Grand Theft Auto IV

your average middle aged adult, but rather, an 8 year old boy. This unidentified boy claims that it was an accident while playing with a pistol, however, police report Smothers was in fact targeted and killed intentionally. Only after playing Grand Theft Auto IV, arguably one of the most violent video games in the America, was this tragic crime committed. In our country today, crime has only risen since the exposure of violent media, particularly in children and adolescents as of late. Often…

Did you know that, 90% of pediatricians and 67% of parents agreed or strongly agreed that violent video games can increase aggressive behavior among children? A boy is playing Grand Theft Auto V while his mother walks in the room and asks him to do her a favor for her but he ignores. His mother cries for him to at least acknowledge her but his mind and soul had entered the virtual world of gaming and won’t come back to the real world. In this generation, majority of children and teenagers play…

went through me when she agreed to get me one we all got in the car and hit up to victor harbor and go straight into EB games to check out the prices for the console the prices were cheap enough and I go to buy my PS3 and I pick out 2 games (Grand theft auto IV and Need For Speed Shift) I go straight to the counter as a happy 13 year old it was my entry to the next gen gaming when they were the big thing, buying games constantly and spending countless hours on…

as extremely unpopular students and targets of bullying. Harris and Klebold also had trouble with the law for breaking and entering and stealing, as a result in January 1998, they were charged with mischief, breaking and entering, trespassing, and theft. Taking all these points into consideration, it seems like the horrible act that they committed had more to do with their high school experiences than the actual violence that was related to the video games they were playing as well as countless…

Men all around the world play video games and follow their own version of the guy code. These two things don’t seem to be related, but they are. The guy code has been and is being promoted and developed by video games. Some people might not notice or accept it, but video games greatly impact a person’s mind and way of being. Because of this, videogames need to stop promoting homophobia and violence with the guy code because it is negatively affecting males and those around them. The guy…

August 16th 2013 a 8-year-old Louisiana boy intentionally shot and killed his grandmother after playing a violent video game. The boy was playing a video game on the Play Station III 'Grand Theft Auto IV, ' a realistic game that has been known for encouraging violence and awards points to players for killing people, just minutes before the killing occurred (CNN).. The association of violent video games with children is impairing their ability…

communities and citizens without the support and cooperation of the citizens it serves. Citizens have an imperative role in preventing the typical crimes that occur within their neighborhoods, such as, property crimes, e.g.; burglaries, arson, grand theft-auto, and crimes against persons, e.g.; murder, assaults and…

Emotions can either be internalized or externalized when dealing with scenarios. Externalizing can be when something happens, for example, theft, verbal bullying, or physical aggression. Internalizing can include drug or alcohol abuse usage to help deal with their problems. Also, internalizing emotions that you cannot effectively communicate can also lead to anxiety in children. At a young…

In 1999 the country was horrified by the news of the Columbine High School Massacre, an event where 13 people were killed and nearly 30 more were injured. Once again in 2012 the nation stood aghast at the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School which killed 20 students and six teachers. What do Eric Harris, Dylan Klebold, and Adam Lanza, the perpetrators of these terrifying crimes, all share in common? They all loved to play violent video games. But these boys are not the only ones to play…

Headshots: Violent video game and the targeting of our children The proliferation of violent subject matter in marketing and entertainment is nothing new. Mass media and its deluge of blood soaked mechanisms have long served as a form of entertainment for consumers in search of a release from their mundane lives. Multi-national corporations plot ways to hype their newest video game to consumers hungry for a more realistic experience. Game studios produce hyper-violent fairytales where humans…