Video games are the fastest growing type of entertainment in the world as playing them has become a popular activity for people of all ages. However, video games that contain violence have immense effect on the players, especially children and young adults. Playing video games are usually blamed by the media, parents and several experts as the reason why there is an increase in young people having aggressive thoughts and engaging in violent crimes, which is true. Such games corrupt the brain and are considered to be an evil temptation that is more bad than good. Thus, violent video games majorly develop violent behavior in children. One of the strongest and widely used positive impacts violent video games are said to have on children is that they may improve gamer’s thinking skills, manual dexterity and computer literacy. Some people argue that violent video games have many benefits, for example playing them on a regular basis helps to develop high level cognitive skills which make children smarter. On the other hand, it is true that children who play violent video games generally experience an increase in aggressive thoughts, which in turn, …show more content…
at the same time, it enables the child to coordinate their hand and eye, which is said to be applied to real world situations like surgical procedure. However, there are other activities which are quite helpful in building these abilities like playing a musical instrument, producing three dimensional artwork and making miniature models, etc. Moreover, there are various studies that have shown that children who play and are addicted to violent video games are likely to have aggressive thoughts and behaviors. The American Psychological Association (APA) has also concluded that there is a consistent correlation between violent video game use and