Video games are addicting; so addicting that people of all ages can't seem to tear themselves away from their X-Box or other gaming system. I recently heard that a group you guys spent a huge amount of time, like I'm talking hours, playing Call of Duty over last weekend. Personally, I think that's crazy and I hate video games especially ones where you blow things up and kill people. When I was your age (way long ago) what was popular was Mario and Super Mario and Tetris... wow how times have changed; virtually violence free. I wanted to find out some information about C.O.D and its popularity so I did some research. Turns out there are blogs, wikis, chat groups, facebook pages, you name it on everything related to C.O.D online. I can't believe this games popularity! Why is a game about killing people so popular? I was totally shocked to read one person's idea about why C.O.D was created; to recruit people for the American army. Is that even true? Then I got to thinking are we a society, or are you kids a generation where you think violence is acceptable? How can you mindlessly sit in front of a t.v screen blowing things up?! Please don't tell me you think it's fun. Then this got me thinking about The Hunger Games. Is it realistic to say that the violence in Call of Duty or any other video game is comparable to The Hunger Games? I mean everyone in Panem and the districts celebrate the Games even though they are so, so wrong and stop their lives just to watch the games, much like many of you stopped your life over last weekend just to play a game! Not to mention the exreme amount of violence in the novel. Kids killing kids; it doesn't get more violent than that. I think the advertisers and creators of C.O.D have power and control over a mass amount of people much like the Capitol has power and control over Panem, the tributes and people in the districts. Do the people in the Capitol know or think what they are doing is wrong? Or do they think what they are doing is perfectly acceptable? Do you think the creators of Call of Duty and the adveristers think all that violence is acceptable? Do you think Suzanne Collins created the Hunger Games series for the same or different reasons than the creators of C.O.D? I mean what if their own kids thought violence is acceptable because they play it on a game? Do you agree with Suzanne Collins when she says we are becoming desensitized towards violence in our lives and in the media?
In addition to this I recently heard that The Hunger Games has come under attack and in many schools across the United States the book (and the other books in the series) has been banned from school libraries because of it's portrayal of violence among children and youth. Do you feel this is a justified complaint? When is violence entertainment? When is violence just violence?
I agree that C.O.D is not a fun game to play, but when I get really bored. I play it, but I do not enjoy it because I know killing people is not funny or cool, you just take another persons life away. I think they banned the book because maybe a kid not suitable for the book read it and thought it was funny and cool, when really it's not. It's about kids killing other kids, you wouldn't just see that in public. Also, violence is never entertainment, it's showing you that when things get out of hand.. It gets really serious. And I also think that when violence is violence is when people fight for their country, to stand up for it, not to let it down.
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I agree with you but i think that C.O.D is so popular because people might whant to be like the people in the war, they like how gun's work,they have the chance to shoot the gun's on C.O.D. And they have the chance to kill people.
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As a COD Pro I don’t not agree with violence, I think violence is not acceptable, it its a form of hatred and is resulting in deaths. The people in capitol accept violence, discrimination and hate, they look past all other people in the district. The violence in Call of Duty] is definitely not comparable to the hunger games because it virtual and in no should result in fights and death. I think Jd2020 (creator of Call of Duty) is definitely not acceptable with violence in the real world. I think COD is so popular because its away people can kill people with out actually killing people. I definably agree that people are getting, if not already being desensitized to violence. Violence is only entertainment when virtual and fake.
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ReplyDeleteI think that violence is completely unacceptable iv played COD and I think its kind of fun but i would never be okay with violence,violence is horrible I cant understand how people can kill anther person I think that the creator of COD may think is fun in a game but probably dose not agree with it in the real world.
Liam
I see where you are coming from Ms.Ferriolo and I do agree with you and my thoughts are I think is that the schools should keep The Hunger Games books in the library because in the book, it may be violent, but Katniss is a good role model because she wants to stop The Hunger Games (the violence). Violence is not entertaining but in campaigns, like Call of Duty, you can see what the main characters life would be like to make a different choice and see what could possibly happen. In The Hunger Games I think the Capitol thinks that they are doing something ok because they might think that it will stop the Districts from fighting back because the Districts know the Capitol is way powerful than them. I honestly think that Call of Duty is so popular because people want to see how long they might live in a war and there are ranks on Call of Duty so some people might want to see who has the highest score or rank.
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i agree with you guys COD is a violent game and it's not good for kids to be playing because it has them blowing up stuff and killing people i think some of this stuff relates to T.H.G and also in T.H.G book the capitol don't care about the people's death or about the discrimination and i agree with Dawson (a few comments back) the violence in the games is entertaining cause it's virtual and fake but in the real world it's not fake it's actually real people actually do get either blown up or shot in the wars ......and that's just made me even more scared about the wars the have happened. And i totally do not agree about the banning of the hunger games book because it's such an addicting and entertaining book and it should have not been banned from other school libraries because students might have wanted to read the book but they can't cause it's been banned :(
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P.S omg i can't wait to see the movie!!! :(
I agree because people are wasting time in front of the tv gaming instead of going out side or spending time with family. I agree with emily because that they shouldnt band it from librarys because it could be a could learning experience reading it like they might start thinking if this does happen what would I do or it could get them thinking like can hate really cause all this to happen. I also agree that the desensitization in the games are affecting younger people.
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I don't think that the series of the hunger games should be banned from some schools because of violence because I bet they play games like Call of Duty all the time so there used the violence anyways. I don't think the capital knows what there doing is wrong but if their kids were in the hunger games they would know that its wrong.
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I agree with Devon because i don't know how people can sit on the sofa for 10 hours gaming not getting fresh air like i play games some times but for ten hours WOW i don't know how they can do it. And they bring it to school and some places it's getting out of hand don't you think that it's to long to play for ten hours straight.
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I am one of those people that play those games when ever you can. I think every one likes these games because after you get your first kill {streak} you are going to plan ways to kill people like in a Chopper Gunner you have to shoot people out of the air Unlike the RC Cars you have to drive them around and blow people up, RC Cars, Dogs, Chopper Gunners..{ETC} Some people Get Pumped up And some people want to get more because they might want to beat their friends high scores. Anyways personally I am not okay with violence in the real world but in games I guess it is okay because maybe some people come to school thinking about it but I know that people like my friends don't come to school like hey guys i like gamed C.O.D all night bro. but i guess we talk about it a little bit but if were doing work we arent in the middle of class like hey guys what level are you in C.O.D?? but again if C.O.D was in real life i would not be okay with it because even the creator of C.O.D probably isnt okay with violence but in the game its all right.This relates to T.H.G because once you get your first kill {related back to killstreaks} you want to get another because you dont want to die you want to survive. -- SAM SHMANKA
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Kiara! When you said Call Of Duty is not good and kids and teenager should not be playing C.O.D , but I think they should not be playing C.O.D because it may be fun but there are people around the world right now in a actual war and hoping it will be over so they can come and see there friends and family , but instead of kids and teenagers hanging out with friends and family there sitting there playing there x box or other game consoles. Kiara I also am wondering why they would band T.H.G and I think it was kind of dumb to band The Hunger Games from some schools because it has a really good message in it to stay strong. I also think the book is a great example for the saying "treat people the way you want to be treated" , and I guess you could say that one rule you must obey at school. Also I think its not true when it says the game C.O.D is convincing people to join the American army because with all the violence and killing it kind of makes me scared of the war even more then I was before and T.H.Gs also makes me scared of whats going to happen in the far future !
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WOAH!! i didn't know that C.O.D was that bad!! but i totally agree that violence in video games and in T.V has people desensitized to what real violence is going on the the media!(here is to answer your question Kiara) Also i don't know why (well i know why) school libraries would ban the book it is amazing! Yes, its a a little violent but it is a great learning experience for kids to learn what kind of violence it actually is going on but.......again the desensitization from video games and T.V. I'm kind of repeating my self and you Ms.Ferriolo. OHH it all comes together does anyone else see what I'm getting at?
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I thank that they shouldn't ban T.H.G from schools too. Because I know that violence is wrong but people should see what the footer might be. So my solution is to see what people might become so that way we as people can do something about it. because we have the chose to see from wrong and right so we have the power to stop but the districts are forth to watch the hunger games.
ReplyDeleteMy idea is to stop playing C.O.D or what until we are above the age of 20 that way we can stop the violence so our kids don't end up like in T.H.G or we might!
David Rogers
Ms. Ferriolo your post really got me thinking about C.O.D and how violent it really is. I totally agree with what you said about how many hours people are wasting playing very violent video games. It's absolutely crazy!! The violence in these video games have taken over our world. These games are such a waste of time and are horrible to be playing. The video games may be fun but sure are violent and horrible for are society! I don't really think C.O.D relates to the Hunger Games because it's virtual and random. Sure in the video game you kill people and all that stuff but the Hunger Games has a message and C.O.D doesn’t, you just kill people and stuff like that. It doesn’t have a real topic about what the game is about.
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I love Call Of Duty just because of how fun I find the game but I think that the Call Of Duty can be related to The Hunger Games as well as you. I think this because that it is terribly evil to force kids to go to war against other kids just like how kids play on an online war. If that wasn't bad enough for you than I think that adding in the fact that The Capitol is forcing the kids parent's to watch just to watch them die adds in the missing cruelty. If you don't think that that is cruel than there is something wrong. I know that you might think it is terrible for me to be kill ing people on an online war but just think. It's not real! Also if you don't think that is terrible for kids to kill kids for real than I personaly want you to tell me what is.
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ReplyDeleteI am one of those people that play those games when ever you can. I think ever one likes these games because after you get your first kill streak {( you get special ways to kill like planes, RC Cars, Dogs ETC...)} you get really pumped up and wanna get more kill streaks. In T.H.G if you have sponsors you will probably be getting some kind of packge like Food, Water or Medical Kit. like C.O.D
The C.O.D games aren’t about blowing things up its more like the war. T.H.G is war too because theirs people killing people.
You can learn after playing the C.O.D games because it teaches you about the Kinds of Guns they took in the war. The C.O.D games can kinda train you if you wanna go in the war like cool techniques or good camos you can use. In T.H.G there normal life stiles are like training because they gotta fight for everything like Katniss having to hunt for her food and Peeta had to lift and throw big flower bags because he lived in a bread store.
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Anonymous said... I think that violence is completely unacceptable. Iv played C.O.D and I think its kind of fun but I would never be okay with violence,violence is horrible I cant understand how people can kill anther person I think that the creator of C.O.D may think is fun in a game but probably dose not agree with it in the real world. I think that a lot of kids are becoming desensitized to violence just like the capitol doesn’t care about the kids in T.H.G anymore because they’ve become desensitized to violence. Liam
ReplyDeleteI disagree and agree. I agree because kids are getting too violent at school and in the community.I know this because kids are getting in more fights and this never use to happen before.I disagree because I like the game and like to play it. This relates back to the Hunger Games because everyone in the Districts has to watch the Games or they get killed by the Capital.
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Steph, I just found why they banned T.H.G. The people that banned T.H.G were in The United States and only banned it from 1 School Board. The peeple of the school board had banned it because as Megan had told us before.. There was a girl age 11 and she had nightmares about T.H.G and APPERENTLY they were really scary.
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I definitely agree with you Ms.Ferriolo about how in the people can play a video game for TEN hours straight, even though I do have the game I hardly ever play and when I do it's not for very long at all because I'm usually outside. I also agree with Kiara when she said people at our age should not be playing game like this because it is very violent and when you asked why they banned in the U.S.A I think it was just too violent for kids and they probably got scared, but i still like to play it sometimes for something to do.
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I totally do agree with you Ms.Ferriolo that C.O.D is a really violence game and completely not right for kids this age to be playing, or even anybody to be playing it. I don't think kids should be playing this game called C.O.D, it's really wrong when a game has shooting people in the head, blowing up stuff. Also how The Hunger Games might connect to C.O.D maybe Suzanne Collins is trying to send a message to say what's actually happening in the world but happening for a reason, C.O.D has no reason to have been made in this world because what do the creators want to do? Tell kids to blow up stuff and shoot people? I personally think its stupid. Also honestly? why do people in the States have to band T.H.G? I don't think they should have because the book is SO good and some people in the past were actually like that. The Game Makers in the game do know what their doing and so did the creators of C.O.D when they made the game. The kids of the world who play C.O.D or have ever read T.H.G might think that the 2 things are the same and I kinda think the same but C.O.D is making people think that they need to go to the American Army, T.H.G is telling people not to get involved.
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I agree with you Ms Ferriolo it is stupid to ban T.H.G it is not that violent i know because my ante son plays C.O.D. T.H.G is not that violent.
ReplyDeleteAn 11 year old girl in the us got nightmares so the her mother called the school and said ban the book from the school but it was only one school.
SAMANTHA MASCHKE
As a C.O.D player I do not agree with violence, I think violence is not acceptable, it its a form of hatred and is resulting in deaths. The people in the Capitol accept violence, discrimination and hate, they look past all other people in the district. The violence in Call of Duty is definitely not comparable to the Hunger Games because it virtual and in no way should result in fights and death. I think JD2020 (creator of Call of Duty) is definitely not acceptable with violence in the real world and if he could he would do something about it. In the hunger games the only that want to change the Games is the people in the districts, their the only one that care about others. I think C.O.D is so popular because its a way people can kill people with out actually killing people and that makes people want to buy the next C.O.D which gets people on the Call of Duty train. The hunger games is popular because people are forced to watch it. I definably agree that people are getting, if not already being desensitized to violence. I disagree with Alex when she said “ the game is desensitizing people to violence”. But anyone can go on T.V and watch tons of violence and it will do the SAME affect. Violence is only entertainment when virtual and fake and not designed to offend anyone. The Hunger Games anyone in the capitol is thinking kids fighting to the death is OK and totally OK for entertainment.
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I agree with you Steph and Kiara!! I agree because I think that when kids and teenagers play Call Of Duty the bring the violence to school. I also think that it was dumb to band The Hunger Games fro some schools because it has a very strong message in it and it is a great book to read. I agree with Steph when she said " the book has a great example of " treat people the way you want to be treated". I think that the book shows a perfect example of that. I also think that when they said that COD is convincing people to join the American Army because like Steph said with all the violence and killing it makes me probably just as scared as Steph is. I think that it is just stupid that some schools in the U.S.A. I think that it's stupid because the book doesn't have as much violence as Call Of Duty does. I also think that because the book has a great message. The actual reason why The Hunger Games has been banned from some schools in the U.S.A is that a mother went and claimed that her 11 year old was having nightmares and it could numb other students to the effects of violence. http://www.blogher.com/banned-books-week-suzanne-collins-hunger-games here is the link to the actual artical.
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I don't agree with people spending eight or ten hours in front of the TV I will play but then I will go out side go for a bike ride or take my dogs for a walk. I agree when Kiara says “I don't think kids should be playing this game called C.O.D, it's really wrong when a game has shooting people in the head, blowing up stuff” because I play the game and I still don’t like how you kill people in the game I still think its still a little violent for kids our age there are even younger kids playing the game at 7 years old and think that's wrong , think it would be better for teens. I have a question for Steph why do you think its not true for the game not to convince people to join the army? because I have always wanted to be a part of the army and the game has convinced me more because it made me think what if i could help our country like this or make a different. Did you ever think of it that way?
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Yes I do agree with you David. Because when you said " Violence is wrong but people should see what the footer might be." But I disagree with Tyler because when You said "You get really pumped and want to get more kill streaks. " which makes me a bit disturbed with the violence in C.O.D. Bryn.A
ReplyDeleteYes I do agree with Suzanne Collins when she says that we are becoming desensitized. Just in case you don’t know the definition of the word desensitized it means
ReplyDeletemake ( someone ) less likely to feel shock or distress of cruelty , violence, or suffering by over exposure to such images.
So back to what I was explaining I do agree, because when people see violence and cruelty on the news and TV some people are not shocked because it happens so much they see it every day, world war gangs and murders. I’m pretty sure that the video games that children and teenagers are playing nowadays like Call Of Duty Black Ops and Halo Reach is not having a very good affect on people.
I also agree with ms. Ferriolo when she says that kids are playing too much video games because kids spend hours at a time playing video games instead of getting physical activity and doing homework etc, And my guess is that, that is not very good either because all this blowing stuff up and killing people most definitely hasn’t had a good affect on these kids. For example I did a little research and here is what I have found. Many studies have concluded that people who play violent video games are more aggressive, more likely to commit violent crimes, and less likely to help others. But critics argue these correlations merely prove that violent people gravitate towards violent games, not that games can change behaviour. I can relate this to the book The Hunger Games because Katniss is kind of getting more aggressive as a result to being in The Hunger Games and also the people who are forced to watch The Hunger Games when it is televised may be getting addicted and more aggressive. So do you believe what has just been stated or not?
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Ms.Ferriolo and Kiara, I totally agree with you because when you said “Call of Duty is a very violence game and completely not right for kids this age to be playing, or even anybody to be playing it” because these games can affect younger kids that are around age 7 to 11. Call of Duty is just a right stupid game and the creator that made this is even stupider just for making this game, because it can give a little kid night mirrors just like what happend to someone from reading this awesomely book called 'The Hunger Games.' I think that this game can relate this to the book 'The Hunger Games' because blowing up things, shooting people in there heads and taking other peoples lifes that they dont even know and just killing them for no odd reason just like what there doing in Call of Duty and The Hunger Games.
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I don't really agree with Kiara when she said Call of Duty doesn't have a message because how would they get the idea of making Call of Duty? Everything has a main idea or it would be pointless to make it. I think it shows us what war is like and like Ms.Ferriolo said, she researched about Call of Duty and someone said that it will help recruit people to the American Army to save the Country. I think it is to show people to join the army and know how to use the guns to save the country. Call of Duty is sort of like The Hunger Games because Call of Duty is teaching people how to use guns to help save people from being tortured while The Hunger Games is trying to tell people to make peace.
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I don't really like violence but C.O.D is a good game. People like the game. But the hunger games is like C.O.D kids kill other kids and people kill other people in the hunger games. But i like it but Call of Duty its a really fun and all but I don't like some of it because it freezes and you like why did it freeze. Dawson why do you like C.O.D so much. People like it so much they sometimes just can't get there eyes of the game because when you play it you can't get your eyes off the screen.
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Alex, I get that you want to be apart of the army but I don`t agree that the game is made to convince people to be apart of the army because all the vilonce and killing that takes place in the game. The game scares me as it is and i find it hard to think about what it would be like to actually see that happing to real people in the world so like I said my first post playing the video game actually makes me more scared about the war then i was beforehow does it not make you scared?
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Kiara, now I know why they banned it but I still don`t understand why they would banned it from at whole school. I could see if the class would stop reading it but the whole libary I think thats alittle intence don`t you think?
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Kelsay, what do you mean the Hunger Games is trying to make peace? Can you clarify that idea for me?
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Megan, you said that the book has a great message. Explain what you think that message is!
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Ally, what do you mean when you say "violence has taken over our world." Can you explain this idea a bit more?
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I agree with you Mrs Ferriolo personally i enjoy playing C.O.D. But there is a difference in the book and the game C.O.D in the book there forced to watch the games but we have the choice to play violent games like C.O.D. I don't think that the series of the hunger games should be banned from some schools because of violence because I bet they play games like Call of Duty all the time so there used the violence anyways. I don't think the capital knows what there doing is wrong but if their kids were in the hunger games they would know that its wrong.
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