Do Video Games Cause Violence

After a recent shooting, the media screams “BLAME VIOLENT GAMES!” Recently video games have been blamed as the main cause of violence in today’s society. Video games have been a main source of entertainment since 1957 when professors used them for simulations to prove their research. Many famous video game characters have come out since then like Mario, Luigi, Sonic, and many, many more. I have been playing games since I was 4 years old and I have never once been violent or thought of being violent since then. I believe games can improve certain aspects of your mind. My paper is over whether videogames cause violence and in my paper I will discuss what my topic is over, why the media believes games cause violence, and how videogames help develop our brains or help study/learn better.
In order to understand videogames and violence, a person must have some experience on the subject. “Surgeons who had played videogames for more than 5 hours a week were faster and more accurate [than those who hadn’t]” (Drummond, 23). Dr. Ramirez has stated that modern curriculum is boring and “force everyone to advance at the same pace” (Drummond, 22). Many people are “finding out that the right videogames, in the right context, can make you smarter, faster, and even stronger” (Drummond, 20).”33 surgeons were put into
No one has provided legible evidence linking them. The media almost always blames videogames as the main source of violence. Society only pays attention to cases that they believe fits in the correlation. “When a shooter is a young male the media [targets] violent videogames [as the main source of the problem], neglecting to inform the [world] that [most] young males play violent games” (Peckham, 1). The media blames games because they don’t see how beautiful they can be. Take the time to realize that games are beautiful both in their scenery and their