The Ethics of Digital Games

a)According to the film, what are some pros and cons of playing videogames for individuals and societies?

For the advantages, people can earn money when they become a professional game player.It may be a good job for them because their hobbies are playing video games.Also, the American government create a video game-" American's Army to attract young people to join the national army.This video game is like a military propaganda that help the country to strengthen their military power.
For the disadvantages, playing those violent games may affect people behavior,for example, in the film, the fourteen years old game player killed 8 people, it seems to be the impact of the violent games because playing these games may make people aggressive.Besides, these video games generate unstable condition in the society that some people may affect by these violent game and become killers.

b)According the film, is there any evidence that digital games can encourage aggressive values and anti-social actions in the real world? Do you agree?

The research about the study of human brain when people are playing those violent video games.It suggests that playing violent games may encourage aggressive values in our brains.Also, the case of a student who is affected by the violent video games using gun to shoot people is an important evidence too. It shows that to a certain exent, playing violent video games and aggressive behaviours may have correlation, violent video games affect players' aggressive throughts.

c)Should governments have the right to ban certain games? Why or why not?
I think government should have right to ban these violent video games. Becaause these games helps the spread of the aggressive throughts among the players, this may encourages the occurence of illegal behaviours, for example, steal thing or kill people. This is dangerous for the children to keep this violent video games,since they are not mature to distinguish the ethical problems which are hiding in the games. So, governments should have responsibility to hinder the spread of these viiolent video games.