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While a critical thinking game encourages people to use their critical thinking skills, a "blood and guts shoot up bang bang bang" game is often more competitive, pitting friends against friends and random people against random people to see who gets the highest score. However, many "blood and guts shoot up bang bang bang" games feature puzzle-solving elements, such as Half-Life 2 and Bioshock. These games use critical thinking problems in coordination with heart-pounding action and exquisite storytelling to create an amazing experience. Multiplayer games of the gory variety are not purely about the blood, they are about emergent experiences with current friends and new friends alike. Day Z, Call of Duty, Halo, and Minecraft (despite the general absence of violence in the latter) fall into this category. Many other great games are almost purely puzzle-solving games, but still manage to tell incredible stories. Games such as Braid and Journey fall in this category. Just as well, there has been no scientific study linking video game violence to real-life violence. If anything, video game violence has been shown to increase pain tolerance and serve as a medium to express any violent emotions. Violent video games may be a controversial subject, but opponents have a complete and utter lack factual evidence to support their views.
Wow you have surprised me. Remind me that I need to challenge you more. Ok. You went way beyond the realm of where I was going to go with this project. I do understand there is more to a video game then just the blood and guts. I was looking to see if students knew the differences. Thank you. May be do a debate on the merits of a video game comparing the differences. Extra bonus points for going beyond expectations
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