I would define non violent in the intent of the game. But that being said i think a good distinction is cartoon violence and normal violence. I would consider mario cartoon violence, but team fortress 2 with it's blood, and sunset overdrive with it's zombies to be graphically violent for example.
It's interesting when you see people who are overly concerned about violent games draw a line "these games I don't play are violent but these ones over here that I enjoy aren't". So a game about fighting in the street isn't violent? I noticed all of Valuemeal's nonviolent games would still have a sticker warning of…
Violence:Behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something. So yeah, Mario could be considered "violent" but I imagine it's the depiction of it that makes it stray away from something like Call of Duty. For example, when Mario jumps on a Goomba's head, you're not witnessing the slow…
It's very interesting stuff to think about. For instance, TF2 could be classified as "cartoon violence" : the characters ar stylized and cartoony, and the violence is goofy. Yet it's sometimes easy to forget that in TF2 heads and gibs roll all over the place, blood flies everywhere and the characters scream in agony and…