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Gaming and Violence Adam Hallberg

Video Game: A game played by electronically manipulating images produced by a computer program on a Gaming monitor or other display. and Violence: behavior involving Violence physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something

Argument Against Violent Games: Leads to aggression, bullying and fghting http://www.catbreedselector.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Angry-Cat-Memes.png

Argument Against Violent Games: Increase violent behavior Less empathic https://images.lookhuman.com/render/standard/7905102026000020/ greetingcard45-of_white-z1-t-oops-i-don-t-care-cat.png

Argument Against Violent Games: Simulation to real life https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/AC97-0295-13_a.jpeg

Argument Against Violent http://lottamadness.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/blog-sign.jpg Games: http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130118010450-159647121-horizontal-gallery.jpg Mass shootings

Argument Against Violent Games: Desensitize https://pics.onsizzle.com/cant-feel-my-face-12700752.png

Argument Against Violent Games: Imitating violent behavior https://c8.alamy.com/comp/E9BJC3/boys-fghting-with-other- kids-cheering-and-flming-E9BJC3.jpg

"We're talking about “Playing violent video video games that glorify games is to an violence and teach adolescent’s violent children to enjoy behavior what smoking inficting the most tobacco is to lung gruesome forms of cancer.” cruelty imaginable." – Senator Hillary Clinton – Senator Joseph (2005) Lieberman Politicians vs. Violent Video Games http://oyster.ignimgs.com/ve3d/images/07/39/73911_MortalKombat-Logo.jpg

“We have to look at the internet because a lot of bad things are happening to young kids and young minds and their minds are being formed, and also video games. I’m hearing more and more people say the level of violence on video games is really shaping young people’s thoughts.” –President Trump

The people’s reaction

Argument For Violent Video Games: Sales Crime http://www.pravavolba.cz/fles/styles/large/public/whatsup/graf.jpg?itok=rql0a8Sz http://c7.nrostatic.com/sites/default/fles/uploaded/falling-of-chart.jpg

Argument For Violent Games Studies showing correlations are fawed. http://www.spcforexcel.com/fles/images/nocorrelation.png

Argument For Violent Games:  Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Seal_of_the_United_ States_Supreme_Court.svg/600px- Seal_of_the_United_States_Supreme_Court.svg.png

How about no https://regmedia.co.uk/2016/08/10/dr_evil.jpg Argument For Violent Games: They do not cause mass shootings

Argument For Violent Games: Stress Release http://www.relatably.com/m/img/stressed-out-memes/08398aad0b7098ac5ab261be86b1c465.jpg

Argument For Violent Games: Virtual vs. Reality http://www.relatably.com/m/img/diferent- memes/c641414329a8dc2396198ca3ecf50a5a72d2b8c3064cccdd66ad2d a13fa04401.jpg

Argument For Violent Games: T oo busy playing to commit a crime https://www.askideas.com/media/41/Beat-The-Candy-Crush-Level- You-Have-Been-Stuck-On-Forever-Funny-Meme-Picture.jpeg

Do violent video games = real life violence? Family and Social No scholarly variables are consensus. more infuential. http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/2b/2b78d5ce25d50f2 24728b29ed22d1807fac90df8943156a7a7169cc3ee 80a22e.jpg

Kantianism  First Imperative: Fails, they make a game rated mature, but they know the underage market will obtain the game and play it.  Second Formulation: Passes, the game is rated and the details of the game are known. (this presentation is purely on violence not money)

Act Utilitarianis m: They are for entertainment/stress release. Stiller, Ben, Ben Stiller, and Vince Vaughn. Dodgeball: a True Underdog Story . Fox Home Entertainment, n.d..

Act Utilitarianis m: Desensitize. Stiller, Ben, Ben Stiller, and Vince Vaughn. Dodgeball: a True Underdog Story . Fox Home Entertainment, n.d..

Act Utilitarianism: Decrease in violent crime rate. Stiller, Ben, Ben Stiller, and Vince Vaughn. Dodgeball: a True Underdog Story . Fox Home Entertainment, n.d..

The Future  Level of violence  VR http://www.mynamesnotmommy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/question-mark.png

Conclusion  There is no solid proof of correlation.  Research has shown decrease in crime while sales increase. https://starryeyedcircus.fles.wordpress.com/2012/05/keep- calm-and-game-on.jpg

Works Cited:  https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/07/politics/donald-trump-video-games/index.html  https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C_IBSuXIoo&feature=youtu.be  Christopher Ferguson, Whitney DeCamp. The Impact of Degree of Exposure to Violent Video Games, Family Background, and Other Factors on Youth Violence. Springer Science+Business Media New York 2016. September 12, 2016.  Chris Gaylord. By the Numbers: Teens and Video Games . The Christian Science Monitor. September 16, 2008.  Rob Crossley. Mortal Kombat: Violent game that changed video game industry. BBC News. June 2, 2014.  Do Violent Video Games Contribute to Youth Violence? https://videogames.procon.org/  Jill Disis. The Long History of Blaming Video Games for Mass Violence. CNN. March 8, 2018  Erik Kain. Trump Blames Violent Video Games for School Shootings – Here’s Why He’s Wrong. Forbes. Feb 22, 2018  Dan Merica. Trump’s Meeting on Video Game Violence Could Prove Contentious. CNN. March 8, 2018  http://www.teenviolencestatistics.com/content/teen-violence-and-video-games.html

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