Video Games: Who’s Really Responsible? Melissa Hinkley Rosemary Mekita Composition I - February 29‚ 2012 Video Games: Who’s Really Responsible? It’s in the news at least once a week it seems. A crazed gunman goes on a rampage‚ leaving horror in their wake. The thought in most people’s minds are the same‚ “What caused this?” The finger pointing inevitably begins and as it seems more and more prevalent‚ those fingers get pointed at violent video games. Christopher Ferguson believes this
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Video Games Cause and Effects on Children Video games have come a long way since they were introduced to the mainstream Audience. Video games are increasingly using advanced technology‚ they have come closer to reality than ever before. They are creating the idea that video games cause violence. When these realistic violent video games are become popular‚ these games have caused children and teenagers to become addicted to playing it. These are the causes of video game addictions on children
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Bad Effects of Video Games Video and computer games‚ like many popular‚ entertaining and addicting kid activities‚ are looked down upon by many parents as time-wasters‚ and worse‚ parents think that these games rot the brain. Also‚ violent video games are readily blamed by the media and some experts as the reason why some youth become violent or commit extreme anti-social behavior. But many scientists and psychologists find that video games actually have many benefits – the main one being making
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The video games phenomenon is somewhat new in this modern society. Although they often to be entertaining‚ the contents have become more violent and disturbing as computing technology has become much more advanced. These days‚ the popularity of violent video games has caused an increase in controversy. Parents and experts feel that some games are just too violent and they think that the violent will spill over into the real world. However‚ I strongly believe violent video games do not cause an increase
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Video Games can be educational‚ non-violent‚ or violent and may have a negative learning impact on youth. Only about half of the Americans today years 8-18 have video games in their bedrooms and about 40 percent play video games. According to a survey from a Kaiser Family Foundation‚ boys spend more time playing video games than girls do (“Video Games” par. 89). The Entertainment Software Association say Americans spend more money on video games each year. Video games had changed from 2004 at
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creators make violent video games (McGrath 3). If the violence is justified in some way then it could be considered as morally acceptable (McGrath 4). Most violent video games are made so that the player for no particular reason murders and tortures innocent people (McGrath 4). This could be enhanced by making it morally correct like self defense (McGrath 4). There also should be a lesson learned at the same time showing how killing another human being is wrong (McGrath 4). The video game “Dishonored” is
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In the essay‚ “Do Video Games Kill‚” the author known as Karen Sternheimer discusses how news networks and politicians always point to video games as factors that influence the violent tendencies of people that commit murder or mass shootings. Sternheimer often states that news networks often say that video games teach kids “how to kill”. In 1993‚ a popular title to this day called Doom was released. It was a first person shooter that was very popular amongst teenagers and young adults. Not too long
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The Negtive Effects of Video Gaming on Children Children don’t have to buy an expensive gaming system to play video games anymore‚ than can simply log onto the internet through their home computer or their handheld devices and they have an array of videogames to choose from. Every time a child pops a role playing videogame into their gaming console or logs onto the internet to play so called interactive video games‚ they enter a virtual world where there are no real
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Researchers‚ parents and educators are all discussing the controversy around violent video games and their influence on kids. The audience seems to be divided into two large groups: one is in favor of restricting or even banning violent video games as they make children (and‚ arguably‚ adults as well) more prone to aggressive behavior‚ like that seen on the screen. Opponents of this view claim that video games do not cause violent behavior in real life and are‚ in fact‚ a safe outlet to natural aggression
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Ethics and Entertainment: Video Game Censorship Athena Falconer COM/450 Ethics and Commuinication February 16‚ 2015 University of Phoenix‚ Courtney Shobert‚ BAAG1FHV59 Ethics and Entertainment: Video Game Censorship Ethics refers to standards‚ morals‚ beliefs‚ and behaviors that follows to help guide one in situations they may face. Ethics are not gained in one day but are built over time from memorable experiences. From childhood to adulthood these learned behaviors add to traits that help shape
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