Richard D. Murrell II
EN1420
04/07/15
Argument and Violence in Video Games

The Violence in Video Games

The reason why there are ratings on video games is for the simple fact that the violence can be pushed to the extreme for certain ages. Some kids today can’t tell the difference in violent games so therefore there are age restrictions put on games. An eight year old might play a shooter and kill someone in the game but not fully understand what he or she is actually doing in the game. If they are dead then some children might think in real life that what they just did is okay and alright to do. But that’s not the case is it? My opinion for violence in Video Games is alright. Why am I for it is for the simple fact that it is amusing and can be funny at times If I were to play with a group of buddies of mine we most likely would be having a drink and clowning around having fun with whatever we might be playing just to pass the time. So to me it’s relaxing and I enjoy it for the most part. But to our little brothers and sisters we don’t let them stay in the room just because they are too young to understand what they are looking at and have no knowledge of what they are looking at. That’s exactly why there was a age rating invented so that children under the ages of ten can play games related to them and adults can play with no limits to whatever it may be. The point is that most adults want to be able to play something they can enjoy in their free time and have fun with whoever they want to play with Most parents who have young children don’t allow them to play violent video games for the reasons that they just don’t want any of their kids going out into the real world trying anything they might see in the game. There is one particular game that has been made and it is strictly only for adults and no kids. The name of that game is called,”