High-Jinks: Shoot-Out By Guy Martin

For many people in America, simulated violent games are addictive and fun to play. But, those simulated violent games have proven to make an affect on our world, and this is not without reason. Due to the articles that I have read, the research has shown that people who play simulated violent games, are more prone to show violent behavior in their everyday lives. Simulated violent games contribute to bad behavior in people, they allow us to think that violence is okay, they take away from productive time, and misinterpretation.

In the article, “High-Jinks: Shoot-Out” by Guy Martin, a journalist from The New Yorker, Martin reveals a game played at St. Ann’s, in New York City, by the name of Killer. This game demonstrates killing your classmates

In the article, “It’s A Duel: How Do Violent Video Games Affect Kids?” by Shankar Vedantam, an American Journalist, he clearly states that children who play more simulated violent videogames are more prone to not process violence in the real world. For example, Brad Bushman, a social psychologist at The Ohio State University decided to do some experiments. These studies were done to see how college students reacted to violent images and blasting each other with loud noises. Bushman reveals that, “What we found is for people who were exposed to a lot of violent video games, their brains did not respond to the violent images. They were numb, if you will agree.” He also shows that, “Everybody was more aggressive if they’d played a violent game than if they’d played a nonviolent game, and the more numb they were, the more aggressive they were in terms of blasting their opponent with loud noise through headphones.” From learning about these studies done, I can safely say many misinterpret violent situations. That would make sense though, because when they are playing their video games, they are killing their opponents to win the game or stay alive. But in the real world, they don’t understand when to turn off their violent side, whether they’re with friends or family, they are so used to reacting right away with violence, that they don’t even know they are doing