Violent Video Game Controversy

Video games have been around for a while. As the technology changed so did the video games. Video games became more violent, graphic and more real life. Teens and young children are spending more and more time playing video games. Video games also have become more and more violent, and it has bought up many concerns. Do video games have an impact on children’s and young teens? There have been many researches and theory’s that led to controversy. Video games have an impact on children and young teens, it causes aggressive behavior. Research states that video games can help with team work and patient. Video games have been around for many years and it has been getting better with technology, but there are concerns if the violent video games

When they watch music videos, and play hours of video games, it slowly starts to influence them. There are so many incidents were video games were the reason for many actions that took place. Some say that violent video games are the reason behind school shooting and for young teens acting up in schools. About 76% of parents agree that violent games can increase aggressive behavior among children (September 2015). Arguments say that violent games cause more aggression, bullying and fighting among middle school children. Medical associations and researchers say that violent video games increase aggressive behavior (September 2015). Younger children, mostly among middle schoolers seem to get violent just like the video games in schools and in classrooms. For most boys they learn about wresting and punch moves. This paragraph needs to be developed with additional

The shooting that took place in Washington Navy Yard left thirteen dead. The shooter Aaron Alexis played quite a lot of games. Adam Lanza, who killed 26 children in an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, was also said to be a fan of first-person shooting games. Other killers have been found to be avid players. Many say that video games have so many effects on the mind of children. But when anger and the video games come together, it creates something very dangerous (Brad Bushman, September 2003). Video games influence young children and teens. When they play for hours of violent games and use these ideas in real life to hurt someone. Most children do take out anger in a video game. “According to Anderson’s findings, video games boost the body’s fight-or-flight response, increase aggressive thoughts and feelings, and decrease social and empathetic behavior. Ferguson, on the other hand, found that the evidence was ambiguous, and attributed the wealth of data on aggression to publication bias, in which studies that find an effect of some kind are more likely to be published than studies that find no effect (Rachel Barclay,