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Should Violent Video Games Be Banned?

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Playing violent video games and its addiction is a major dilemma globally. The fact that

these games are legal in some countries make people take the issue less seriously since it does not

seem as dangerous to them as other forms of addiction. Legalization of these games does not

mean that it does not have any long-term effects to the users. If people were to consider the

consequences of violent video games would have on their lives and general health, maybe it

would not be such an issue after all (Anderson 19).

Decisions such as whether or not to engage in violent video games are very contentious.

As much as such situations get a person’s mind racing with ideas on what to do or what not to do,

not all the ideas are good. It would be safer if the individual took time to figure out the options

and decide on what to do. Confidence is also crucial in making daily decisions. Individuals need

to have confidence in decisions that they make to avoid having regrets in the future.

Most people hold back out of the fear of making a mistake or failing. In addition, there is

also the fear of not belonging. They get into such addictions to have a sense of belonging. Violent

video games increase a person’s confidence and self-esteem especially when they defeat their

opponents over and again. Besides the entertainment that these games bring, they also make the

players more creative in other areas of their lives.

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Video games are electronic games that depict interaction between human and the user

interface to give a visual feedback on the display video device. These devices display different

dimensional images. The video game business has become one of the most successful industries

in the current world because it has developed drastically. Electronic devices started by displaying

video games on personal computers as their sole platform, but in the modern world, there are

various platforms for video games and some of these platforms are such as Ipads, laptops, phones

among other platforms (Willis 81).

Contemporary games are played using both the mouse and keyboard. Every game has a

concept behind it, and one of the ways in which the gaming business has gained much money is

through it’s idea and content. The main intention of many electronic games is to entertain and

keep children busy. In the past, most of the games focused on the idea of car racing, motorcycling

and jets flying. Most of the electronic games did not depict violence in the past because most of

the creators of these games also wanted to teach children good morals through the games they

play (Kutner 67).

In the recent world, this is not the case because most electronic games depict violence

through teaching children how to shoot their enemies, fight with zombies, hit people with their

vehicles and mistreat others. It is very hard to find games that represent peaceful actions today.

Some of the games that do not involve personal confrontation are such as “Need For Speed,”

famously known as “NFS.” This game mainly involves car racing even though to some extent the

virtual characters cause road accidents.

The idea of this game has some content of violence in it, but the level of violence is not

very deep, and most parents are not affected by it. In recent times, there have been many debates

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Student's Name Instructor's Name Class Name Date Violent Video Game Playing violent video games and its addiction is a major dilemma globally. The fact that these games are legal in some countries make people take the issue less seriously since it does not seem as dangerous to them as other forms of addiction. Legalization of these games does not mean that it does not have any long-term effects to the users. If people were to consider the consequences of violent video games would have on their lives and general health, maybe it would not be such an issue after all (Anderson 19). Decisions such as whether or not to engage in violent video games are very contentious. As much as such situations get a person's mind racing with ideas on what to do or what not to do, not all the ideas are good. It would be safer if the individual took time to figure out the options and decide on what to do. Confidence is also crucial in making daily decisions. Individuals need to have confidence in decisions that they make to avoid having regrets in the future. Most people hold back out of the fear of making a mistake or failing. In addition, there is also the fear of not belonging. They get into such addictions to have a sense of belonging. Violent video games increase a person's confidence and self-esteem especially when they defeat their opponents over and again. Besides the entertainment that these games bring, they also make the players more creative in other areas of their lives. Video ...
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