games eo? Or maybe your friend, your brother, your son plays video games? From the first games, Pong and Pac-Man, to the most recent games, Star Craft II and Halo Reach, about 40 years have passed. Evolving with our technology, video games originally played on large arcade machines have moved to the small consoles we see today, making them available to all who can afford them. With the wide variety of video games old and new, it has become one of the most popular entertainments in the world, especially with the recent increase in social gaming made available by social websites such as "Facebook", allowing video games to reach a much larger audience . vast audience, from the youngest to the oldest. With so many people playing video games, video games, like television, quickly became the subject of much controversy. Such as video game addiction, gender stereotypes, the age of people who play video games, and video games in relation to aggressive behavior. After hearing all the controversies that video games are a bad influence on children, many parents have started to ban or completely ban their children from playing video games. But do video games really have as negative an influence on children as they say? No, they don't. Parents should not try to stop their children from playing video games on the basis that they believe video games have an outright negative influence on their children without actual research and evidence. Let's talk about video game violence first, they really have an aggressive influence on video games. people who play violent video games? On December 1, 1997, in Paducah, Kentucky, Michael Carneal, a fourteen-year-old boy, opened fire on a Heath High School prayer group with a stolen gun. He manages to kill three... middle of paper... Games can violate children's health. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2003. Elisa, Hae-Jung Song, and Jane E. Anderson. Violence in video games can harm children. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2003.Gutierrez, Karen Samples. "Michael Carneal." 14 9 2002. The investigator. 23 7 2010 .Hanson, Gayle MB "News Insight." June 28, 1999. FindArticles.com. July 23, 2010 .Mike Z. Yao, Chad Mahood, Daniel Linz. "Sexual Roles". 22 9 2009. Springer.com. 23 7 2010 .NowChildren. Many video games reinforce gender stereotypes. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2003. Walsh, David. Violence in video games and public policies. 7 1 2007. 23 7 2010 .

Topic > games eo? Or maybe your friend, your brother, your son plays video games? From the first games, Pong and Pac-Man, to the most recent games, Star Craft II and Halo Reach, about 40 years have passed. Evolving with our technology, video games originally played on large arcade machines have moved to the small consoles we see today, making them available to all who can afford them. With the wide variety of video games old and new, it has become one of the most popular entertainments in the world, especially with the recent increase in social gaming made available by social websites such as "Facebook", allowing video games to reach a much larger audience . vast audience, from the youngest to the oldest. With so many people playing video games, video games, like television, quickly became the subject of much controversy. Such as video game addiction, gender stereotypes, the age of people who play video games, and video games in relation to aggressive behavior. After hearing all the controversies that video games are a bad influence on children, many parents have started to ban or completely ban their children from playing video games. But do video games really have as negative an influence on children as they say? No, they don't. Parents should not try to stop their children from playing video games on the basis that they believe video games have an outright negative influence on their children without actual research and evidence. Let's talk about video game violence first, they really have an aggressive influence on video games. people who play violent video games? On December 1, 1997, in Paducah, Kentucky, Michael Carneal, a fourteen-year-old boy, opened fire on a Heath High School prayer group with a stolen gun. He manages to kill three... middle of paper... Games can violate children's health. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2003. Elisa, Hae-Jung Song, and Jane E. Anderson. Violence in video games can harm children. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2003.Gutierrez, Karen Samples. "Michael Carneal." 14 9 2002. The investigator. 23 7 2010 .Hanson, Gayle MB "News Insight." June 28, 1999. FindArticles.com. July 23, 2010 .Mike Z. Yao, Chad Mahood, Daniel Linz. "Sexual Roles". 22 9 2009. Springer.com. 23 7 2010 .NowChildren. Many video games reinforce gender stereotypes. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2003. Walsh, David. Violence in video games and public policies. 7 1 2007. 23 7 2010 .