The bottom line is the controls for your game need to be simple. One it allows a new player to dive immediately into your game. And two it makes your game fun and less frustrating. You want the controls to feel like an extension of your body. Like an Indy car is to a driver, smooth, compact, and streamlined.
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This article talks about the use of violent video games in modern-day society and what effect it has on children, young people and gamers in general.
There are so many mediums that portray violence, it’d be ridiculous to single out video games
No, I still sometimes feel sick to my stomach when I see real life gore, compared to a video game, real life just has a different effect. At least to me
Right, but it can likely effect kids at least somewhat because they have impressionable minds, that's why age ratings are a thing. Try telling a screaming kid that a horror film is fake for example, not going to help much is it?
Parents still buy adult stuff for their kids, so that is a problem for immature minds.
not in the slightest, I've seen someone on live tv announce that he was going to shoot himself right there and then and he did it in a calmly way while telling everyone around him they shouldn't be scared his not going to harm anyone and he just wants to end is life bc of his own guilt
He then proceeded to pull a gun from a paper bag put it in his mouth and pull the trigger, no over the top violence or brain matter flying everywhere, just a persons life force fading away and his head slowly lowering
That shook me to the core more then any MK video game, seeing a real person fade out like that.. our brains/instincts knows the difference when it comes to the real thing
Considering, and this is general statement but none the less accurate, they've spent the last 30yrs studying that and have found it doesnt, why ask such a click bait question? Oh right click bait.
Yes, I too have been studying this subject for more than 30 years and I can conclusively say that no, video games do NOT desensitize players to real-life violence.
I have murdered many, many thousands of NPCs in myriad ways over the course of those years and yet, I STILL can not even watch C.S.I. because it's just too horrifying to me. I still have to cover the screen with my hand when gory stuff is happening in the movies.
I usually just quickly skim the news headlines because I have difficulty if I think too much about some the terrible stuff that goes on.
I wish video games could desensitize me just a little... and this is coming from a guy who had a rough youth and more than a few fistfights.
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The Genesis controller should be a 6-button one. 10x better than the 3 button version!
That is some seriously basic and common sense information in that article. How does this stuff get approved? How is this remotely interesting beyond the title?