Video Game Boy

      A visual posted on the site mediaviolence.org shows a little boy playing video games. This visual makes a powerful statement about violence in media. The central image shows a little boy playing video games, he is really into it, he looks like he is addicted to playing, and it looks like he has been playing for hours non-stop. The background enhances the central image because it suggests that he is all alone, that his parents aren't home. The visual includes words as well as images. These words are small in the top left corner, they are the titles for the top selling games of 2011, which are all violent games. The words suggest that he is playing a violent games. The goal of the organization that posted the visual seems to be to warn people, most likely parents, that violent games are bad for kids. The visual is not that effective to me because there isn't any actual proof of him playing a violent video game, the words name the titles of violent games but the visual isn't showing what he is playing.