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    Video Games are good for Society Everybody in this country plays video games almost every day. It does not matter what the age is, even though they are not young and have free time they would play video games and enjoy themselves. People and society says that through video games children’s and also some adults become more aggressive and violent. Video games are contributing the act of violence all over the world and they are thinking to stop video games for their benefit. The media makes false assumptions

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    Negatives of Violent Video Games Enemies coming in from your left, a building collapses in front of you, but you plunge ahead. A bomb goes off behind you, taking thousands of innocent lives. You hear a bullet whiz past your head and out of the corner of your eye you see bright red blood seeping out of your ear. But you ignore it; you have to keep going if you want to win this battle. Sounds graphic, right? No one would want their child experiencing this. So then why are so many parents allowing

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    Tylor Staffileno 12 April 2017 The Impact of Video Games on Children Introduction “Video games are bad for you, that’s what they said about rock-n-roll” (Shigeru Miyamoto). Video gaming is regarded as a ubiquitous part of children and adolescents’ life. Children who are daily involved in this activity in the US account for 97% of their total. Additionally, for those at an average of 8-13 years old, approximately, 8.5% of them are addicted to playing video games. Moreover, children at the age of 13-18

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    Violent Video Games Essay

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    also comes the rise of video games especially violent video games. Video games in general generate billions of dollars per year. The industry is worth $21.53 billion. This shows just how immensely popular video games are. From 1976’s Death Race (the first violent video game) to 2017, violent video games have since surpassed what is identified as violent. Today, almost half of E-rated (for everyone) video games contain some type of violence. A staggering amount of video games are being played by young

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    Video games can be bad for kids because they’ll make them violent and are bad for their physical and mental health. Picture this. December 14, 2012, is a date that will be remembered not for honor, but for the deep pain, it has left. Twenty-six people, including 20 children, were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School by Adam Lanza 20 years old, who killed himself after having committed a tremendous atrocity. Adam Lanza was an expert in computers and enjoyed video games, but he had a particular

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    Essay on Video Game Violence

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    child making a character in a video game ruthlessly rape, beat, and kill another character has been deemed acceptable as long as said child is of a certain age. Video games are prominent in everyday life. Children as young as two are starting off playing basic video games to learn their ABC’s and 123’s. The problem is as children get older they are influenced by the video games they play and most of the video games in today’s society are violent and gory. Video games affect children and cause them

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    the Olympic games. The last thing that people would call a sport is something that requires you to be decisive and have lightning-fast reflexes. It demands that you to put in multiple hours of practice every day, all while never moving from your chair or couch. Video gaming is an activity that is enjoyed by millions of kids, teens, and adults all around the world. However, for a slightly smaller group of people, video games are more than just a leisure activity. For some, video games are a job.

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    12/11/14 Debate about Violent Video-Games Video games are fun, they create a sense of happiness for people of all ages, races, and preferences. Some might say that creating video games is an art form, because of the ability of developers creating a game suited to the specific preferences of individuals. However, because developers create a wide range of video game genres, violent games may be created. It is often debated that the animations created within these video games that allow you to emulate

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    Some people think that video games are harmless, but some researchers would disagree. Melinda Burgess et al. writes in “Playing with Prejudice: The Prevalence and Consequences of Racial Stereotypes in Video Games,” that women are gender stereotyped and treated as sexual objects in video games today, which affects how male video gamers and society treat women. There are many ways video games use women to attract video gamers, sexuality being a big one. I will argue that Burgess’ claim is true because

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    Video Game Violence Essay

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    violent video games that are commonly played by boys and girls, young and old alike in today’s society. Many experts fear that this violence in video games increases violence in people in real life, causing people to act out as if they were in the video game, increasing aggressive behavior so much that it could actually escalate to shooting, stabbing, and killing people. There have already been many cases of these extreme examples of violence in the news that share a connection with video games. Eric

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