Violence in Video Games

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In the 21st Century, video games have become more popular every year. I mean why not? It's an easy way t pass time and escape from from boredom.Especially since there are video games for each age group.The video game creators make huge alternate worlds where players can go live in when they get bored of real life. The only problem is that video games are getting more and more violent as years progress. This raises the questions like "Do Video games desensitize its users as well as its youth"? And "Are video games with violence bad for our children"? As of now, there is no definite answer. We have people making the accusations and then we also have people disagreeing with those accusations. There are ways that can keep our youth from playing this violent games and help reduce the amount of violent crimes, which include; making them play games suitable for their age, stop the parents from buying violent games for them, and to keep them away from online experiences.

The youth should be playing games that are suitable for them. The youth should not be playing games like Halo or Call of Duty because they are intended for mature audiences. In the past it was so easy for the youth to get violent games because there was no rating system to tell what games are suitable for their age. The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) control the ratings they give games. "Based on content, the board gives games one of six ratings: EC for early childhood; E for ages 6 up; E 10+ for ages 10 up; T for teens 13 up; M for ages 17 up; and AO for adults only"(Snider). Snider also stated in his article "Game industry put focus on ratings years ago," that when the ESRB started kids were able to get rated M games eighty five percent of the time. After a...

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...ildren less violent. We teach kids to be nice to people, say nice things, and not do anything bad, but we let them play violent games which allow them to do the opposite of what we tell them, how is that good parenting?

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Jerry, Bonner "How To Fix The Ratings System." Electronic Gaming Monthly 227 (2008): 30. MasterFILE Complete. Web. 25 Apr. 2014.
Gallagher, Michael D. "Violent Video Games: Should Kids Be Able To Buy Them? NO." U.S. News Digital Weekly 2.18 (2010): 10. MasterFILE Complete. Web. 26 Apr. 2014.
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