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Video Game Violence

            Video games came about in the 1970's which by the end of the decade became the most popular childhood activity. Many adults at the time questioned the possible effects that these games could have on children and were almost certain that they would be negative effects. During the middle 1980's companies released games for personal computers leaving the home video game console to be a thing of the past. Despite the new technology, the home video game console hit a resurge in popularity with the release of the Nintendo in 1986. With the competition between computer games and video game systems skyrocketing, the advancement of technology as well as the content of the games were changed emensly. Due to this rapid improvement the content of these games became more visually violent and extremely detailed.
             Video games have been known to contain violence since their conception. Trying to determine that there is violence in a video game is very easy to answer and that is, yes. Violence plays an important role in video games with first person shooter violence present in the earliest to the most advanced modern games. Wonder Boy and Space Invaders can be looked upon as a couple examples of these early games that contain violence. The game Wonder Boy is a game that contains hero killing monsters that vanish when they die, the hero is allowed to shoot arrows, swing swords and throw rocks at the monster. Upon the death of the hero he falls off of the screen as the monsters vanish in a cloud of smoke after an explosion occurs. This may not be a very high degree of violence but despite the fact it set a trend for any game that followed. .
             In the modern game Goldeneye 007 the characters that portray the movie don't just vanish off the screen or into a cloud of dust, they perform human like reactions in conjunction with sound depending on where exactly they were hit.


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1. Video Game Violence

Violence in video games has been a topic of debate in recent years, with concerns on whether violence in video games has an aggressive effect on children. Violence in video games makes children more aggressive and hostile; in addition, "video game violence makes children desensitized to violence, which can lead to violence at school and home" (Barnes 1). Video games that incorporate violence shouldn't be played by young children. ... This test shows that video game violence does have an aggressive effect on people, and that males tend to show higher aggression when playing violent vide...

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2. Video Game Violence

The frontrunner among these concerns is video game violence. ... First of all, we will discuss what video game violence is. ... In order to draw accurate conclusions on this issue, we must first define and explain what video game violence is. ... From this we can logically draw a definition of violence in video games as being any game that has the user (in the game) utilizing physical force on others in order to hurt, harm, or kill them. ... Now that we have a good idea of what video game violence is, we"ll take a look at some of the effects that video games have on the user's family ...

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3. Video Game Violence

Video Game Violence As you stand in the center of the packed arena, the air is alive with the screams of thousands of fans surrounding you. ... Even with the rising amount of violence in games, video game violence does not cause real violence and companies, which make these games, should not be penalized. ... People were first exposed to video games in 1972 with the release of Pong for the Atari Video Game System (Singh, 1). ... The video game industry responded by saying that playing a video game and shooting a gun in real life are very different things. ... He has done many intervie...

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4. Video Game Violence

The second study involved two-hundred and ten students and the doctors had some students play Wolfenstein 3D (a violent video game) and some students play Myst (a non-violent video game). ... The students that played the violent video game punished their opponents with the noise blast for a longer amount of time then the students who didn't play the violent video game did. ... According to the National Coalition on Television Violence (NCTV), from 1985 to 1988 the amount of video games being released with an excessive violence rating increased from 53% to 82%. ... The two most preferred g...

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5. Video Game Violence

Could this child be utterly transformed into a psychopathic serial killer from playing a violent video game such as this? ... Today, they saturate the video game market with animated violence and gore. ... hen one completes a video game, he/she is in a better mood and state of mind than before. ... If a child originates from an abusive home where violence is prevalent, then it is the parents and family, not the video game which leads to aggressive behavior. ... A video game cannot be classified as a muder simulator, it simply a form of entertainment. ...

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6. Video Game Violence

Video Game Violence There are many different views about video games and the effects violence has on children and society as a whole. ... Throughout the course of this report, the issue of violence in video games and the overall worth of games in general will be addressed. ... Paul Jaquays, a level designer for gaming industry superpower id Software had this to say about the types of video game violence, "Although I'm certain I'm doing my share of rationalizing here, I tend to categorize it into two distinct classes: A) Violence against the enemy: War in the name of self defense...

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7. Juvinile Violence And Video Game

What the people want, the video game industry should give. ... Critics have linked video violence to the Columbine massacre in Littleton, Colorado. ... The killers were known to have been regular players of the game Doom, so everyone wants to blame video games. ... Marilyn Mason helped take some pressure off the video game industry after Columbine. ... If video violence is to blame, why do the statistics differ? ...

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8. Video Game Violence and Children

Video Game Violence and Children Video game manufacturers have been used as an excuse for violent youth on many occasions. ... Where the first video game was invented and what reactions were to it. Umass was home to the first produces and played video game made in the late 1950's. ... Video games from that point until today have changed so much and became so graphic that violence is more bloody then ever before. ... It is a responsibility issue, not a video game issue. ...

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9. Youth and Video Game Violence

" As it is stated, 10 top selling video games for 6 different gaming consoles were examined (Hartmann, Krakowajak, and Tsay-Vogel). It was found that in almost every game, killing was justified and players were rewarded for their acts of violence (Hartmann, Krakowajak, and Tsay-Vogel). ... Violence is such a relevant part of video games, and one of the most relevant parts of violence is dehumanization. ... One of the main reasons violence ethically exists video games, is because "it's just a game.... However, continuing on to prove how these games effect the psyche the study is ...

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