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Should teens under 14 be able to buy and play violent video games? -…
Should teens under 14 be able to buy and play violent video games?
Hook
Games are not always good, bad games can really influence young children's behavior.
Are you under 14? Do you play violent video games? If so You should avoid them. They can impact your mental health.
Thesis
Teens under 14-15 should not play violent video games because they are damaging to brain development, can give you the wrong idea about the world and don't encourage you to live in a godly way.
Argument 1: violent video games dont encourage a godly way of life
Mostly involve guns and murder
Could involve drugs
Show violence
History
A popular arcade game "death race" created by exidy, a big arcade game development team at the time, was the first video game considered violent, centered around racing and driving.
Mortal combat was the first game to show life like and realistic violence.
The 1999 Columbine High School massacre created a moral panic around video games, spurring research to see if violent video games lead to aggressive behaviors in real life. Some research finds that violent video game use is correlated with, and may cause, increases in aggression and decreases in prosocial behavior.
Argument 2: violent video games give kids the wrong idea of the world
Could make them hostile
They could hurt someone for fun
Could make them think violence is ok
Argument 3:Violent video games are damaging to brain development
Makes things like drugs and killing seem ok
Poison their brains