Media violence has been blamed for countless crimes. Though that isn’t the whole story. Studies show there is no real connection between violence in video games and murders. Regardless, the news will still blame video games. If someone was to go and steal a car, the game Grand Theft Auto would get blamed, not the person’s financial problems. If someone was to brutally beat and murder a person without any connection to media violence, it would get blamed anyway. Wrongful accusations aren’t going to solve anything. Media violence may be a problem, but it isn’t the source of all the world’s problems.
II. News stations blow everything out of proportion. It is a fact that more murders happen because of movie violence than violence in video games. Video games and video game companies seem to always be blamed. There are multiple felonies in which the criminals took their masks from movies. News stations blamed video games for the Columbine High School shootings. The shooters were fans of video games, but the mass shooting wasn’t because of the video games they played. Murders blamed on video games have a lot less evidence against them. No one …show more content…
It’s actually been proven that you get more angry from racing games than you do from playing shooter games. I actually find randomly murdering civilians in Grand Theft Auto very stress relieving. I like being able to do anything I want without consequence. The freedom some games offer you is better than real life sometimes. That’s also very helpful because learning the consequences from your actions will make you less susceptible to committing crimes. I found from my 11 years of gaming that you get more frustrated from losing a race than you do when you “die”. For some reason, it’s much easier to accept dying than it is to accept losing. Another annoying thing is losing all your progress from one little mistake. So when you crash and lose the whole race you get really angry. Shooting games aren’t the cause of
II. News stations blow everything out of proportion. It is a fact that more murders happen because of movie violence than violence in video games. Video games and video game companies seem to always be blamed. There are multiple felonies in which the criminals took their masks from movies. News stations blamed video games for the Columbine High School shootings. The shooters were fans of video games, but the mass shooting wasn’t because of the video games they played. Murders blamed on video games have a lot less evidence against them. No one …show more content…
It’s actually been proven that you get more angry from racing games than you do from playing shooter games. I actually find randomly murdering civilians in Grand Theft Auto very stress relieving. I like being able to do anything I want without consequence. The freedom some games offer you is better than real life sometimes. That’s also very helpful because learning the consequences from your actions will make you less susceptible to committing crimes. I found from my 11 years of gaming that you get more frustrated from losing a race than you do when you “die”. For some reason, it’s much easier to accept dying than it is to accept losing. Another annoying thing is losing all your progress from one little mistake. So when you crash and lose the whole race you get really angry. Shooting games aren’t the cause of