AboutAlexander Hodgkiss Expertise I can answer questions about tips, cheats, gameplay, and tips for hundreds of Action games going back from the first Platform-Action games on NES and Atari, right through to today with games on Wii, Xbox 360, and PS3, and everything else in-between. I've played through hundreds of games on consoles and handhelds - sorry but PC is not my area. If you're also looking for best ideas on what game to buy, let me know your interests and tastes, and we can come up with some sure-fire great ideas. Oh, and for game design, I've done plenty of that too if you need any help!
Experience Been playing games since I was 4. Started out with Mega Man, and have been strong ever since with hundreds of games under my belt on practically every system. I've also worked on designing several game titles as well if there's any need for it, but I'm here for the gamers.
Organizations IGDA, IDMAA, Great Games Experiment, OSITY Media Group
Publications Gamasutra
Education/Credentials Bachelor of Arts in Digital Media, specialization in Interactive Systems
self-proclaimed Bachelor of Fine Arts in Gaming
Awards and Honors EB Games, South Florida Spring 04 GameCube Champion
Blockbuster Gamer-On, South Florida, 2nd Place
Past/Present Clients OSITY Media Group, free-lance consultant
I'm doing a University Assignment dealing with if video game violence can affect children and teens. What are your views on this matter? Do you believe that Video games can lead to violent and/or criminal behaviour in adolescents?
Thanks for your help.
Tom Howe
Answer Howdie Tom,
I can give you my personal opinion on this, but there's a great deal of information out on the web about this topic I'd recommend looking through.
Short answer: I do not believe video games lead to criminal behavior in adolescents.
Long answer: There's been a great deal of research done that proves, those who claim is does incite criminal behavior, already had a wavering toward that. Video games have now replaced the movies for what people can blame things on. Looking just at sales, several thousand people are playing violent games like Grand Theft Auto, every single year. How many of those people then go on to perform acts of violence? I don't know the exact number, but I would guarantee less than 100 (I know it's far less than that, but compared to thousands, 100 is still a small number).
I'm not going into more specifics as there's too much out there in regards to this subject. Just keep in mind as you search for things that some times when a person says there's a study for something, they may be quite wrong (not going to say anyone lies) - that includes anything I've said since I don't have specific links for things. Also, in case you didn't know, ludology is the study of video games, so searching for that may also turn up some good information for you.
