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    Video Games Have Negative Effects Video games are addicting too many people around the world. These video games play a huge role in people’s lives‚ and today over 50% of all people play some type of video game. With this large amount of gamers‚ there are so many that are negatively impacted in numerous ways. Although there are few benefits with video games such as; educational purposes‚ improving social skills‚ and stress relief‚ there are more bad things including academic failure‚ social isolation

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    Video Game Violence Violence is happening all around us and it is said that one of the biggest reason for teen violence‚ is because of playing video games. It is true that there are many games that due show or portray violence; however the intention was not to promote teens to doing more violence as they are rated for mature adults. Personally I believe that if parents were more active or aware of what games they are purchasing‚ and became responsible for what games their children are playing

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    The Desensitized Youth With the advent of video games‚ the world’s thirst for reality in the violent gaming realm has increased. In the alter-reality children have become desensitized and obsessed with violence. As each game becomes more bona fide and tolerable children cannot disconnect fact from fiction. Today’s video games have become an ever-rushing stream of death and gore; they have become a part of our culture‚ and have caused the modern young person to become more aggressive and

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    Playing Video Games Affect The Brain? How does playing video games affect the brain? In the article “Brains on Video Games‚ “ six experts discuss the positive and negative impacts that intense video gaming have on the brain. These impacts can be physical and/or mental. Here we will discuss some of the physical effects. One of the physical impacts‚ according to two of the experts‚ is on the gamer’s vision. Daphne Bavelier and C. Shawn Green claim that playing a certain type of action-based video game

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    Many people believe that violent video games should be banned‚ claiming that they have a negative effect on people. Some even say violent games make people commit violent acts. These games do influence human behavior‚ which isn’t always positive‚ but this does not mean that they should be banned. If a child began playing violent video games at a young age‚ then he might think that violence in real life is the same as the game violence and that it doesn’t have a real impact on others. However‚

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    Video Games: Are they a Cause of Violence and Aggression? 1. Statistic – “In spite of the violence‚ the violent video games are also the more popular games on the market” (Paragraph 2) Anecdote – “On April 20‚ 1999‚ Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold launched an assault on Columbine High School in Littleton‚ Colorado‚ murdering 13 and wounding 23 before turning the guns on themselves. Although nothing is for certain as to why these boys did what they did‚ we do know that Harris and Klebold both

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    “BLAME VIOLENT GAMES!” Recently video games have been blamed as the main cause of violence in today’s society. Video games have been a main source of entertainment since 1957 when professors used them for simulations to prove their research. Many famous video game characters have come out since then like Mario‚ Luigi‚ Sonic‚ and many‚ many more. I have been playing games since I was 4 years old and I have never once been violent or thought of being violent since then. I believe games can improve certain

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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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    The Positive and Negative Effects of Video Games http://www.raisesmartkid.com/3-to-6-years-old/4-articles/34-the-good-and-bad-effects-of-video-games Is playing video games good or bad for you? It can be both. Video games are frowned upon by parents as time-wasters‚ and worse‚ some education experts think that these games corrupt the brain. Violent video games are easily blamed by the media and some experts as the reason why some young people become violent or commit extreme anti-social behavior

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     and play video games. People can also have social media and email loved ones that are far away to keep in touch with them. In some ways technology has been great for some people while on the other hand‚ some people still don’t like technology. Some people believe that technology gets in the way of our everyday lives and that we are alone‚ without actually being alone‚ now than we ever have in the past. One way that technology gets in the way of our everyday lives is the use of video games. Some

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