WRITTEN by SARMAD ASHRAF
Couple of days
back, I was sitting with my 12 years old nephew who was playing a GTA
game. Along side was his younger brother who is just eight years old.
Although I have played similar kind of games as well but was when I had passed
by intermediate exams. I started wondering what kind of effect this game will
be putting on their minds. The game of a mixture of murder, theft, reckless
driving and cheating. Violation of rules was a must of such kind of game. Even
they were fully accustomed to the “cheats” of the game. If things keep on going
this way, the time is not far when criminals will start blaming the environment
provided to them as the reason for their crimes. They may sue their parents,
the technology and the governments for allowing their minds to accept crimes as
a normal thing. And this may reason in a legal order that anyone who can prove
he played games in his childhood cannot be held put before law for any crime. I
know, I am talking extreme, but I am pointing to the kind of scenario that we
are heading to. I think it’s our social responsibility to start thinking about
this fact. Although age restriction for games can be one option but I don’t see
a reason why such games should be allowed even for adults. Otherwise we
won’t be able to stop the destructions in future.
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