There is always a huge excitement in the launch of every new game system - XBox 360, and Sony Playstation 3 being some of the latest.
Affecting kids ages 4 to 45 year-old adults, some “M” rated video games have called for concern in our society regarding issues such as addiction, depression, and even aggression related to the playing of them. A recent study of children showed that some early teens without many rules played for at least 53 hours a week, and early teens with some rules played for 30 a week. These kid’s parents then complained about a worsened attitude and the kids shouting. Even more, some of these games being played like The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Call of Duty, Battlefield, etc. are very interactive in the violence of slaughtering the opponent. The video game industries even put signs like "Real-life violence" and "Violence level - not recommended for children under age of 12" on their box covers, arcade fronts, and even on the game CDs themselves.
In Call of Duty and Battlefield and other violent shooter games, when characters get shot a large spray of blood covers the walls and ground near the character, and on the occasions when explosives are used, the characters sometimes burst into small but recognizable body parts. In spite of the violence, the violent video games are also the more popular games on the market. When video games first came out, of course they were addictive... however, there seems to be a strong correlation now between the violent nature of games these days and the aggressive tendencies in game players. Tanner Schmidt of Stoller Middle School said that “I play Call of Duty because those games has great graphics and has a good variety of guns.”
Elijah Manfredi Wade said “I play The Elder Scrolls series because of the realistic game play and slaughtering people. Vamsee Padala said “I play any E rated games because most kids are allowed to play them” Elizabeth Hannan said I don’t play video games much, but when I do, I play Call of Duty".
Affecting kids ages 4 to 45 year-old adults, some “M” rated video games have called for concern in our society regarding issues such as addiction, depression, and even aggression related to the playing of them. A recent study of children showed that some early teens without many rules played for at least 53 hours a week, and early teens with some rules played for 30 a week. These kid’s parents then complained about a worsened attitude and the kids shouting. Even more, some of these games being played like The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Call of Duty, Battlefield, etc. are very interactive in the violence of slaughtering the opponent. The video game industries even put signs like "Real-life violence" and "Violence level - not recommended for children under age of 12" on their box covers, arcade fronts, and even on the game CDs themselves.
In Call of Duty and Battlefield and other violent shooter games, when characters get shot a large spray of blood covers the walls and ground near the character, and on the occasions when explosives are used, the characters sometimes burst into small but recognizable body parts. In spite of the violence, the violent video games are also the more popular games on the market. When video games first came out, of course they were addictive... however, there seems to be a strong correlation now between the violent nature of games these days and the aggressive tendencies in game players. Tanner Schmidt of Stoller Middle School said that “I play Call of Duty because those games has great graphics and has a good variety of guns.”
Elijah Manfredi Wade said “I play The Elder Scrolls series because of the realistic game play and slaughtering people. Vamsee Padala said “I play any E rated games because most kids are allowed to play them” Elizabeth Hannan said I don’t play video games much, but when I do, I play Call of Duty".
All the way back in 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold launched an attack on Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, and they killed 13 and wounded 23 before turning the guns on themselves. Although nothing is for certain as to why these boys did what they did, we do know that Harris and Klebold both enjoyed playing the bloody, shoot-'em-up video game Doom, a game that was actually licensed by the U.S. military to train soldiers to effectively kill. The Simon Wiesenthal Center, which tracks Internet hate groups, found in its archives a copy of Harris' web site with a version of Doom. He had customized the game so that there were two shooters, each with extra weapons and unlimited ammunition, and the other people in the game could not fight back. For a class project, Harris and Klebold made a videotape that was similar to their customized version of Doom.
The two most popular game consoles right now are the XBox 360 and the Playstation 3(Shown below).
The two most popular game consoles right now are the XBox 360 and the Playstation 3(Shown below).
Casey, this is a very interesting topic and I hope one day there will be study information available to serve as proof of the effects of violent games; right now there is only an assumption of their effects.
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