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Violence In Gaming By: Vamsi Garghi

What Is Violence In Video Games Definition of violence from Merriam-Webster Dictionary: The use of physical force ● so as to injure, abuse, damage, or destroy. Violence in video games have been a factor since the 1990’s and it has continued to ● rise in popularity. To understand this we need to talk a closer look at the history of violent video ● games…

History of Violent Games In the 90’s there were a lot of games that had violence and gore in them. ● Wolfenstein 3D, Golden eye, Doom, Duke Nukem 3D. ○ As new consoles were released like the PlayStation 2 and Original Xbox, more and ● more games were released that followed the same themes. Star Wars BattleFront, Call of Duty Modern Warfare ○ This era of gaming was the beginning of franchises that would focused on the ● violent aspect of the games.

History of Violent Games Cont.. After the PS2 and original Xbox, the main console that was used was the PS3 and ● Xbox 360. This paved the way for game franchises to release games every year ● For example: Call of Duty, Final Fantasy, Grand Theft Auto ○ These Franchise games were released every year, but always followed the same ● themes because that's who they were targeting the content for.

A Case Study: A study that was published in March 2018 looking at the effects of violent video ● The scores for this study was based on questionnaires. ● 3 groups ● This results of this experiment showed little to no changes in the baselines scores ● of the subjects before and after the experiment.

Another Case Study A meta analysis research concluded that violence in video games does cause a ● increase in aggressive behavior This behavior was more present in western cultures than eastern cultures ● providing a link to ethnicity and geography as stressors for being influenced by violent games.

Effects on the mind Violence in video games mainly seem to affect the emotional and behavioral aspect ● of the brain A study published in 2017, that collected results from 116 scientific studies ● showed that gaming actually improves your sustained attention, and selective attention. ● A study done in 2019, researched the effects of desensitization in college ● students.

Gaming Addiction Gaming Addiction is a clinically proven disease that is most common in adolescence ● teen. It is most commonly related to the same as gambling addiction. ● The increase of dopamine in your mind after you get a reward is what causes this problem. ● In violent games this reward would usually come from doing bad things like killing, or ● stealing.

How its portrayed in the Media? Violence in media has always been used as a scapegoat for mass ● shootings. One of the biggest shooting that has happened in the last three decades ● is the Columbine School shooting Doom was portrayed as one of the reasons for their actions ○ USPP has a personality profile of Dylan and Eric supports this. ○ Since the Columbine shooting, other event such as Parkland shooting ● have had the same themes.

Ethical theories Subjective Relativism ● Each person can choose what is right and wrong. ○ Cultural Relativism ● We as a society has stated that violence in video games is ok as long ○ as its restricted to certain age groups. Ethical Egoism ● Each person should focus exclusively on his or her self interest ○

Conclusion Violence in video games is glorified in today's world because of gaming franchises ● that have established themselves through the years. There is evidence that violence in video games cause aggressive behavior, and ● other changes. There is also evidence that violence in video games have little to no effect in a ● person brain. Violent video games are often the scapegoat for the media to blame mass shootings ● when there is little connection to them.

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