Does Video Games Really Promote Bad Things?

     Do video games really promote unruly and destroying behavior? Do video games really riot brains and ruin vision? Are they really all about violence, gore and drugs? Should video games be banned altogether?

     There have been hundreds of games that the older crowd always objects to. Most, ignorant, parents believes that children and young people playing video games will turn out to be a mass murderer, a drug user/seller, a crime lord, or a rapist. “Too much video game playing makes your kid socially isolated.  Also, he may spend less time in other activities such as doing homework, reading, sports, and interacting with the family and friends.” I do not agree with what this person said. I have been playing games my whole life and I still get most of my work done.

       "Most of the bad effects of video games are blamed on the violence they contain.  Children who play more violent video games are more likely to have increased aggressive thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and decreased prosocial helping, according to a scientific study (Anderson & Bushman, 2001).  The effect of video game violence in kids is worsened by the games’ interactive nature.  In many games, kids are rewarded for being more violent.  The act of violence is done repeatedly.  The child is in control of the violence and experiences the violence in his own eyes (killings, kicking, stabbing and shooting).  This active participation, repetition and reward are effective tools for learning behavior.  Indeed, many studies seem to indicate that violent video games may be related to aggressive behavior (such as Anderson & Dill, 2000; Gentile, Lynch & Walsh, 2004)." I laughed when I read this. You can say whatever you want to people will be violent regardless of gaming or not.