Turning on the game console, the screen goes black and a Playstation 2 logo appears but with a blur it vanishes. Suddenly, grotesque images of bodies being violently mutilated fill every inch of the television in an obscure movie sequence. The short movie soon ends and is replaced by a large game title dangling above a blood-covered dagger. The title, "Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance", the fifth in a series, is not a new item to the youth of America. Games with severe levels of violence are a mere common place today, with access attained simply by an exchange of currency, regardless of set ratings laws. Surrounding the images of blood and gore is a vast controversy about whether or not these violent games are affecting the children who play them and whether the current laws already in motion should be cast aside for stricter ones. It is my belief that the children playing these games are being affected in an obscene and vulgar manner, possibly for the worst.
To elaborate on what I mean by saying these games are "obscene", the esscence of the word must be understood and how it applies to the games. According to the most current dictionary, "obscene" means to be "offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty." (dictionary.com) Common sense tells us that violent scenes have always been offensive to the standards of decency and modesty, and it is in these games such as, Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, which the violent scenes flourish. Scenes with multiple stabbings and gushing blood are what the military uses as methods of desensitizing its soldiers. The Village Voice states in a column about a game called "Conflict: Desert Storm I" that "Conflict lets participants play as either U.S. Special Forces or British SAS to pursue a series of missions based loosely on real events in the Gulf War." Also, "a number of games, including Electronic Arts" recent Medal of Honor: Frontline, have recreated WWII battles; while upcoming games like Gathering of Developers" Vietcong and NovaLogic's Delta Force: Black Hawk Down will soon allow players to seek virtual revenge for American losses in Vietnam and Somalia.
Once in the stands the visitor side is instantly in the field of perception. ... A red roof stands out, and ''GARLAND'' is written on all four sides of the building in big black letters. ... The tall white building has the words ''WE WILL WIN" painted on it in dark yellow. ... They are dark and lonely. ... We ended up winning that game 35 to 10. ...
Moral Significance: Richard Connell's "The Most Dangerous Game" vs. ... One reason is that "The Child by Tiger" ends by giving the reader something to ponder on the darkness of man. For example, when the boys find the gun, Dick Prosser's actions reveal a dark side. ... This act displays how a man's "darker" side forces him to use his friendships to protect himself. ... This is morbid, but it shows man's darker side. ...
Each of these short stories deals with the good and bad side of human nature. ... Rainsford ends up winning the game and kills Zaroff. ... This is the opening into the stories dark window of their life. ... This shows the bad side of their human nature. ... It shows the reader the good and bad side of peoples human nature. ...
One day, playing a political game with the traditionally Hindu, vegetarian king, Russell demands he eat meat or have his kingdom cough up twice the lagaan (tax). ... Bhuvan accepts and is left with looking for team-mates to play against the Brits and beat them at their own game. What follows is the saga of how the whole village community comes together as one and fights the British at their own game. ... So he accepted the challenge even though he knew nothing about the game. ... He was Sensing and not relying just on his intuition, being practical he searched for even the minute det...
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More specifically, the "game" or struggle between the replicants and the humans. ... Tyrell's players represent the humans and Roy's side represents the replicants. ... This turns out to be his demise, both in the game of chess and in the game of life. ... It is dark in the elevator and we hear the elevator moving up, paralleling the path of the replicants in the film. ... The close-ups of Sebastian and Roy are asymmetrical, with very dark backgrounds. ...
We do not see where Trinity goes but she then appears in the other side of the matrix world where Tank is. ... They also wear dark sunglasses which hide their eyes, this could also tell the viewer that they are hiding their emotions, if they have any, behind the glasses as your eyes really speak and let other people in to you. ... The computer game like theme is carried on in the fighting scenes. ... This shows the game theme as when you are playing a computer game you can pause it and look around for the ˜baddies'. ... Also the music in the film is very modern and pounding like yo...
What is the game theory? ... I will first address the zero-sum game, which is structured in a way in which what a side gains, the other side automatically loses. Such that one side gains unequivocally an equal net loss of the other side, in other words the conflict is absolute. ... A variable sum-game consists in a way that both sides can gain something simultaneously, even though a side can gain a greater benefit than the other. ... To get a fuller understanding of this game you can see this example in the movie Batman: the Dark Knight when the joker puts bombs in two ferries and tells the p...
Most importantly the story is interpretive because the author is trying to help us understand man's darker side. ... This act is a lesson about man's "darker" side and how it allows him to use his friendship to keep from getting caught. ... The next example of man's darker side is the end of Dick Prosser's life. ... This is morbid but it shows man's darker side. ... "The Child by Tiger" by Thomas Wolfe, is interpretive literature because of the way it is presented, the way it ends, and what it teaches about man's darker side. ...
