Sunday, April 4, 2010

Does Video Gaming Lead to Violence?



Here is a huge controversy that I thought about while stumbling on the internet... Does video gaming lead to violence?

Many sources such as CBS's 6O Minutes, and CNN claim that it is a scientific fact that violence in video games leads to violence in real life. Others believe that it doesn't. I found an article that claims video games does cause aggression but is believed it is rooted from previous reasons.

Many other resources claim that there are no real links between video games and real violence. What do you think?

I believe that video games can enhance one's already developed aggression and natural violence... I don't think somebody can become violent by playing violent video games, but in fact just get desensitized to the idea.

I read an article about the the inferences on some of the reasons of columbine shooting. They claimed that they found violent video games like Wolfenstein 3-D and other violent games lead them to believe that the violence in video games made a difference. NO WAY is that true in any case... Sorry, I played Wolfenstein 3-D a long time ago and you don't see me shooting up my high school now do you? No.
Plus, Mortal Kombat was a revolutionary fighting game and any person that has ever played a video game has played Mortal Kombat at some point in their life. They even made a mediocre movie because it was/is such a hit video game.

Violence in video games keep gamers on their toes. And there's violence in so many video games that might not even be tagged as a violent game. It's what us gamers' live for. Of course it is simple to believe that a violent video game may make your kid be a violent person but if your kid is violent, don't blame it on the video games.

All of my friends play video games and none of them are violent or aggressive. And we all started playing video games when we were just little kids. Playing Goldeneye when I was in 1st grade was awesome! It taught me how run over enemies in tanks and shoot a gun and save the babe at the end, but it's not like I want to run people over in a tank, or kill people. Plus, the media has SO much more violence, movies, TV shows, the internet.

In conclusion, and in my opinion, violent video games don't make people more violent. But to media standards it does.

What do you think?

1 comment:

  1. I dont think video games cause violence whatsoever. If someone is playing Grand Theft Auto (probably the most interactively violent game you can play) and decides "hey im gonna go do that in real life" then they are mentally unstable and would probably have been violent without the video game. Anyone who takes the video game in any other context than the fact that it is just a game is just being an idiot or they were just naturally inclined to violence

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