There have been many arguments regarding the violence in television and video games. The current trend is to limit children's exposure to violent material. The belief is that violent material elicits violent behavior. A counter argument states that violent material actually relieves built-up anger innate to humans. I believe that some aggressive activities could be a good stress reliever. Activities such as contact sports, or fantasy video games. The problem is that some video games now are so realistic that they create a virtual bloodlust, desensitize people to death, and devalue human life in the eyes of the player. .
Interactive video games have emerged as one of the most popular forms of entertainment, especially among children and adolescents. On average, children who have a video game machine at home spend about 90 minutes a day playing them. Video games vary in their content. In addition to being a form of entertainment, video games are also used in education, medicine, and other fields. There are many trends that parents find disturbing. Since video games are so popular with children, concern about games featuring violence, sex, and other adult themes become an issue for parents. .
During the last several decades, electronic interactive games have emerged as one of the most popular forms of entertainment, particularly among adolescents. In 1998, revenues totaled $6.3 billion in the United States. 1 Ninety percent (90%) of U.S. households with children have rented or owned a video or computer game, 2 and young people spend an average of 20 minutes per day playing video games. 3 Video games are the second most popular form of entertainment after television.
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