Business Communication
Mr. Osso
March 9, 2011
Do Video Games Cause Behavior Problems?
Video games do cause aggression. The most games that cause aggression is games rating with M for mature games. About 90 percent of U.S kids from ages 8 to 17 play video games usually show more aggression after play a violent video games. Everyday odds are you are going to have more aggression while playing a violent video game with the Rating M for mature or higher. Even though video games are a big part in teens. Some parents are noticing there teens are getting and having more violent behavior problems. There was a lot of attention to video games and violence because people found out the shooting at Columbine High School with the two teenagers were a result of the two teenagers play a violent video game called DOOM. And there is more articles on kids with violent behavior and there link to a video game with violent that made them do these things. Sometimes kids who play violent video games for the first time usually is the one with the most behavior problems. When a kid or a teenager play there first mature rating game they encounter violence and aggression. Then they break things, and they might even hurt themselves. Violent video games have been around for a very long time. The first violent video games were DOOM. Mortal Kombat, and Death Race. But the most violent video game of all time is Grand theft Auto (the whole series). Grand Theft Auto is violent because is has use of language, blood, and adult Persaud,2 contents. And you can only buy it if your older then 18 and you must show your ID's. But the biggest part is parents buy the games for there kids not knowing what the game has inside. And this is the reason why violent video games get to younger kids and teens. There are pros and cons about video games. Some of the pros are that is increases visual acuity, which means your eyes and sharpen and