Do Violent Videogames contribute to Violence?
By McCreeper
@McCreeper (777)
United States
January 21, 2013 3:26pm CST
In 2008, 97% of the adolescents in the U.S. plays video games, which allowed the gaming industry to boost. of the top twenty games, half of them contained violence. Critics say that violent video games desensitize these people, make them more prone to bully others, and become more violent toward women because it rewards them for being violent.
Video Game advocates reply, saying that the research is deeply flawed and say that there is no general trend between video games and the violence that has been occurring recently. These activists conclude that video games are meant to be a safe outlet for those who are currently in an angered state or would otherwise be a substitute for the people that are stessed.
What is your opinion on this?
(I personally agree with the activists.)
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2 responses
@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
26 Jan 13
anybody who is motivated to violence from a video game,tv,or music was probably headed that way long before they ever listened or watched,or played.
it's more of an inability to distinguish fantasy from reality than desensitization.
it's also because a lot of kids now get away with damn near anything.
if they have no fear of consequences for their actions,of course they're gonna do what they want.
@silverfox09 (4708)
• United States
21 Jan 13
I am a girl and I play all the violent video game that my fiancee play and none of us are violent . I am far from being violent , that to me is a in born thing and how you were raise . I also love watching horror movies but I would never go out doing those things I see .
We can see things that happen around us and not do exactly as they do . We are the ones in charge of what we choose to do . I play game as a apart of recreation , just like coming here sometimes .
Some people once said playing with dolls contribute to teenage pregnancy and I prove that is a lie also .
