Violent, addicting, and frustrating are some of the characteristics used to describe video games. I’ve been playing video games for over five years now and have noticed the increase in violence. I remember one of the first really violent games I played “Grand Theft Auto: Vice City”. As an 8 year old kid playing this game, rated M for mature, filled with lots of death, sex, and abuse of drugs and alcohol it led to be the gateway into my life of playing violent video games. I believe that video games are not the cause for making people violent. This is because violent video games allow for heightening of a person’s visual abilities, it only affects people with who are already at risk for violent behavior, and allowing better use of an individual
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They believe that violent video games compete for academic time and may disrupt school performance. Video games nowadays are very narrative and tell a story that is meant to get the player involved and feel attached with the character or characters in the game. Some games are all narrative wise and are created to focus only on the story and not much on the gameplay. Games like these can be over 12 hours long and can take up a lot of time to complete. In the article Video Game Playing And Academic Performance In College Students the authors mention, “...concerns are also being expressed about potential detrimental relationships between video game play and school performance” ( Burgess, Stermer, Burgess 376). Since video games need most of a person’s attention it can be hard for a person to focus on things like studying and doing homework. Which is why people should be able to use their time wisely and have enough time to play and do academic activities. People also believe that video games can disrupt school performance due to increase in aggressive behavior. In the article Video Game Playing and Academic Performance in College Students, Steven Stermer and Stephen and Melinda Burgess agree that, “ ...exposure to violence in video games increases aggressive thoughts, aggressive behavior, and …show more content…
With the creation of a new sport based on playing video games, and the increase in websites that allows for people to share what they play, like Youtube and Twitch, it doesn’t seem that the popularity will go down any time soon. No matter the amount of violence in video games people will still buy them. Especially since violent video games allow for the increase of a person’s visual abilities, it only affects people who are already at risk for violent behavior, and allows for better use of Affective Orientation. How can something so fun really be so bad especially if it’s been in part of our lives for such a long time that no real link between violence has been found between video games and the
They believe that violent video games compete for academic time and may disrupt school performance. Video games nowadays are very narrative and tell a story that is meant to get the player involved and feel attached with the character or characters in the game. Some games are all narrative wise and are created to focus only on the story and not much on the gameplay. Games like these can be over 12 hours long and can take up a lot of time to complete. In the article Video Game Playing And Academic Performance In College Students the authors mention, “...concerns are also being expressed about potential detrimental relationships between video game play and school performance” ( Burgess, Stermer, Burgess 376). Since video games need most of a person’s attention it can be hard for a person to focus on things like studying and doing homework. Which is why people should be able to use their time wisely and have enough time to play and do academic activities. People also believe that video games can disrupt school performance due to increase in aggressive behavior. In the article Video Game Playing and Academic Performance in College Students, Steven Stermer and Stephen and Melinda Burgess agree that, “ ...exposure to violence in video games increases aggressive thoughts, aggressive behavior, and …show more content…
With the creation of a new sport based on playing video games, and the increase in websites that allows for people to share what they play, like Youtube and Twitch, it doesn’t seem that the popularity will go down any time soon. No matter the amount of violence in video games people will still buy them. Especially since violent video games allow for the increase of a person’s visual abilities, it only affects people who are already at risk for violent behavior, and allows for better use of Affective Orientation. How can something so fun really be so bad especially if it’s been in part of our lives for such a long time that no real link between violence has been found between video games and the