Violent Video Game Analysis

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Call of Duty, Modern Warfare, and halo are all fun violent video games, but can they tempt your mind to do crazy and bad things. Unfortunately, this does happen in people as young as 12. Violent video games are changing the world and unluckily for them it affects children the most. Violent video games very much contribute to youth violence, because many perpetrators of mass shootings played violent video games, by inhabiting violent characters in video games children are more likely to imitate the behaviors of these characters and might have trouble distinguishing fantasy from reality, and finally the U. S Military uses violent video games to teach troops to kill and many are playing games even more violent than the ones the U. S military uses. …show more content…

It also affects children's brains, so they are more likely to imitate the behaviors of the characters they play and have trouble distinguishing fantasy from reality. Violent video games require active participation and identification with violent characters which reinforces violent behavior. U. S Supreme Court Justice, Stephen Beyer wrote “The closer their behavior goes to acting out violence the more potential psychological harm”. When I was a little kid me, my brother, and sister loved to watch slenderman stuff. And one day, the 4th of July, we were in the middle of our light shower when my sister and my friend supposedly saw slenderman. I was a little paranoid after that. Child development and early childhood education expert, Jane Katch stated in an interview “I found that young children often have difficulty separating fantasy from reality, when they are playing and can sometimes believe they are the character they’re playing. Sixty percent of middle school boys and 40% of middle school girls who played violent video games hit or beat up someone. My brother has hit someone before and he loves some violent video games. I was surprised when he did it, but this proves this is …show more content…

Many people involved in huge shootings played violent video games, by indwelling violent characters in video games children are more in favor of personating the acts of those characters and may have a hard time differentiating fantasy from real life, and finally children can access games like the ones the U. S Army uses to train their troops to kill. For these reasons, it is obvious that video games should be restricted to certain ages. There may be great, fun violent video games out there, but don’t let yourself be fooled by their violent acts. Some parents read the rating some don’t. Just make sure to be careful if you are underage for the

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