Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Zack Kilmer

http://blog.timesunion.com/gamers/video-game-violence/1326/
http://blog.timesunion.com/gamers/zack-kilmer-gamer-extraordinaire/1291/

Zack Kilmer is a blogger for the Times Union who writes about his thoughts on various aspects of the video game entertainment industry from time to time. He is a self proclaimed "digital hipster" that dislikes "games that cater to gameplay clichés". His favorite part about video games is that gamers can "take a direct part in the action and narrative of a story". One of the topics he blogged about was a very ancient and controversial topic about violence in video games. Kilmer argues that it is a complete waste of time to argue about banning violent video games and that it is ridiculous. He states that "there is a reason that the... ESRB rates the games". He strongly believes that "Videogames are a form of expression, equal to film and literature." and uses the First Amendment as a main argument on why video games will not be banned successfully any time soon.

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