Violent Video Games Affecting Teenagers

Countless times violent video games are regarded as atrocious or appalling, but it can be used as an exceptional tool especially for teenagers. A few examples of violent video games which could be used as tools are Grand Theft Auto, Call of Duty, and Halo. There are more violent video games I haven’t listed which can be used as tools, but these are the most popular games in the market to show their usefulness. These types of games include heavy violence such as killing, shooting, and stealing where the player perform these actions to advance their objective in a particular game and get rewarded for doing these actions. In these games, acting in an uncivil manner is acceptable, but in reality it’s condemned to exhibit these behaviors in public. In most cases, violent video games don’t affect teenagers, from ages 12-17, negatively in their …show more content…
Second, violent video games releases stress and anger which further decreases real world aggression. Violent video games have made teenagers less angry because they’re unleashing their anger to the video game they’re playing which makes them less stressed and more happy. In addition, they shout profanities at the video game and feel elated when absolving all of their anger without any restraints. “A peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health found that teenagers play video games as a means of managing their emotions: "61.9% of teens played to 'help me relax, ' 47.8% because 'it helps me forget my problems, ' and 45.4% because 'it helps me get my anger out." (ProCon.org) This quote shows how teenagers use violent video games as a means of stress relief, so their day feels much better than before. Also, I believe violent video games can be used positively if it’s under a time limit and supervised, so the teen doesn’t spend a lot of time on the