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    Video Games and Its Controversies Video game violence and its controversies have changed the way many people look at games. It is true that some video game violence cause shootings, but video game controversies are more of a myth than a fact because there is not enough evidence to back up the claims that people make. Many people agree and disagree with this topic. Gamers who play games disagree with the government to ban games with violence. Gamers disagree that video games cause violence. They believe

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    must create the controversy. Without the media it is hard to imagine that video games would ever have become a topic of such debate. Many parents have been led to think that videogames are going to turn their children into violent, anti-social, and lazy dregs of society. In recent years there have been a number of mass shootings whose perpetrators have been later found to have been “addicted” to violent video games, due to that connection the media began to focus on these violent games and has turned

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    arcade game "Death Race" was released based on the movie "Death Race 2000". The objective of this game was to use your car in order to run over fleeing goblins. This video game was so simple but had so much controversy behind it that it led to the first study on the physiological effect of video games on the human mind. Ever since Death Race, video games have continued to make huge advances in order to create an almost endless amount of possibilities on what you can or cannot do in a video game. Since

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    Video games, since their creation have been a great source of controversy in regards to their effects on mental health and influence on violent crimes. Games have been created over thousands of years ago and have excited generations. Virtual games on the other hand have not existed for over a hundred years, but have made major media controversy over the intense gore in many uncensored video games. One huge standout is the classic known bloody graphic fighting game Mortal Kombat that made the “ESRB”

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    There is much controversy about violent video games being a cause of violent crimes. Violent video games are not directly responsible for increasing the quantity of violent crimes performed by youth. How children are raised around technology, reports on how Violent video games are taking off while crime rate is plummeting, and the flaws in the reports that claim violent video games increase the violence of the youth prove that violent video games are not a factor for the cause of violent crimes.

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    Mario franchise is the most successful video game series, selling over 225 million games since Mario’s first debut in 1981? Many video games, such as the many Mario games, can be used for hours of entertainment. Many people debate about video games and if they have a positive or negative effect on our lives. Video games can be used for educational purposes, such as improving and helping develop better motor skills and coordination. There are even video games that can improve reaction times and multitasking

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    The controversy of the effects of violent video games is a never ending battle between gamers and science. Hundreds of studies have been conducted on the issue all saying the same thing, violent video games have a correlation with increased risk of hostility in the people who play them. Although correlation does not equate to causation meaning that video games can not be condemned as the only source of aggressive behaviors. This isn’t the only effects that these games have on people. Violent video

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    The violent video game controversy never ends, and even if it does, the monster in the console will awaken and run amok swinging its pendulum to hypnotize and gain control over the minds of kids, teens, and most adults alike to become aggressive, rabid animals. But you can tame it. There is a way to control the one that roams the box. As a parent, have you ever dealt with trying to get your kid’s attention while he or she is playing on their phone, a PS4, Xbox One or any other console? As a child

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    Video games have become a normal activity for a kid in today’s society which has aroused a controversy. Video games are a type of interaction through a screen, which generates visual feedback. This type of gaming, although gaming can be all fun and games, has very negative affects. There are said to be around 1.2 million in 2013, video game players (takahashi), playing games that range from cooking, dress up, racing, sports, and action. These on screen activities have become an outlet for many to

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    Overestimating violence in video games Violence in video game does not influence violence in reality. Violence in video games, more specifically where the whole violent video game controversy came up, was a game called Death Race. This game had you running over gremlins but ended looking like “looked a lot like humans, since all that could be rendered was a blocky stick figure” (Luke Plunkett, Death Race, the World's First Scandalous Video Game, Kotaku). Death Race got a spot on 60 Minutes “looking

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