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Violence and death pervade video games in a way that is atypical of most other forms of media, but why? Outside of the act of just shooting a gun or swinging a sword, the smallest moments of "winning" or "overcoming" in a game are marked by forms of violence and aggression - even Kirby is known to swallow enemies whole. But is it something deeper than just game designers that have a propensity towards violence? Maybe the system, or more specifically computers, favor violent acts at their most elementary building blocks? Join Jamin on this week's episode of Game/Show and find out!


ASSET LINKS:

1:50 Kid destroys XBOX 360 Over Black Ops
youtube.com/watch?v=kla5EVFitsc

1:51 Shakespeare's Globe Theater Doc
youtube.com/watch?v=b9uDK3xsLYk

2:35 Space Invaders Pinball Machine
youtube.com/watch?v=XdM2NiXHf8Q

2:37 Classic Game Room –– Pac Man
youtube.com/watch?v=Lm4Y0paITe4

2:42 Super Mario Bros. Mushroom World Pinball Machine
youtube.com/watch?v=ewZxutyE3L4

4:15 Aspiring Game Programmer –– Motivational Video
youtube.com/watch?v=j_yGRhdhVhY

COMMENTS:

Rockmandash12
youtube.com/watch?v=8Ex_eHJ29iQ

Terminal Hunter
youtube.com/watch?v=8Ex_eHJ29iQ

ashkuigp
youtube.com/watch?v=8Ex_eHJ29iQ

ArchMageOmega
youtube.com/watch?v=8Ex_eHJ29iQ


MUSIC:

"Oh Damn!" by CJVSO
https://soundcloud.com/downpitched/cj...

"Digital Sonar" by Brink

"Mindphuck" by Known To Be Lethal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-cyr...

"After Hours"

"Lakes" by Chooga
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8hns...

"Beautiful Days" by Extan
https://soundcloud.com/extandnb/beaut...

"Spectrum Subdiffusion Mix" by Foniqz
https://soundcloud.com/subdiffusion/f...

"Good Way Song" by Electronic Rescue

"Alice y Bob" by Javier Rubio and Parsec
https://archive.org/details/escala19_...

"Sleet" by Kubbi
soundcloud.com/kubbi/kubbi-sleet

"Toaster" by Kubbi
soundcloud.com/kubbi/toaster

"Patriotic Songs of America" by New York Military Band and the American Quartet
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/New...

"Lets Go Back To The Rock" by Outsider
https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/440...

"Run" by Outsider
https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/440...

"Fame" by Statue of Diveo
https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/352...

"Freedom Weekends" by Statue of Diveo
https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/352...

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