Matthew Delgado Class HUMN 11/14/2014 Are Video Games too violent? Technology has taken over the future of entertainment, and the video game industry has grown a massive amount over the recent years. Teens are targeted for the main customer age group, but many that do not meet the age requirements and still get access to a mature, violence filled game. With the rising conflict of young minds adapting to the massive killing and shooting scenarios that a game simulates, many teens with potential are turning addicted to a horrific game, studies show that video games may cause behaviour issues for many teens. When a kid gets addicted to a game and is asked to stop they will respond with a rebellious answer, …show more content…
If a troubleled teen gets a bad idea from a game that is focused on street crime and shooting it is likely they will repeat the same bloody actions. When a teen is doing nothing else other than playing anysort of game for long periods of times, health issues will accur and their isolation will cause them to go insane. In a study two groups of kids were asked to play violent video games more than another group, the group who had more exposure to the game was more violent than the one who did not play as much. (CNN.com) Many games now come with rewards, killing other players will get you medals, money, experience all in game, and because of this killing is "fun". Being exposed to dead bodies, blood, execution scenes, and crashes will cause a young person to act erratic, thus causing allot of trouble in the current and future time. When a player is being rewarded, the rewards that are given are rankings and the ability to customize your character with what you have unlocked with the levels or kills that one has acquired, basically showing off your fortune in the game, and with the competitiveness a gamer always feels they will not want to stop. Teams in games is a major problem …show more content…
(http://www.nydailynews.com/) Aaron Alexis, a gamer, shot up a Navy yard killing 13 people, video games is thought to be the reason because he has a history of anger issues that may have been caused because of his daily usage of games for 16 hours at a time."On April 20, 1999, two seniors walked into their Colorado high school carrying assault rifles, and they opened fire. They shot dozens of people, killing 12 students and one teacher, and the nation was floored..."(howstuffworks.com). Although video games are more advanced now than it was in 1998, the games back then still had an impact on both shooters, they both have had played for hours a violent and blood filled game. peopla that are addicted to vidoe games act very barbaric when interupted like some recent cases of deaths caused by video games include Alayiah Turman, 17 month old baby was killed by her dad when she accidently disconnected the Xbox that was connect, her dad slammed her head a few