Millions and millions of people play video games every day. Violent video games seem to be a favorite to most. Simulated violence in video games has been around for decades and has not caused any problems. Not only has it not caused problems, but it is helpful to a lot of people. Since violence in video games helps people throughout the world, people should not be worried about them. Violence in video games is beneficial because it teaches life skills, it supplies jobs, and it decreases crime rates. Simulated violence in video games teaches life skills. These video games are a lot harder and more advanced than people who do not play these think they are. People learn vital skills like hand eye coordination and teamwork. You have to learn where every button is and react very fast. That's how you do exceptional, but you need teamwork to win the total game. In almost all violent video games, teamwork plays a huge part of it. In famous games such as Call Of Duty and Battlefield, team based game modes are …show more content…
From making the game to just playing the game, there are ways to make money off of the games. A popular way that keeps growing is making videos of you playing on the games. People upload these videos to sites such as YouTube and Twitch and make money from the number of views and likes they get. In the article Make Money From Gaming & Playing Video Games, the author says, “Playing video games for a living almost sounds too good to be true, but it is certainly possible”. Thousands of people already make a living off of playing video game. If people ban these kids the opportunity of playing video games, you ban them from an option for a job. It is the same thing as telling a kid that they cannot be a police officer when they are older. Taking away a person’s possible dream job. These future police officers will not have to worry about the violent video game players causing
Now a day every video game has something violent going on. Such as in 2010 the top 20 games out in the market were violent related. When a kid sees in a video game that he can beat someone else up and get away with it they think they can do that in real life. This will increase bullying and kids are being taught not to bully. Every kid plays video games even if it’s a racing game or a shooting game. In 2008, 97% of kids from the age of 12-17 played video games. Most M rated games have sexual violence and when a kid sees that in a game and then beats the girl up. The crime rate for rape will increase as it has. A study in 2009 found that it only takes a child four minutes of playing a game to make him have aggressive and violent thoughts going through his head. The critics of violent video game has that bully has increase 32% because of violent video games. Also in the study when a child sees blood when beating up or killing someone in a game he will have more aggressive thoughts than normal.
Is it possible that simulated violence has a negative effect on the lives of gamers around the world? Or could it be that violent crimes have actually begun to occur less frequently as the world of gaming changes and grows? Simulated violence in video games is beneficial to the minds of gamers. There is no proof of these violent games affecting actions in the real world, less violent crimes are being committed, and the simulated violence provides an acceptable distraction to gamers.
Although there are researches shows that there are positive effects of violent video games, it has not changed the fact that video games have stronger influence on people than other media, few positive effect cannot outweigh its impact on people.
The purpose behind the annotated bibliography that is being presented to you is to shed light on the various sources I used to gather the information that is presented in my research paper. The main topic that these sources will encompass is the topic of video game violence and its effect on the youth of our nation. There are various viewpoints to have towards the topic of video game violence and its affect on the youth of our nation. The sources that have been chosen to be used in this research are not only chosen to help give an unbiased look into the topic at hand, but also to help give a look into the research that has been conducted dealing with this topic such as internet articles, magazine articles and books.
Most of the time violence is considered as the worst when it comes to the bad effects of video games. A scientific survey (Anderson & Bushman, 2001) has found a connection between aggressive behaviors and playing violent games where more the children play violent games, more tend be aggressive in behavior. Not only that but also they are more likely to have aggressive feelings and thoughts plus diminished aiding. It is said that the impact of playing violent games in children is compounded by the intuitive/interactive nature of the games. Children are remunerated for being more vicious or violent, most of the time in many games. The demonstration of violence is carried out over and again and the player is in control of the violence who encounters the brutality such as killing/stabbing in his own eyes. This first-hand experience in violence, being rewarded for it and the iteration of this process are compelling conditions for learning and developing violent behavior.
Many kids get angry at these games when they lose and can take it out on others. These games are promoting these kids to have more violent urges. Jill Adams, the author of “Effects of Violent Video Games”, states:
Have you ever wondered if violent video games can cause aggression in children? Thousands of children all over the world engage in violent video games for a large amount of time during their day. According to ProCon.org 60% of middle school boys and 40% of middle school girls who played at least one Mature-rated (M-rated) game hit or beat up someone, compared with 39% of boys and 14% of girls who did not play M-rated games. I will be using naturalistic and case study research methods to determine if violent video games cause aggression in children.
One central theme with which London seems preoccupied in White Fang is the theme of the nature of life. The theme was much on the minds of 19th-century readers and thinkers. In 1859, Charles Darwin advanced ideas that came to be popularly understood as "survival of the fittest"-that life was a struggle, and that only the powerful and strong survived (and, in some applications known as "social Darwinism," perhaps only they deserved to do so). About a half-century later, London publishes this novel, which may be read as a "taking to task" of such "social Darwinism. "
Video games first appeared in the early 1970's. It all started with a simple white ball bouncing back and fourth on the screen. In 1986, Nintendo introduced its first line of home video game consoles. With the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) on the market, the home video gaming industry surged and immediately became popular among children. Since then, not only have video games increased in popularity, but there have been vast improvements in graphics, game play, and forms of gaming. Today, video games have become the preferred choice of entertainment among children and teenagers. Research done in 1998 has shown that kids who own video games spend an average of 90 minutes a day playing them. Clearly the video gaming industry is a profitable one. With the increasing competition between gaming companies, the advancement of technology and content of games began to change. One of the most significant and concerning changes in gaming is graphics. With the improvements in graphics the content of the game became more and more detailed and realistic. Visually violent actions can now be displayed on the screen. Images of blood, flying body parts, and gore have been integrated into every aspect of today's video games. Violence has always been a common factor in many games, but with the improvements in graphics and capabilities of gaming consoles, a growing number of people are becoming concerned about the effects on our children and society.
The question is, “Do violent video games influence children to act aggressively?” and “Can repetitive killing train a person to be violent himself?” Although the violence in these video games is fictional, research has proven the violence to lead to more aggressive behavior in children. Violent acts depicted in these games allow young children to believe that killing and fighting is acceptable and fun.
Over the past years, video games have been a way to escape reality for some people. Video games vary from fantasy, romance, and role playing games to violent games. However, vicious video games have been blamed for school shootings, growths in bullying, and violence concerning women. Various people argue that these games numb players to violence, recompense players for imitating violence, and educate children that violence is a suitable way to resolve conflicts.
In conclusion, despite improvements, violence in video games is still a problem. While not proven, they may have the potential to make a generation of callous, uncaring, violent, and unstable people. They may cause more travesties such as Columbine and the issue needs to be addressed. While some retailers have taken action into their own hands, the government needs to step in and help out. If this problem is not quickly solved, it may be too late.
Video games have been argued about for decades. Some people have argued that video games are linked to violence. However, new research shows that video games can be used for therapeutic purposes, exercise, stress relievers, positive interactive learning, hand eye coordination, and different types of patient treatment for people all around the world.
Violent video games are special games, which negatively influences to the attitude and behavior. These video games are popular between children and teenagers. Since 1980-s years violent games are in political discussion. Because when teenagers usually play violent video games, they are becoming aggressive and then they face with psychological problems. For this, some people claim that violent games are harmful for society and they affect to behavior and health.
There should be no ban on violent video games anytime soon. First of all, video games can benefit the person playing the game. Video games strengthen reading and visual skills. In the article “What Video Games Can Teach Us” by Emily Sohn, Sohn says “because kids are interested in the game, they often end up reading at a level well above their grade.” This statement is true about anything, a person will do things as long as they think it benefits them.