Blogging the experience of gameplayhttps://www.gamelog.cl/gamers/GamerPage.php?idgamer=1132https://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=4034Ok, so this is my third and finally game log entry for the columbine game, and honestly I'm glad that this is the last time I have to play this game. This last time i was caught by the police where I was given the choice to commit suicide, me being who I am, decided to see if the game would end if i did commit suicide, instead we are transported to hell where characters, that remind me of the monsters in the old school doom game , would come after me. The game was mostly the same after this realization. The hell portion of the game was an unexpected surprise for me, I thought the game would end with my death. I feel this added level was also a little humorous, but also stated that the boys who did the columbine shootings were sent to hell immediately after they had killed them selves. the entire experience for me made me think about how people state that violent music, movies, and games effect the person playing it.Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:13:53 CSThttps://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=4034&iddiary=7546https://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=4034After the second time playing the game, I began noticing the number of media references with in the game and how these outside media sources apparently affect the person that enjoys them in negative ways. There were some references to Marylyn Manson and Nirvana's music, I personally have listened to both of the bands growing up as a child and i have never once done or planed out anything that was violent, let alone as violent as the columbine shootings. I feel that the designer of the game was trying to show the ridiculousness of the fact that, when the columbine shootings actually occurred in reality, the media accused violent music, video-games, and movies as the reason for the shootings.At least i would hope the designers were parodying this because if they agreed with that logic then their very own video-game could potentially fuel and inspire a second columbine shooting.Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:57:34 CSThttps://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=4034&iddiary=7544https://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=4034When i spent my first 30 mins playing this game, after the very hard time I spent looking for a pc to download this game on, I spent it walking around the school and shooting up the entire student body and the faculty that worked in the schoool. this game to me got boring quickly but it felt weird recreating this horrible act if violence that took place years ago. For me it was weird being put in the position of the columbine shooters. Honestly, it was one of the weirdest experiences of mof my life beacuzse at times I would recall a speaker that visited my high school, while I was attending, and his daughter was in the columbine shooting, he spoke with such passion about how much he missed his daughter, and that really affected me durring his speech and after playing thiis game for a little it just brought those feelings back. This is one of the few games that I honestly did not enjoy playing. (This entry has been edited1 time. It was last edited on Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:49:14.)Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:47:29 CSThttps://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=4034&iddiary=7543https://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=3907All right so this was my third time playing San Andreas and I have come to a decision. I like this game. The reason I like this game so much is because of the free form and the ability to do so many illegal activities to so many random pedestrians. I feel that this game appeals to people because it allows them to do things that whey would never get away with in the real world, but the game makes it effortless to run away from the law. I feel like it gives a false sense of justice to the players. Honestly I wish that San Andreas were a little more realistic. After finishing up this assignment I cannot help but think of what Professor Zagal said during the first week of school; should we allow people to murder in games and get away with it in real life? Does visualizing these horrific events make us numb to pain in the real world, will us as human beings be more willing to commit illegal activities because we did it in a virtual world. Common sense says that playing a video game will not cause us to change who we are based on what we do in a game, but can it make us more open to the idea of it? Is it ethically wrong for people to enjoy and play this game often? Will the racial slurs be passed on to the player who is watching the cut scenes? I cannot answer these questions, but I feel that the ESRB ratings at the bottom corner of the game box should be enforced heavily, no child, under the age of 16, should ever be able to play this game. They would learn negative things while playing San Andreas.Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:18:39 CSThttps://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=3907&iddiary=7343https://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=3905After another thirty minutes playing Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas I was overwhelmed at the amount of racial slurs used and the racist ideas that the game is displaying. It makes me wonder if the idea that having a game as horrid as this one out on the market is a good or bad idea. I have never before thought that video games led to violence in the youth, but after playing San Andreas and thinking about the things I'm doing within the context of the game makes me rethink my previous notions. This is a very violent game, and the structure of the game allows for the player to do pretty much any illegal activity in the book, from murder to prostitution. Theses are very graphic ideas that is available for the player to participate in. It just makes me think more about whether or not creating these numerous illegal activities in the video game world will make it seem OK in the real world. Are video games just the "gate way drug" to violence?Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:54:17 CSThttps://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=3905&iddiary=7328https://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=3907From the beginning of the game the player gets a brace of racial slurs and violence. The sense of the player are attack with curse words. The main character of the game, CJ, is a former hoodlum. we enter the game finding out that Cj's mother had just been murdered. CJ;s immediate response was to travel home and get revenge on the person who harmed his mother. when the cut scenes end you get the ability to take control of the character, which also allows him to attack other characters within the free universe of the game. As soon as i gained control of CJ, i ventured into the street and stole a car which i then used to hit an old man walking by. It was fairly easy to run away from the crime. its felt relatively easy to do criminal activities, and it was( for the poor graphics) gory.Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:03:41 CSThttps://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=3907&iddiary=7288