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Thursday, April 5, 2012

Violent Video Games

While we were talking about video games in class today, I couldn't determine if they are good or bad. It really depends on what kind of video games kids play. In Germany we had a huge public discussion about violent games and how they influence kids' personalities. After some shootings in german schools, the police tried to find similarities between those kids, that acted violently. They found plenty of violent video games in their homes, so people started blaming video games for those outbreaks of violence. Most of the kids or teenagers that shot people didn't have friends in real life, but they created their identity within video games. That's maybe the only place where they can find admiration by others. So can video games encourage aggressiveness? I think this is a really interesting discussion that will certainly continue in the future.

1 comment:

  1. you have a very good idea here it is true that alot of people who may have a regualr and TORPID life style may seek attention from video games and they get it and some times they do take it to far with all the killings that happen so with that yes some times video game sare to blame yet i think not all the time there are some times othe rfacotrs that might spell out the reason for children acting out but very good article keep it up you are doing great

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