First person shooter / produced by Cogent/Benger Productions, Incorporated.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Benger, Robin.

Benger, Griffin.

Sumpton, Christopher.

Cogent/Benger Productions, Inc.

Alexander Street Press.

Series:

Filmakers library online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Video game addiction.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (51 minutes).

Place of Publication:

[New York] : Filmakers Library, 2002.

Language Note:

This edition in English.

System Details:

digital

data file

Summary:

Violent interactive video games make up a 20 billion dollar industry. These games may have an addictive quality, especially to teenage boys, whose lives often become dominated by them. What effect does brutality in virtual reality have on the minds and psyches of the young? First Person Shooter is a game from Counterpoint which has wordwide afficionados. The filmmaker's son and friends became hooked on the game, playing into the night at parlors away from home. School, hobbies, and family were seemingly obliterated. As a parent, he tried to control his son's obsession but it was so powerfully mesmerizing that nothing could get break the spell. When he questioned other parents, he found they were equally powerless to free their children from the downward spiral of this disturbing addiction. First Person Shooter may be the first documentary to bring attention to the impact of violent interactive video games on family, school and community life.

Notes:

Originally released as DVD.

Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).

ISBN:

9781503400504

OCLC:

780747669

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.