Teens CAN Play Games

Majority people across the country play video games. It’s an enjoyable experience 90% of teenagers play video games, but are violent video games causing the teenagers of America to become more violent? The answer to that is no. Violent video games do not affect teen behavior.

Teen violence has been decreasing for decades. So saying that teenagers are becoming more violent due to video games isn’t reasonable. The video games now are much more violent than they used to be and teen violence is decreasing; video games have no effect on teen violence.

Teens can let their anger out on the game by shooting, killing, etc. But that isn’t real, it’s just a video game. The virtual world is much different than the real world. Pressing a button is much easier than pulling a trigger. Violence in real life has nothing to do with what happens online or in a video game. Playing video games might actually be good for teens because it gives them a chance to let their anger out instead of keeping it inside that could lead to real violence.

The violence should not be blamed on the video games, most acts of violence happens from people with untreated mental illness. The untreated mental illness is what causes the sudden acts of violence. The video games may add to it, but teens without mental illness or treated mental illness would not do the things that teens with untreated mental illness would do.

“If it were true, millions of your neighbors, kids, and co-workers would be violent killers.”

This quote shows that not all people who play violent games become violent in real life. There are only a few people out of millions who become violent due to playing violent games. So is saying video games make teens violent really reasonable? It isn’t. Video games are just games. The only behavior they create in teens is irregular sleeping patterns.  

    Video games are actually helpful to science. A problem that scientist were working on for 13 years took gamers 3 weeks to figure out. This proves that video games are good for the world. Video games are not only good for science but they are good for the players mind. The players mind is strengthened by following patterns.

“Not everyone can draw a line between fiction and reality.” Although this may be true, most people can draw a line and don’t become violent because of playing games and they know what’s real and what’s fake. There might be some people who don’t know when to stop but can that all really be blamed on video games. If they don’t know what’s real and what’s fake then maybe there is something other than video games affecting their minds that makes them more violent.

Video games do not make teens violent. They may make some people become more violent than they already were due to untreated mental illness, but that does not mean they make everyone violent. Video games can help teenagers release their anger, or help science in learning new things about teen behaviour by using games to find the answers we’re searching for. If teens were becoming violent due to video games then millions of people would be violent. Researchers do many studies on this topic and find answers to defend that video games don’t lead to violence; most people who think games do lead to violence base their claim on opinions. While people who disagree have evidence to support their claim. Think about how video games affect you and your friends. Do they make them more violent or make them act differently in any other way? Which side do you believe?

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Kain, Erik. "Do Games Like 'Grand Theft Auto V' Cause Real-World Violence?" Forbes. Forbes Magazine, n.d. Web. 28 Apr. 2015.

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    Emma Macias is a very talkative person. She loves netflix and her dog who is the size or a squirrel. She also thinks Mean Girls is a great movie. P.S Gayle is my mom.