecessor.Codexians,
I would like to ask you to help my GF, who's working on her master's degree work on the subject of glamorization and celebritization of murderers, killers and such, by answering several questions connected with video games.
Questions:
What was the most appalling game you have ever played? Did it involve killing humans?
During the gameplay are you aware of the fact that you are performing an act of killing or is it an automatic action?
As (mainly) a strategy gamer, I don't perform acts of killing. I perform the act of making other humans fight for my amusement.
If I press a button (new game or load game usually) the pixels that exploded into smaller chunks of red pixels revert to their original state. So it's not so much an act of killing as of temporarily removing obstacles in a game. You may as well ask if I feel guilty about murdering my opponents rook in a game of chess. (I don't).
Depends. If I'm playing against the computer, I'll feel a little satisfaction if I barely manage to win against a fair system that gives up a hard fightDoes it evoke any feelings in you? If yes, what kind? (relief after a stressful day, satisfaction etc.).
If it's some other guys pixels I'm breaking - especially if the breaking of their pixels is permanent like injuring a star player in Blood Bowl - a little schadenfreude is mandatory. (Especially if the other person throws a tantrum over the death of his pixels. It's just a game. Why so serious?) I don't mind having my pixels killed in return. Gambling [time spent improving my virtual dudes] and risking to lose them while playing the game is part of the appeal to me. The same way most people would find poker immensely dull if the gambling aspect was removed from the game.
Watching the evening news did that. TV is way bloodier than games to me. The violence in most of the (violent) games I play is so over the top it becomes cartoonish. Same way kids aren't freaked out when Tom&Jerry hit each other with mallets or Wile E Coyote gets blown up by a pile of ACME Co. dynamite.Did gaming immunize you to the view of death and blood?
No. I can tell the difference between killing pixels and killing people. The two are nothing alike.How gaming influences your view on murder? Is it less horrifying/appalling?
[insert random wizard here] Why settle for one power when Magic™ allows you to have them all at once?If you had an ability to choose one game character and to have its powers, which one would it be? Why?
If I had to pick just one, teleportation would allow me to commute between a high-paying city job and a home in a faraway tropical paradise. And I could still go skiing every weekend. That'd be nice. If the teleportation would allow me to bring cargo or passengers along, there'd also be plenty of oppertunities to earn top dollar for relatively little work by
Honesty much appreciated
These questions are terrible. Others have already listed the reasons why. If this is for a master's thesis, your GF should rework them. Unless she's already written her conclusion and is just trolling for answers that support her preconceptions.
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