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As of now I am a college student studying game design, and I often work as a technical artist on larger projects. On smaller game projects I work as a 2d artist and animator. A lot of my job actually goes into keeping a game's graphics manageable and scalable, and keeping any given game's frame rate high.

I started gaming on a Dreamcast and I never stopped. I continue to console game, however PC gaming is cheaper and has become my primary gaming device.

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War in Games: A Response to Outrage Over Virtual Violence
William Kesner \| 7:39 PM on 11.16.2009	2 comments

The argument for Modern Warfare 2 turning children into terrorists is ridiculous. I don\'t really care about what the guy on the right had to say, it was the dude in the middle that just supt out sensationalist nonsense. Video games are not real, just like movies and TV are not real. If parts of this game leave a bad taste in your mouth, that could be because more and more war related games are trying to make war seem bad. MGS4 did a good job of making war feel like a bad thing, the game itself was fun, but war in that game was built to feel ugly.

I think games are going to continue putting people in situations that make them uncomfortable. Portraying war as a patriotic slaughter of no consequence other than glory would be wrong in a game that claimed to be an simulation of war. Modern Warfare 2 does a good job in making a fun game, as well as a compelling story that shows more than one face of war. A game that does not show war as ugly and terrible is doing far more harm to youth than one that shows what war is and how much pain is caused by its terrible violence.

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Hulan

I don't agree, a fun war game can still be fun even if it doesn't shows the loser's opinion, like Gears of War... or are you talking about "Real War" games?

William Kesner

I was mostly focusing on games that are more contemporary or historical.I'm all for shooters that have a one sided storyline, as long as they don't promote themselves as being a somewhat realistic war experience. Gears is a very fun game, but I don't think it is actually trying to be realistic. It's goal in it's narrative is different. I like the game and I don't think it is doing anything wrong, as it not promoting war as something fun. I only have an issue with war games when their worlds are presented realistically and the characters are so hopped up on patriotism that not one bullet can penetrate their flesh. With games like Halo or Half Life or Marathon the story has reasons for the character's supernatural abilities. The message these games send to kids is, "If you live in the super space future and have a super intense robot suit you can do all this stuff." These games are not telling kids that they themselves are going to be invincible or that fighting has no cost. So yes I am talking about "Real War" games, but that was a good point to bring up, as some of the best shooters are based in fantasy.

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