Violent Video Game Analysis

Violent video games are taking over. Middle school aged children are getting a hold of these games and their behavior and attitude towards violence are changing because of it. My little cousin, Andrew, is a 10 years old boy and a Call of Duty activist. Call of Duty is a very violent video game which is intended to be played by kids that are 16 years old and over. The game simulates World War II warfare where the player can choose from a variety of time-appropriate weapons and essentially goes on a killing mission. I watch Andrew play the game in complete awe and disbelief. A 10-year-old boy knows what a Weevil is. The very word it self has the word “evil” embedded into it. On the Call of Duty website, the Weevil is describes as being one of the most popular guns to use in the games where according to ERB, “skilled players with …show more content…
It is necessary to take a small amount of time, an hour out of the day at least, and explain to the child that violence is not the answer. In a historic 1984 article by, Mike Oppenheim, published in The Well Crafted Argument titled “TV Isn’t Violent Enough” Oppeheim believes that current TV teaches children that “guns or fists are clean, efficient, exciting ways to deal with difficult situations.” Children need to be taught that violence is in fact not the efficient way to deal with a situation. After doing a simple google search, a pdf put together by UNICEF called “Our Right To Be Protected From Violence” pops up which has lists of activities and passages for middle school aged children to read and do. It will encourage children to talk to their parents about violence in an interesting and controlled way. Explaining to the child that violent video games are fictional and by no means portray real life situations is necessary so the child can continue playing games in a safe way and not have any lasting negative effects on their behavior and emotional