Today I will be discussing the controversial topic that deals with violence in video games. I will admit that some video games can be quite violent. However, I have never felt the urge to hurt someone in real life as often happens in video games. If you have a young child, no he shouldn't be playing games that have a rating of mature. There are ratings on video games for a reason. Just like movies they will warn you in advance if there is any violence, drug use, alcohol, or sexual content. In fact, I believe that movies are a worse influence than video games. People don't play video games to hurt people, they play them for fun. But when an actor that they look up to suddenly is playing a criminal role doing terrible things, they are more likely to try to be like him or her.
What some parents don't understand is that a lot of people play these violent games for humor. I personally don't see anything so funny about gore, but I know some people my age who think it's hilarious and make fun of the scenes shown. Grand Theft Auto has got to the be most violent game on the marker today. In the most recent one, there is actually a part where you get to torcher another character using various methods. I was shocked when I heard about this, in my opinion it was just to far to take the game. Others believe it made the game real and showed reality of certain situations.
Overall I'm not the greatest fan of playing violent video games, but I don't have a problem with regular shooting games as it's mostly just fun testing your skills. It's only when things get taken too far that they become a bother to me personally. In my final words I can understand why certain parents get upset, but I also know that gamers are just in it to win it.
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