Much like popcorn is with a good movie, or like peanut butter with jam, Videogames and censorship come hand in hand. None can exist without the other, and for a good period of time they had learnt to co-exist with each other, without too much complication. .
In 1975 the game Death Race was released on an arcade system, the game involved players on a track, where the aim was to run over stick figure "gremlins". Despite the basic graphics, and not too graphic portrayal of violence the game was pulled out of the market not long after.
Pac-man, out of all games, came to public attention. The game itself presented circular shaped man, Pac-man, who went around eating little ghouls. Shortly after it's release, old fogies were heard all over the world, crying "should our kids be playing such violent games." Although by today's comparisons this may seem a little absurd, it did in fact gather a lot of publicity. Parents, it seemed were trying to find a scapegoat for their children's increasingly wayward behaviour. .
Finish him off!! - Videogames get more bloody.
The famous command from the Mortal Kombat games which allowed the player to kill his already battered and lifeless enemy, in a unique and gruesome way. In 1993 videogame maker Midway released "Mortal Kombat" onto Nintendo after achieving popularity in arcades. In the game, you control one of two humanoid characters who have to fight until one dies. The game featured special moves, some, where you are even able to rip out your opponent's heart or spine.
This more than any other signalled a new wave of violent games, which hit the market mid 90's. Carmageddon, a more graphic representation of the classic "death race" had to be taken off the market due to excessive use of blood, and because it apparently promoted reckless driving. The game allowed you to run over "little old ladies" walking down the street, and cause a lot of damage to streets and buildings and anything in your way for that matter.
Governing the Internet dominates many debates, censorship leading the fight. ... (Censorship and the Internet 1) This can be done with software, not government intervention. As stated in "Censorship and the U.S. Government," "Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but unlike charity it should end there" (Censorship and the U.S. ... As one can see, censorship is driven by the fear of the unknown. ...
The results indicate that almost every country worldwide was perceived to have political censorship on the internet in certain degree and international students have different criterions of evaluation of cyber-censorship. ... Several studies have been conducted on the extent of knowledge and views on censorship among the general public. ... Regardless of these negative attitudes towards Internet censorship, there are also some positive views that censorship provides web users with preventative protection. ... Hence, it is essential to survey their knowledge of censorship and their attitudes to...
Censorship of the cinema and television is justified. ... The Censorship Board of Malaysia banned those movies from coming into our cinemas because the movie promotes violence, drugs and sexuality. ... The censorship is justified as it will protect our society from moral decay, religious critism and we have the ability to watch the movie with our family. Lastly I still think that censorship is bringing benefits to us rather than destroying us. The censorship is here to stay but we can't predict the future maybe the censorship board will be dissolve in the next coming years. ...
Censorship Censorship is the banning of written work. ... Censorship is a short term benefit for schools and a long term problem. ... Censorship certainly protects people who are sensitive to certain issues. ... You can't have censorship without infringing on the basic human rights. In conclusion, censorship shouldn't even be considered. ...
Rap and Censorship The beginnings of rap are believed to based on African rhythms which were used as a form of communication by the native peoples. ... Not all of government's attempts at censorship are as obvious as "Censorware." ... Local governments practice censorship even more often than the federal government. ... The private sector, most notably in the form of super-retailer Wal-Mart, has joined the government in the censorship war. ... One of today's leaders in censorship, especially censorship of rap, has become C. ...
Ownership is like the owner of something, who has the legal right to something or to control What is Censorship? ... How information and media control and ownership relate to censorship? ... First is the Information and media control, without the information control it's may cause conflict and confusion whereby the information just release without any approver knowing, without ownership the information can be use and publish to every one, if there is no censorship this also may cause harm and violent to public, so information control, ownership and censorship is very important for me...
Music Censorship in America "Music censorship is any discriminatory act that advocates or allows the suppression, control, or banning of music against the wishes of the creator or intended audience" (Nuzem 7). ... Music censorship is not American. Censorship is not new; it has been around for as long as government has. ... If any artist has felt the direct effects of censorship, it was Elvis Presley. ... But just because censorship occurs this often doesn"t make it right. ...
We need censorship to protect children from being exploited and exposed to things they shouldn't be. ... Congress is not all the way for censorship though. ... (www.epic.org/free_speech/censorship/) We also need censorship on the television. ... Since the addition of cable there is a needed increase for censorship. ... Censorship is a necessary and beneficial limitation on society. ...
Censorship is not as recent as most people think. ... Censorship must cease before it gets to be out of control. ... Censorship is used in the novel by burning books. Censorship is oppressive. ... Corporations like Wal-mart have used censorship as vengeance and discipline. ...
Censorship In Fahrenheit 451, as in society today, censorship has completely destroyed originality and intelligence throughout the country. ... In some ways censorship is good, but in other ways it's gone too far. ... In the United States, censorship relates to this by keeping people from hearing all the facts. ... Censorship denies the public right to speech in all of its forms. ... In conclusion, censorship controls today's society. ...