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    activities and games. Video games have become a very popular way to spend time and have fun from the 1970’s up to now. With new developments appeared different video game genres from adventure to racing, but the violent video games appear to be the most popular ones (Shin, 2003), for example: shooters, fighting and video games where you have to eliminate, destroy, or kill your enemies. Video games have become very influential on children and adults (Stafford, 1999). With violent video games humans are

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    Computer games are entertainment and recreation tools that a lot people have been enjoying for a long time. Young and old are playing these computer game in order to enjoy themselves. Computer games are getting bigger in the industry since a lot of people are demanding to get more games. Computer games are beginning to be a business. Between 1970s and 1980s, It is considered the golden age of video gaming due to rapid gaining popularity of the video game arcade at that time. (Auction Game Sales) The

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    unhealthy obsession with video games. The value of the video game industry in 2015 was over seventy-one billion dollars in the United States alone, and its worth has only increased. Polls show that 63% of American households have persons who play video games for a minimum of three hours a day. But do exposure to those games affect the brain in a negative way? Video games are shown to be more influential to the brain than television and movies, and research shows that video games shrink essential parts

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    Call of Duty 3, Legend Of Zelda, Super Mario Bros., Minecraft, Assassins Creed, and NBA2K18 are some video games that I can mention because they are popular. Video games are fun, and it feels good for an individual because like it’s a new thing. Creating, building, or violent shootings might be parts illustrated in video games, so it’s a new experience for beginners. Video games are a new way to explore and develop new skills trough electronic consoles such as Xbox, PlayStation, or Wii. Gamers who

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    before the two committed suicide. Are violent video games to blame for this devastating event? The subject has been a source of controversy both within and outside the scientific community. (INSERT CLEAR FOCUSED HYPOTHESIS HERE) Content analyses show that 89% of video games have some violent content. Half of the video games on the market have extreme violent actions toward other characters. Games, today, are allowing players to not only connect with the game physically, but also emotionally and psychologically

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    Can Video Games Help Your Brain? They are ruining your eyes; they are turning you into a violent person. This is some of the critiques we get the video games The habitual obsession of shooter games has a negative effect on the brain and puts you at risk of psychiatric diseases such as depression and Alzheimer’s disease. Video gaming is the popular form of entertainment. Video gamers spend about 3billion hours per week on these screens. Their popularity has brought the scientist to conduct research

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    in video games to much? The violence use to be so little and mild now it’s just outragous to where the games look like real life from the characters, to the items in the games, and voices for the characters. The games are no longer little fuzzy pictures now they look like pictures that you have taken of an actual person. Should video games with violence in them even be able to hit the shelf to sale? Let’s be honest there the new thing that is trending now in our time. With the popular games like

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    Video games are a common way to pass time in a young adult's life. Instead of going outside and playing with friends teens chose to play violent games that can change their behavior. Depression, anger, and mental health problems can be caused from these violent games. Some may argues these games are helpful to a teen's development but in reality they can be deteriorating. Teens should not play violent video games because they make kids aggressive, teaches teens how to use guns, and makes children

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    Abstract As we enter the 21st Century, video games are becoming more popular each and every day and children enjoy playing them as a way to spend their free-time. These games allow the player to live in the game by playing a role, in some cases with people from around the world. But the problem with the video games in the market is that they are becoming too violent in some people’s mind and are also affecting them in diverse ways. Also, many of these video games are being advertised and directed to

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    Them Hypnotized: The aftermath of playing video games He’s intelligent, laid back, and creative but when he’s interacting with video games he disconnects from reality. The guy that i am talking about is my 12 year old brother who loves playing video games. This ab honor roll student started changing into a cd student that doesn't listen very well. My mom says it's because he’s growing up, i believe it's because he’s spending to many hours on video games and not focusing on the more important things

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