Video games play a big part in our society. Many teens and kids of all ages relate to them in many ways. Most of their days are spent either at school or at home playing such games. But are some video games good for kids and teens? Like for example war games? Well there is big controversy about them and weather they should be allowed or not. Or if they produce more violence or aggressive behavior. Well I believe that they should be allowed to exist to a certain extent. Lets see a list of argumentative for its and not according to some people :
For it
- well if they are doing it through video games, it is what it is. It isn’t the real thing so why not let them do it?
- Its just a game!
- If this is the only way they have fun then let them do it!
- They aren’t harming anybody!
Against it
- Off course it brings out a violent side!
- Such games shouldn’t be allowed, they can give kids ideas and might even lead them to such behavior in the future.
- Is this really what we want our kids to be playing?
- There is better ways for our teens and kids to pass time than be playing such wasteful and tasteless games.
- Not good!
As we can see there are many people who have different opinions about these video games.
In my opinion games such as call of duty should be allowed but higher standards should be set for them. Like they shouldn’t be so violent and companies should have to follow some certain kind of rules to the making of these video games. I really don’t think that they necessarily bring out the violent side out of older kids. Same reason why I think that younger kids shouldn’t be playing these kinds of games. They obviously don’t show all the complete violence there is at violent wars and there should be a message in the games that talks about this. Many times kids and teens just view these games in an innocent way. They are just interested in playing them and winning them to be able to get to higher levels and get the thrill out of them. And well if this is what makes them happy, then why not? It is not likely that a teen playing this will turn out to be a serious killer or something like it. When it comes to the point we have to see that it is just a video game and that it will never be able to be compared to the real thing. Now parents might not feel the same way. Specially considering the high price of these video games.
Once again in my opinion I think that these games are OK to some extent. If they continue to get wilder and crazier and more expensive than what they already are, then I think I might then have a problem with them. But for now it is what our society uses to have fun so why not just cut it some slack and give people the right to have some fun with them, as long as they keep it safe!
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