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Video Game : Violent Video Games

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The video game industry possible causing behavioral problems for people of all ages. Video game violence isn’t breaking news for years people have played games with murder and sexual innuendos. People ask why violent video games are so attractive, maybe it’s a way to escape from real life or even therapeutic. History shows us that human being like violence, in roman time gladiators killed people and animals for sport with huge number of people as an audience. Today the video game industry has found a way to bring that same violent killing times ten, straight to your living room TV. Tons of people play violent games both adults and children, but which are more effected by the violence and should stricter guide lines be set in making violent games. Violent video games for adults are rated adult, “content suitable only for adults ages 18 and up. May include prolonged scenes of intense violence, graphic sexual content and/or gambling with real currency” (Impact). “The average game player is age 35, and adults 18 plus make up 75% of overall violent video game players” (Charts). Adults that play violent games are constantly repeating violent actions throughout the course of the average 40 hours of game play. The time it takes to complete the average 40 hour game is equivalent to the average work week in America. One good thing that has come from playing video games in general is an increase in hand eye coordination, but the damages from playing the violent games outweigh the

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