Is this real?

The wonderful world of video games allows you to basically do anything you want to do in another man made universe. Many games like Counter-Strike and Call of Duty are meant for its players to actually feel what it feels like to be in a war or battle like situations. Counterstrike is a first person shooter where you can either be a terrorist or counter- terrorist. The point of the game is to eliminate the other side by killing them, either with guns, grenades, or knives. The terrorists have an opportunity to plant a bomb, while the counter-terrorists have an opportunity to defuse the bomb.


Call of Duty is also a first person shooter where the goal is to eliminate the other side.

These video games in essence offer the player a sense of power. Players are allowed to do anything they want without the consequences of their actions. Many of these types of games try to mimic what a battle situation is like. However, there is one key thing it does not mimic; the tragedy and pain that is felt when someone takes a human life. These games in a sense give a false power to the player, because they are able to “kill” the other player before they are killed. It is an illusionary power in which many players want to feel control over another player. Video games are rather popular among men in practically all age groups. This can be a bad thing for many younger players because it basically dulls them into thinking that killing someone else can be reduced to a mere game.

This brings about cultural issues over power because people begin to play these video games to feel this sense of power over others and sometimes this gets violent. People will do crazy things in real life because they have been influenced so greatly by playing these video games. If you get shot at or attacked in a video game, you can most likely get “healed” or your life will slowly regenerate over time. In real life however this is usually not the case.