Video Games And Violence

Video Games And Violence

The biggest controversy for gamers and developers alike is that video games deemed to be ‘too violent’ cause gamers to be violent as well. In the video game industry, record-breaking franchises like “Call of Duty”, “Grand Theft Auto”, “Fallout”, and many more all have been marked as ‘violent video games.’

This is the reason there are ratings on video games. E is for everyone, E10+ for everyone ten and up, T for teens, and M for mature seventeen and up. But who am I to say? I’m fifteen and I have played most of the games that are considered violent and/or rated M. The only reason I can play these games is because my parents allow me to.

Anyone under the age of seventeen cannot buy a video game that is rated M. So if any fingers should be pointed, it should be at the parents for buying children these games. Anyone who has played Call of Duty multiplayer knows there is an obsessive amount of pre-teens on the game, which you can tell by their annoying pre-pubescent voices.

If parents and other people think it’s too violent then why buy it? Why buy it for your kids if you think it’s going to corrupt them? You’re only helping the game developers by buying the game.

Also, saying violent video games make people violent is like saying we should stop drinking water because 100% of people that drink water die. Of course video games would be tied into some crimes, but what about alcohol or cars? Annually, about 88,000 people die due to consuming alcohol and in 2013, 32,719 people died in car accidents. But instead of doing something about that, we get petitions to ban Grand Theft Auto V from the retail store: Target.

Instead of focusing on the effects video games have on people, let’s try and diminish the real problems we have in the nation. Video games help many people relieve stress and escape from the demanding world we live in.