I'm going to just name a couple of video games out there that show a child dying either in gameplay or in promotional advertisement. It should be noted that these games are between 1-5 years old and are all part of the current gen, trust me, I could go farther back if I wanted to, but I'd rather pick some games that are still fresh in our minds.
1) Bioshock. Every time you kill a big daddy, you can rescue or harvest the little sister he is protecting. The Latter not only kills the little sister, it fucking
DISINTEGRATESher leaving nothing, but a slug that was holding the Adam.
2) Army of Two: the 40th Day. Its a bad game, sure, but I need to point out that, once again, you have the option to send a child to his death. In one of the many moral choices that plauge the game, you're offered a choice between sending a child you are protecting to get a nearby sniper rifle or to stay in the nearby ventilation system. The former sends the child out and he retrieves the rifle, then he does a little dance prior to getting shot, and dying. And, yes, he does dance (or jump up in down in victory) during a firefight. I wish I was kidding.
3)Dead Rising. In the intro scene to Dead Rising, a mother and daughter are attacked by a large number of zombies. The scene cuts to black before either are killed, but common sense dictates they bothed died. Heck, its sequel even involves the possibility that your own kid could die.
4) Dead Island trailer. Do I need to explain this one? Its recent memory, features a zombified child who gets thrown out a window and dies.
And these 4 are just off the top of my head. I can probably think of a number of others if I had enough time (Fallout 3! 2 Children die if you blow up Megaton!), but these should be enough to remind you that this isn't the first time that a video game has depicted the death of a child. (League of Legends has a mage whose only 6-10 years old who can be killed, over and over again). Its nothing new, its not as bad as people will be making it out to believe and even after all that, it still won't be as bad or as impacting as No Russian.
TheRussian said:
The Call of Duty series is desensitizing people to violence and death. Their games are aimed at an immature audience that will think killing everyone who is not the same as you is the right thing to do.
Considering that 75% of the series involves shooting Germans or Russians, both of whom are White Europeans, I'm finding that hard to believe.
