Essay On Violence In Video Games

Violence in Video Games: Does it Cause Real Violence? Violence in video games has been a popular topic of debate for years among the populace, particularly after some terrible events occurred in recent past, such as Columbine, a tragic school shooting for which people put the blame on video games. The people always want something to blame when things go wrong and this just happens to be one of them. People fear that which they do not understand and one of the things for people of past generations is video games. They never grew up having video game consoles and or PC’s in their houses at a young age. They haven 't experienced the games, and they don’t know what to think about them, making it something easy to dismiss, after all, you don’t care about something you don’t, well, care about. This lack of care can unfortunately also lead to placing blame potentially where it is not needed. Meeks, Torrey. Columbine was a terrible event, lead by two teen killers. It is true that they were …show more content…
The volunteers played both violent and nonviolent video games, but for some the controls were not explained. The study found that people who did not understand how to play quickly rose to higher aggression levels, regardless of how violent the game was. As one of the researchers said, “Rather, the aggression stems from feeling not in control or incompetent while playing. If the structure of a game or the design of the controls thwarts enjoyment, it is this, not the violent content, that seems to drive feelings of aggression.” - co-author Richard M Ryan, from the University of Rochester. This shows the power of even nonviolent things to bring out potentially violent tendencies in people, making violent video games not something special that can cause aggression. "Violent Video Games Don 't Make You Aggressive - Difficult Games Do, Says New