The most obvious answer to why our children can't play violent video games is because their graphics are getting very real. Yes our video games were violent, but much of it was 2-D animation that we know could not really re-enact in our backyards--OK most of us. Games like "Doom" and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" proposed fantastical themes of fighting monsters and combatant turtles. Now that video games are tapping into 3-D, and maybe 4-D animation, the reality of the video games (like "Godfather") can be arguably closely connected to the violence that occurs in real life.
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The most obvious answer to why our children can't play violent video games is because their graphics are getting very real. Yes our video games were violent, but much of it was 2-D animation that we know could not really re-enact in our backyards--OK most of us. Games like "Doom" and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" proposed fantastical themes of fighting monsters and combatant turtles. Now that video games are tapping into 3-D, and maybe 4-D animation, the reality of the video games (like "Godfather") can be arguably closely connected to the violence that occurs in real life.