Comments on: Bully for you: Controversial video game may not be as violent as critics fear http://mediationchannel.com/2006/10/17/bully-for-you-controversial-video-game-may-not-be-as-violent-as-critics-fear/ News and ideas about mediation, negotiation, conflict resolution, and law Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:05:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Diane Levin http://mediationchannel.com/2006/10/17/bully-for-you-controversial-video-game-may-not-be-as-violent-as-critics-fear/#comment-140 Diane Levin Mon, 04 Jun 2007 09:54:00 +0000 http://mediationchannel.com/2006/10/17/bully-for-you-controversial-video-game-may-not-be-as-violent-as-critics-fear/#comment-140 Lee, many thanks for your comment and kind feedback about this blog. I'm intrigued as you are by cultural expressions of conflict and violence, and like you I find digital gaming a fascinating topic. As much as I would like to explore it further, gaming is not my primary area of expertise. I myself would like to read an article like the one you propose--I think though that I'll have to leave it to others with greater expertise and knowledge to research it and create it. Thanks though for your comment, Lee--it was great to hear from you! If you do come across other articles that explore this theme, definitely let me know.<br/><br/>Best wishes,<br/>Diane Lee, many thanks for your comment and kind feedback about this blog. I’m intrigued as you are by cultural expressions of conflict and violence, and like you I find digital gaming a fascinating topic. As much as I would like to explore it further, gaming is not my primary area of expertise. I myself would like to read an article like the one you propose–I think though that I’ll have to leave it to others with greater expertise and knowledge to research it and create it. Thanks though for your comment, Lee–it was great to hear from you! If you do come across other articles that explore this theme, definitely let me know.

Best wishes,
Diane

]]> By: Lee http://mediationchannel.com/2006/10/17/bully-for-you-controversial-video-game-may-not-be-as-violent-as-critics-fear/#comment-139 Lee Mon, 04 Jun 2007 04:12:00 +0000 http://mediationchannel.com/2006/10/17/bully-for-you-controversial-video-game-may-not-be-as-violent-as-critics-fear/#comment-139 Cool post, <br/><br/>However, I was wondering if it would be possible if you touched on the action/adventure genre sometime in the near future. Today's violent games are fairly recent and have their roots in the older action and adventure games of the 70's and 80's. Consoles like the Atari and Intellevision featured primitive games with combat and violence that laid the groundwork for the games of today. I was doing some looking around online trying to find some history on the genre and I came across several good articles like <a HREF="http://www.dealsdepot.com.au/a96/The-history-of-the-adventure-game/article_info.html" REL="nofollow">this one</a>, but I was thinking perhaps you could do a write up that ties the history of action and adventure games to today's violent video games. For example, you could take a game like "Tanks" for the Atari 2600 and show the progress and evolution that has occured since then, and how public perception of violent games (and video game violence in general) has changed as well. Just an idea. Great post either way. Thanks for writing it. Your blog is always a great read. Keep up the good work! Cool post,

However, I was wondering if it would be possible if you touched on the action/adventure genre sometime in the near future. Today’s violent games are fairly recent and have their roots in the older action and adventure games of the 70’s and 80’s. Consoles like the Atari and Intellevision featured primitive games with combat and violence that laid the groundwork for the games of today. I was doing some looking around online trying to find some history on the genre and I came across several good articles like this one, but I was thinking perhaps you could do a write up that ties the history of action and adventure games to today’s violent video games. For example, you could take a game like “Tanks” for the Atari 2600 and show the progress and evolution that has occured since then, and how public perception of violent games (and video game violence in general) has changed as well. Just an idea. Great post either way. Thanks for writing it. Your blog is always a great read. Keep up the good work!

]]> By: Anonymous http://mediationchannel.com/2006/10/17/bully-for-you-controversial-video-game-may-not-be-as-violent-as-critics-fear/#comment-67 Anonymous Wed, 18 Oct 2006 18:51:00 +0000 http://mediationchannel.com/2006/10/17/bully-for-you-controversial-video-game-may-not-be-as-violent-as-critics-fear/#comment-67 Well, one thing is for sure, never before has the public release of a video game commanded such media attention. The manufacturer must be ecstatic over all of the free advertising. I wouldn’t be surprised if next week’s headlines boast record-breaking sales on the tail of all this hype. What are we trying to accomplish here? Well, one thing is for sure, never before has the public release of a video game commanded such media attention. The manufacturer must be ecstatic over all of the free advertising. I wouldn’t be surprised if next week’s headlines boast record-breaking sales on the tail of all this hype. What are we trying to accomplish here?

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