Take a look at the two images above. Several years ago people were outraged at the "original" gun controller, the NES Duck Hunter, which could only be played with a handgun-esque controller, which many believed would promote real life fire arms usage. The assault rifle pic is a part of the PS Move addon, which even further allows more "interaction" with the current shooters, such as Battlefield or Call of Duty game series.
The other (more graphic) pic is of the new Mortal Kombat 9 video game. Back when the original Mortal Kombat was released, many were outraged by a head being punched off, with 3 pixels worth of blood falling off. Back then violence was being prevented from being displayed by the graphic limitations of that time. Now is 2011, where graphics and images such as the one above are possible.
Is our video game's nowadays too violent? Do video game companies do this to have a "shock" factor in terms of violence, to draw in the curious. Its the same as the saying "it's like a massive trainwreck, its ugly and your don't want to look, but you can't look away".
I had no idea that the Duck Hunt gun bothered people. The gun seemed so innocent, then. I understand that some parents have an issue with children playing with any type of toy gun. Nonetheless, Duck Hunt was a fun game and I still have a soft spot in my heart for the silly doggie who would run and retrieve the dead ducks or laugh if you missed. lol Good times.
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