prompt #8 against white nationalist video games

This topic is very hard for me to find answers for because there is little research done to really support my thoughts. But, for video games, there are not very many ways to prevent people to play video games and more specifically video games that support the white nationalist ideologies. Since most of these games are open sourced flash games developed and played online there are no types of rating system in place to regulate the age of those playing them.

When you look at mainstream games played on major platforms such as Xbox 360 or Playstation PS3 all the games that are produced have a rating system ranging from E (for everyone) to A0 (adults only), these are these two examples are the bottom rating and highest rated games. While these platforms are the most popular you do not see any games of a white nationalist manufacturer be made. This is because the companies of the platform regulate the games produced. So to say that these major platforms have a great stand against white nationalist games would be correct but the white nationalists are not trying to get their games produced on the platforms. While white nationalist video games are not making these major platforms, white nationalists are adopting games that are being produced to promote their ideologies. Take for example grand theft auto, this game allows the character to walk around and do what they want, white nationalist are taking their character and going around killing the minorities in the game. This is just one example of the games they are using. One major stoppage of underage people to playing this game is actually something done voluntarily by retailers. Using the rating system described above, games that are for rated M (for mature) are not being sold to minors or people without parental consent. There is no law regulating the sale of games in this rating by stores have decided to check Id’s themselves. “In 2000 83% of people buying a M rated game were not carded when buying it, in 2008 only 20% were not carded. But with only few games in these platforms white nationalist are not targeting these markets. They are going after the none regulated web games.

Websites that host open source gaming rarely have some time of age verification to play games that have graphic content. This makes controlling who plays games on these sites very hard. One way I have found these graphical and white nationalist racial games is just googling “shooting games” “racist games” “most racist games” and these hit lists are endless . When a someone clicks shooting games they are going to be brought to a list that has mostly games that have no racial agenda but there are many that a ran across that are racially motivated. One I kept getting was boarder patrol. One of the simplest games to play is one of the most popular shooting games. Its ease to find and ease of play is going to make a great game for a younger person to really like playing.