Gaurav Sapra
Dr. Gloria Olchowy
English 111 Nov 2, 2015 Violence in Video Games : A poison or a booster
For over half a century, people have been competing against one another by playing video games, and the number of players seems to be increasing all the time. Thus, it's not surprising that the effects of the games, especially the violent ones, spark so much debate. Some people see the games as an important instrument for entertainment and education, while others characterize them as a kind of digital poison for human minds and behaviors.
The harsh critics of violent video games argue that these games significantly contribute to aggressive behavior. My own position is that violent video games function more to prevent, rather than to promote, real-world aggression. First of all, a number of studies show that these games allow players to release their stress and anger and thus avoid real world aggression. In addition, researchers find that the games can also bring about many positive benefits in the real-world behavior of the players.

Barlett and Rodeheffer (2009) citing a study conducted in 2004 which demonstrates the adolescents who are involved in violent video games are more likely to be involved in social and moral affrays. In a research Barelett and Rodeheffer (2009) proclaimed that violent video games and real world violent acts does have a direct relation to the mind of the young adolescents. To validate their proclamation they corelate two violent video games, realistic versus non-realistic. Their discovery specifies that those who played the realistic violent video game had higher heart rates and higher aggressive feelings as compared to those who played the unrealistic violent video game. After conducting the research (for assessing the levels of overt aggression) and accumulating the statistics