Grand Theft Auto

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Since the video games changed dramatically in 1990s, video games have become part of the mainstream of favorite entertainment for children and adults. The violence in video games has caused heated controversy for years over its potential impact on children. The most famous debate has come from the infamous “Grand Theft Auto” game series. In the Grand Auto Theft video game, the players have to kill the police to earn points and become a winner. In the article “Video game violence and our sons,” Rebecca Hagelin claims that the violence in video games contribute to the violent behavior in teenagers. On the other hand, Brandon Nadeau claims in his article “Video Games Do Not Cause Violence” that violent video games do not contribute to the violent behavior in gamers. Although I agree with Nadeau that not everyone who is addicted to play violent video games would become a violent person, I think that children should not be allowed to play violent video games because the violence in video games is strongly related to having more aggressive thoughts, feelings, and behaviors on children.

One of the impacts of violent games on children is that children who play violent video games would increase aggressive thoughts. There are several ways to measure the aggressive thoughts that are a result of playing violent games. One way to do this is to measure to see how quickly the violent gamers could read aggressive-related words. Moreover, children who played violent games usually gave aggressive responses and more likely to retaliate to their peers. As a result, children who played violent games tend to have aggressive thoughts. The result in a hostile attribute is important because it could cause them to act aggressively like Devin Moo...

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...question to be asked is that why would we be willing to take a chance for children who played violent games would not act the same as Devin Moore and Harris and Klebold? For their own benefit, children should not be allowed to play violent video games.

In conclusion, I believe that there is connection between video game violence and real-life violent behavior in teenagers. Devin Moore became a murderer as a product of violent video games. Teenagers need to be protected from harmful products like violent video games. Our society suffers from a degradation of standards and more violence. We must maintain standards for our children and demonstrate that violence is unacceptable. As Hagelin claims, “our boys are being used and manipulated by an industry making billions of dollars by warping their minds.” Children should not be allowed to play violent video games.

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