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Minecraft is likely one of the last games you would expect to come under fire for violent content but that is exactly what has happened over in Turkey. The country's Family and Policies Minister, Aysenur Islam, has launched an investigation in to the game under the impression that it promotes aggressive tendencies and even depicts violence against women.
The investigation could result in a nationwide ban of Minecraft. With Minecraft being a sandbox game, there is an element of combat in survival mode, in which you need to fight genderless creatures in order to survive (mostly at night) and gather materials. However, there are other game modes that remove combat entirely and purely focus on building.
Since this news broke, Microsoft has responded, defending the game: “Minecraft is enjoyed by many players in a wide variety of ways. Many enjoy the creative freedom that's presented by Minecraft and its tools, some are more interested by the opportunity to explore a landscape without boundaries and to go on exciting adventures with friends.”
The statement goes on to say that the game actively encourages you to co-operate with others in order to succeed, whether that be through building, exploring or adventuring.
“The world of Minecraft can be a dangerous place: it's inhabited by scary, genderless monsters that come out at night. It might be necessary to defend against them to survive.”
The company then sends out a reminder that if combat is an issue for you, then you can play in creative or peaceful mode and cut out the combat entirely.
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KitGuru Says: The idea that Minecraft promotes violence towards women or aggression is ridiculous. There are combat elements in the game but the creatures are fictitious and genderless, the graphics are also very unrealistic. If combat is really an issue, then it can be turned off. It is honestly one of the most family friendly games around today and often promotes younger players to think and use their imaginations. What do you guys think of this? Is Turkey's investigation completely uncalled for? Do you think Minecraft could cause aggression or promote violence towards women?
lol`d at the violence against women part….
seriously… minecraft?
from 1st glance the zombies and skeletons look more male than female.
plus officially they’re genderless, and steve is genderless too…
that family and policies minister is batsh*t crazy..
just an excuse for them to play minecraft at work
Not that I’m saying that Turkey is absolutely ridiculous for this investigation, but the mobs in minecraftt are not all genderless. The witch is a female not by it’s looks, but by definition of its name. However, Turkey is stil absolutely ridiculous.
It is clearly a symbol of the corrupting influence of capitalism and western opulence… I had expected more from Turkey, a country historically steeped in multiculturalism and acceptance.
lol
A witch is, by definition, gender independent.
A witch’s gender depends on what fantasy world you are looking at. If we look at Harry Potter, it’s witches are all female, but if we look at say, Skulduggery Pleasant, witches can be both male and female. It’s not officially stated what gender they are within minecraft, and as with most of the other mobs, are presumed to be genderless.
To go even further into this:
A witch is typically a person that practices magic / witchcraft, it is indeed gender independent.
However, media nowadays identifies ‘witches’ to be female.
It’s almost the same with the title ‘Warlock’, which is originally an insult to a witch as it means ‘oathbreaker’ or ‘traitor’.
But in the media, a warlock is mostly male.
All in all, blame the media.
Man, and here I thought I was the only one that gets violent urges after a good minecraft session 😛
I guess they have solved all the problems in their country so they have Minecraft as side quest.
Finally, the rat nest is going down… at least in other countries.
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with investigating something that you don’t know about. The problem is that they’ve made inflammatory statements assuming knowledge about the game beforehand, and the investigation is loaded as a result. Another problem is of course that their idea of morally acceptable is very different in Turkey: although it’s technically a secular state, 99% (possibly more) of the population are Muslim, and the political system has become increasingly radicalised and in particular opposed to ‘Westernisation’.
turkey —>>> *troll face*
i would ban out of the internet the following : all of turkey, poland, and other people that someday will ban minecraft or an other game for a stupid reason just like this.
Turkey a country of multiculturalism and acceptance? lol. Turkey is a country of fanatism and muslims. Full burga style….
Turkey was the centre of the ottoman empire and a hub between eastern and western cultures. The history of that region is fascinating, you should learn about it sometime.
Someones been watching informative murder porn…
thanks but no thanks i learned 400 years of slavery what exactly are the turks….