article on GTA IV and the effect of these games

1. The debate carries on from whether the new game GTA
IV is an amazing gamers paradise or another step to
dehumanizing the population.
The research continues to see if people take a gaming
experience to seriously and carry it out into the real world
with them. People still suggest that with disturbing game
experiences like prostitution, drug dealing and general
destruction around the city ending in the gamer getting
chased down by police cars and helicopters. Things like
the Copycat theory; where if someone acts violently in a
game, they will also bring it out and act violently to other
people in their life. Still persist, however, there is still no
solid evidence has come forward to make a solid
conclusion to whether this is correct. “These games are
falling into the hands of children that are far to young to
be even seeing these disgusting games, never mind
playing them.” Claimed a parent who has a 9-year-old son.
“They advertise things like prostitution o be a good thing
to children who aren’t old enough to know any better. It’s
sick!”
However, at the other end of the scale we
have many video game magazines, critics
and reviewers claiming this game to be
one of the best games of all time and how
it has “revolutionized gaming”, with many
of the critics and reviewers listing this
game (in the main) 90%+. With the
sandbox game style and the newly
developed R.A.G.E game engine, developed
in Rockstar San Diego, this game is filled
with highly sophisticated technology to
make this game far and above the best free
roam game available for the 7th generation
consoles.
In argument to the Copy Cat theory, a
psychologist called Tyra Byron composed
legitimate research and concluded that
though games can cause short term anger
and frustration, none of these effects have
a long term/ prolonged effect on the
person.