Should we discuss why you killed me off? I think we should.. Players use the game “The Sims” to get their agression and anger out on someone without hurting them physically or emotionally in real life. So, is this a good thing? Should we find alternative ways to express emotion such as this? Or should we really be solving these issues face to face? I read an article entitled ‘My daughter killed her brother in ‘The Sims” and it discusses one issue in which a little girl got mad at her brother in real life, so she killed him off in the game. The father seemed to have no problem with that. He felt that it was just a game and should not be taken so seriously. So killing a relative or a friend in a game is understandable?? Is this an action anyone would do? Would you?
I certainly would not. I personally feel that that would be an act of violence, even if it is just in a game. Even the thought of killing off a relative just because they upset me or made me angry would never cross my mind. Do the kids of today who play “The Sims” and other violent games really think this while playing. It is fine for a child to make their own family in the game but to then decide to kill them in the game is utterly disturbing to me.
Not many games out there exist in which no one wins and no one loses, but is an endless stream of activity that stimulates the players into wanting to play as often as possible, resulting in them becoming addicted. That right there describes “The Sims”. In the end, the game of “The Sims” is truly your world, your way.
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