Simulated games that have simulated violence are okay for teens to play. When a teen plays violent games, it doesn’t cause the teen to commit a crime. Violent games do not have a serious impact on teens, in fact, after teens play violent games they act rude, but only for a few minutes.
Although violent games can make people angrier, the anger doesn’t last very long; in fact, the anger only lasts a few minutes. Someone wouldn’t want to murder someone just because they are mad for five minutes. “Many similar studies found the same thing: A dose of violent gaming makes people act a little more rudely than they would otherwise, at least for a few minutes after playing.” Kegans, Mark. "Shooting in the Dark." The New York Time New York] : 3. Print. Even though a lot of murderers are known to be addicted to video games, the murders aren’t caused by the serious gaming. Almost all of the criminals have an untreated mental disorder, such as schizophrenia. “...the other big common theme across all these mass murders: untreated mental illness.” Kain, Erik. "Do Games Like 'Grand Theft Auto V' Cause Real-World Violence?" N.p., Web. 20 Apr. 2016.
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People who play violent games choose whether they do bad or good things. In fact, most violent games are sandbox games, meaning there’s an open world, and the player makes most of the choices on what he/she does. If a teen was playing Grand Theft Auto V and he/she murdered someone, the police in the game would chase them and eventually arrest them. If the player was to fight back against the police, the police would try and kill the player (in the game). It sounds unrealistic, but the teen would be scared to actually repeat the action, because the teen knows that once you’re dead, you can’t come back to