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Simulated Violence

Simulative Violence

When I was about three of four years old I started playing with toy weapons. I didn’t even know that video games existed until I was about six or seven. At that time video games became a big part of my life. Every day I would get home and start playing them until my parents made me stop or until I went to bed. These games ranged from sports and violence to strategy. I was mostly attracted to the games with the most violence and therefore that’s all I played. I am now 17 and I have not killed nor harmed anyone since I started playing these games.
Many people believe that video games cause violence in kids and adults. Psychologists have done numerous amounts of experiments on whether video games and violence are related, but have found that it is extremely hard to come up with a theory.
Crimes are committed by people and in order to figure out why they caused these crimes, you have to get into their heads. Psychologists are brought in to examine...

Posted by: Alexander Bartfield

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