FEAR RESPONSE

The project I responded to most strongly was Alex and his presentation on lack of control. It was about how he feels like things out of his control could be helped by him personally when in fact there was nothing he could do about it. His presentation was my favorite and definitely the most vocal for the class as we, I guess I should say I, because I derailed his presentation wholesale, went on a 10 minute conversation or more on how we feel about choice in video games. His topic though and the means he went about creatively dispelling his fear was amazing. I don't play games a lot of the time the bad way when there is a choice because I, as a person and not a digital character, have feelings and play those games with the presence of mind that I'm playing them as if I were in the game making those decisions as myself. His choice to be a complete prick and blow up a town full of innocent people just to take out his frustrations really demonstrates the therapeutic aspect that playing games can have and why I'm so against the argument of games are detrimental to the attitudes and behaviors of children and people. Its as simple as if you have problems with violence or anger, games may not be for you! Or if you don't like the message in the games that are out there and don't want your kids exposed, don't buy them! That's all you can do! It's the same with any other objectionable content that is harmful or considered "potentially harmful". As much as people want to get rid of porn, or cigarettes or illicit drugs they will always be there because it makes some big wig at a chair smoking a fat stogie millions of dollars. Sometimes you just have to relinquish control and just accept the fact that shit happens whether you like it or not and no matter how much of a stink you raise it will never go away. This is why Alex's presentation spoke so strongly with me. I loved his creative outlet and wish I had time to just be a prick in games all the time!