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Video Games and Violence “Violent Video Games: Rehearsing Aggression”, is an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education written by Elizabeth Carll explaining that violent video games play an important factor on violence. The article is a response to Christopher Fergusen, an advocate for violent video games, who previously made the article “Video Games: the Latest Scapegoat for Violence”. She focuses on the body of research available to show that violent video games cause violent behavior and…

Video Games Matthew Cash Video Games First Person Shooters ____________________ By Matthew Cash INTRODUCTION: First person shooters. The pinnacle of game achievement. These games help kids learn to process their environment in a timely manner and decide what to do first to accomplish a certain task or goal. “Action games like shooters are the only games that are helpful to kids over strategy games or role playing games. The games don’t program kids to act violently, it's more of a kind of…

Do violent video games make people violent in real life and yes it does make a lot of people violent in real life off playing them at some ages violent video game don’t need to porches for younger kid at the age 12-17 is can influence them at that age to make them do things that will get them in a lot trouble. Playing the violent video games make a lot kid has behavior problem at home and school. Playing violent video games cause more aggression, bullying and fighting at the home and school…

Video games don’t cause violence As many as 97% of us kids age 12-17 playing video games contributing to the $21.53 billion domestic video game industry. More than half of the 50 top-selling video games contain violence. Scientists have looked into the use of violent video games for more than 20 years but task force chairman Mark Appelbaum Ph.D said “there is very limited research addressing whether violent video games cause people to commit acts of criminal violence. I stand at the position…

Josephson, 1987; Huesmann, Moise-Titus, Podolski, & Eron, 2003). However, technological advancements in the video game industry changed the media landscape, and it was expected that video game violence would have similar, possibly greater, effects on youth as TV and film; thus, video games that stimulated aggressive attitudes, feelings, and behaviors in children were of specific concern. Video games have become…

The wind whistles. The owl hoots. The cricket chirps. The fan next to my bed spins on and on forever. While lying in my bed, I begin thinking about people I know and begin questioning why people talk the way they talk and act the way they act. Nevertheless, my perspective of several people, including relatives and friends, changed after reading your allegory because I began to notice that many people around me symbolize many characters in Christian’s life. Mr. Bunyan, your allegory changed my…

conspiracies about if violent role playing games are harmful or harmless. There is plenty of data to support each side. Violent role playing games can cause problems. Violent role playing games make kids want to see other kids in pain, they will throw away money just to play a game, and it makes kids miss out in school. In the article “ It’s a Duel:How Do violent video Games Affect Kids?” the author Shankar Vedantam suggests that kids who play violent video games are more violent than other…

heroes influence people in many ways. The way they act, for example, may be impacted by those heroic figures. Heroes influence the people, especially children, think (Nakaya). Heroes in video games, like Call of Duty, the heroes are the guys who killed the most people. Children see this heroic violence in video games, and other media, and are more likely to try to imitate it (Nakaya). Though, heroes are not always a bad influence. They come in all shapes and…

trying to do the dishes. In order to keep me from doing that, dad needed to play video games as long as they entranced me. One of the games he played was The Legend of Zelda. Growing up with this game and spending time with my dad while he played it fueled the love I developed for this game and it’s music. The first four songs on the soundtrack of my life, composed by Koji Kondo, are songs from that video game. The game and songs have become very sentimental to me for that reason. The first…

A Summary Critique of “Why We Need Violent Video Games” Violent video games are addictions. But are addictions always deleterious to us? Ethan Gilsdorf, an American writer, critic, and journalist, and 17th level geek – as posted on Ethan’s website – unexpectedly states in his article “Why Do We Need Violent Video Games” that violent video games are essential, benificial to us not only because it helps people release negative emotions but also leads people to be feared of “hunt/shoot/kill…