I remember when video games were judged on high scores and simple plots. They were a blast to play and they weren't designed to imitate life. Coleco Vision (BC was one favorite game), Odysse (terrible but hey...), Sega (I was hooked on baseball), Commodore 64, Intellivision. The last two were lesser known games. Actually, Commodore 64 was a computer.
All these game consoles offered simple and fun games (if not legendary) to play. I remember we'd play for an hour or so and our parents would come down and tell us to go outside. Which we gladly did. We built bad soap box cars, played three on three baseball, sold lemonade and road our bikes until sundown.
By contrast, today's games are superior in quality and complexity. They're mostly based on missions and tend to be excessively violent or extreme. Gamers makes a living going from tournament to tournament competing. It's a probably a reflection of society in general I'm sure on some level.
It's evolution and progress. I guess. Heck, probably some of the designers from the aforementioned companies work for Game Cube, Nintendo, EA or Play Station now.
All I know is that parents should not be letting kids play these games.Or if they do, they should allow it with some form of supervision. Kids are simply not mature enough to comprehend the implications of violent mature content. Notice how the reviewer says gamers "can kill innocent people" on a mission in a matter of fact manner.
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