Spooky's Playground

  https://shawcat.itch.io/sketchy-individuals My husband and I came across this game when we saw it pop up in a YouTube video. We watched through the first level before we both realized we wanted to play it. It strongly reminded me of the game Fingered, which I've reviewed in an earlier post. In this game, you play as a police sketch artist, tasked with drawing the criminals described by their victims. Don't worry, there's no actual drawing involved haha. You go through each description, picking the option that best fits with what the victim says, then looking at the line up to best match your drawing. There are 10 levels, each progressively getting harder and harder. What bothered me the most was that it didn't tell you if you got the person right or wrong at the end of each level. At the end of the game, you find out how many you got wrong and how many you got right. The whole playthrough took me about 15 - 20 minutes in total, so relatively short, but lots of fun! Th...

                                           READER DISCRESTION ADVISED        I don't believe that video games are evil and cause people to carry out these heinous acts, but I do believe they can have an impact on people mentally. When gaming, no matter what game it is, please be aware of your mental state.      While many people believe that violent video games lead to violent actions in players, studies show that there is no strong, clear link between violent games and violent actions. However, there are cases where crime and video games go hand in hand. In fact, there's more than I care to think about. Some crimes inspired by video games can be fairly comical in title, but more severe cases do occur. I will be discussing 15 cases where video games influenced real life crimes. The Columbine Shooting will not be discussed in this post, simply d...