Thu 4 Jan 2007
About three years ago, I flew down to Boston to do an interview/filming for a documentary on game culture and violence called Moral Kombat. As noted at GamePolitics, the film has been in the works for a while now and they’ve just released a trailer at YouTube…
Looks pretty slick, but the trailer really plays heavy on the anti-game side of the debate. Though, I am told, that the overall film comes across balanced, informing the viewer on all aspects of the debate.
January 4th, 2007 at 3:05 pm
“Violence has been with us since Cain killed Abel,” oh Jack, you and your worldview.
I’d like this to go into the economics and cultural trends behind why the majority of mainstream, published games are so violent. It seems too easy to just monger over fear of an alien (to a 35+ demo) medium. I think the idea that the majority of players are impressionable nine-year-olds is also problematic, and this documentary doesn’t seem to be combatting it. Sure, ESA reports are probably baised, but its still not a median age of 12 playing games.
Here’s a better documentary, one more specific and poised: http://kingludic.blogspot.com/2006/12/super-columbine-massacre-rpg.html
By the way, the IDGA should give Ledonne a medal or something, for his handling of the press if not the game itself.