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...series. One of the exhibition's objectives is to highlight the role of the artists behind the games. Commentators don't often talk about the aesthetics, says Bodman, preferring to concentrate on sales. Another aim is to raise questions about the morality of violence in games like Mortal Kombat, and the relationship between such content and real war. An art installation by Mark Dean uses footage shot from the cockpit of a World War II bomber. "It's asking you to think about what you're doing when playing games," says Bodman. "It's warning us to remember what...
None of this should be surprising. The latest versions of Doom, Mortal Kombat and Half Life feature realistic sound effects and depictions of violence that are close to motion-picture quality, as limbs are blown off and organs splattered. These games teach kids to connect gore and glory in a fantasy world in which the most vicious killers are the winners...