Video games, Are making us more violent?

A lot of people say that video games are making gamers violent and loners. But Is it true? I do not think that.

Do you remember the Sandy Hook shooting, where Adam Lanza killed 26 people?. The media blamed the video games, because they said that Adam learnt how to use guns on video games. Everyone who knows shooting and plays video games, knows that they are completly different.

Firstly, games are made for fun and for disconnecting the person from reality for a few minutes. They are not made to teach how to kill

Secondly, video games recreate fantasies that the player can't do in real life, like being in a car race, being a football player or even a superhero.

Thirdly, according to some studies, made by Christopher Ferguson (University of Stetson) who studied 377 aggressive kids, whose personality turned less violent, after having played video games, that´s because they made their stress level lower.

So, video games are not making people more violent. Everyone who has played a video game knows that don´t change the personality. Society has always been aggressive, and depends a lot on the person and his/her environment.

By David Baeza 2MB