I have found that the Anglo-Saxons have good comparisons to some of today's video games and contrast with many others. Some of today's video games are about characters who may be an "under-dog", but those are mostly in older games. Today's games contain violent characters who all they are to do is destroy. Not to say that there aren't some games with a small man on a mission, but most have and advantage.
Actually today some of my friends and I were discussing old games suck as Super Mario and Donkey Kong, where you played the little man or monkey and had to defeat all of the nemeses. These were fun games and challenging. My boyfriend likes to play video games and he has one particular one that I hate. It is called "Left for Dead." He plays this monster that runs around and kills all of these humans. I hate even watching it.
The Anglo-Saxons were men who had a point to make or a reason for fighting. Just like Super Mario wanted to save the princess. The men like Illiad and Gilgamesh wanted to prove something to themselves or their people. Many of the video games todya are just for entertainment to destroy or kill things for no reason. Thats kind of why I dont play video games too much .They are all violent.
Gilgamesh went on the mission to help his future generation because he thought that they were getting soft and needed to see that sometimes you have to fight in order to be safe or happy. I cannot think of a game that has come out latel with that same concept. Hector wanted to defeat achilies and gave it everything he had, and even thoguh he did not prevail. He stood and fought with dignity.
I think that if a video game was made today based on an Anglo-Saxon character, that people would like it. But the video game industry is just caught up in so much killing and violence that children these days don't know what a good, fun video game is.
Actually today some of my friends and I were discussing old games suck as Super Mario and Donkey Kong, where you played the little man or monkey and had to defeat all of the nemeses. These were fun games and challenging. My boyfriend likes to play video games and he has one particular one that I hate. It is called "Left for Dead." He plays this monster that runs around and kills all of these humans. I hate even watching it.
The Anglo-Saxons were men who had a point to make or a reason for fighting. Just like Super Mario wanted to save the princess. The men like Illiad and Gilgamesh wanted to prove something to themselves or their people. Many of the video games todya are just for entertainment to destroy or kill things for no reason. Thats kind of why I dont play video games too much .They are all violent.
Gilgamesh went on the mission to help his future generation because he thought that they were getting soft and needed to see that sometimes you have to fight in order to be safe or happy. I cannot think of a game that has come out latel with that same concept. Hector wanted to defeat achilies and gave it everything he had, and even thoguh he did not prevail. He stood and fought with dignity.
I think that if a video game was made today based on an Anglo-Saxon character, that people would like it. But the video game industry is just caught up in so much killing and violence that children these days don't know what a good, fun video game is.
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