Do Video Games Cause Violence?

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We are in the 21’st century, the era of communication, the era of technology and nobody can deny that they played video games, either its angry birds they are playing on their phones or call of duty at their consoles everyone has tasted this fascinating but also called “dangerous ” experience. But what makes it interesting for us, Why do we enjoy shooting or throwing birds at the pigs so much. And does it make us violent and should it be banned? To answer these questions we need to answer a simpler question first. Why do we play video games? I mean isn’t real life more interesting? Why would someone play a football game in their console rather than going outside and playing in the real life. Video-game-addiction.org (http://www.video-game-addiction.org/what-makes-games-addictive.html) states that there are several hooks for us to like video games. These are The high score This hook has been used for many years whether its pac-man or need for speed the player tries to beat the records other players did and sometimes its own records Beating The game Not every game has this but most of the games reward the player at the end of the tasks they do Role playing Role playing is a game where you do more then just play. You create a new character give it a name and jump straight into an adventure. It is preferred alot because it gives people decisions rather then just putting a straight story. Discovery This is the hook where it makes the games intresting for the player. The player wants to keep on playing the game and continue exploring new things Relationships This is for online games where a player can interact and build relationships with other players Throughout the video game history which started at the la... ... middle of paper ... ...2-17 year olds in the US played video games in 2008. However,there are also very strong evidence showing that video games dont contribute to violence. For example in U.S the arrest of juvenile murders has decreased by 71.9% between 1995 – 2008 while the popularity of violent video games increased. This data can show us that more the kids play video games the less murderer children there will be. This might be a good think because if it can teach you how to kill, it should also be able to teach you do other things which are good for the society aswell. Not everthing is negative about video games. In fact it has been proven that it can teach you subjects for your school and even help you get in shape. Yes you heard it right you can lose weight by playing video games. There are certain consoles such as nintendo wii or Xbox kinect which works when you move.

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