Do Video Games Cause Violence? (VR Included) | A Short Video Essay



Do video games cause real world violence? Who knows… Watch and find out 🙂

Academic Sources (Order of Appearance):
– Young, J. 2009, ‘Moral Panic: Its Origins in Resistance, Ressentiment and the Translation of Fantasy into Reality’, The British Journal of Criminology, Vol. 49, no. 1, pp. 4-16
– Markey, P.M. & Ferguson, C.J. 2017, ‘Teaching Us to Fear: The Violent Video Game Moral Panic and the Politics of Game Research’, American Journal of Play, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 99-115.
– Batty, S. 2020, ‘A Positive Side of Violent Video Game Play: The Negative Correlation Between Violent Video Game Play and Violent Crime’, University of Saskatchewan Undergraduate Research Journal, Vol. 6, no. 3
– Loewen, J. 2018. ‘Death, Fabulation, and Virtual Reality Gaming’

Other Sources (Order of Appearance):
Music:
– Chicken or The Egg – Chicken Song by J.Geco
– Intro Card – Mr Blue Sky by Electric Light Orchestra
– Prologue – Funny Background Music by mr.AudioAgent
– Part 1 – Elmo’s Song by/from Sesame Street
– Part 2 – Poker Face by Lady Gaga
– Beat Saber Music – Legends Never Die by Against The Current/League of Legends
– Part 3 – Dragostea Din Tei by O-Zone
– Conclusion – Brain Power by Noma

Games (Gameplay recorded by me):
– Blade and Sorcery (VR)
– Beat Saber (VR)
– A Hat in Time
– Boneworks (VR)
– Minecraft (VR) / Vivecraft
– LEGO The Hobbit
– Zero Caliber (VR)
– Grand Theft Auto V / GTA5
– Arizona Sunshine (VR)
– Job Simulator (VR)
– Pavlov (VR)

Timestamps:
0:00 – Intro
0:48 – Prologue
1:27 – Part 1
3:53 – Part 2
4:44 – Part 3
7:25 – Conclusion

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