muraly video game violence

Win Underwood

English 2

McKoy

10/3/13

As I stop and look at the world around to what may or may not be

I find that there is some fun that was meant to be as he, yes he

Has found his place, this is where he takes out his stress and it makes him free

But some as they see it not the same I feel bad as I know it is just a shame

Because they hate and hate and just don’t relate

I feel as if I am trap and cannot deal and it makes me just want to sit and meditate

I know that I will prevail and overcome

Because I have the back of the power from all the people that think the same as me

And if there are ever droughts I shale lift from them in to power to that I don’t yet understand

But as this is unsure I have guidance from the place where I can escape

And as I know there are people that stand with me

There are still that which where they try to stop it

I feel as if they will not win

They will fail and nothing of sweet victory because they are blind by what they don’t know

So as this I say and hope you will agree

That there is a place for all to escape

Not just in realities but in the cyber

Where we can run free and play hard

Because we are not excepted because we cannot be free 

Yes you may have guessed that I am video games and I will be

Free from the blame and shame of the hate and the debate

Win Underwood

Ms. Makoy

English 2

09/10/13

 

Video game violence real or not?

            The reason that I picked video game violence is because I think that it is an important topic that needs to be addressed. I also like this topic because I love to play video games, and I think that some people just don’t like them, so they come up with the dumbest things just to get rid of them. But what boils my blood the most is that people get rid of things just because it does not suit them. But it is also so sweet when they look so stupid because they were proved wrong. Like one of the best example is the shooting in 2007 at the college and major names like Doctor Phil and Donald trump said right off the bat that the shooting was due to violent video games. Where in all reality after an investigation was done the man that shot up the school did not play video games at all so it looked so good to the video community when some of the biggest names ever looked like complete morons when they went wrongly accusing video games of something they never did. Like I say and still stand by video games do not kill people just like guns. People kill people and that’s all there is too it. You done see a video game getting up and going and shooting someone do you? No that’s exactly right and you never will.

            Sales of video games have more than quadrupled from 1995-2008, while the arrest rate for juvenile murders fell 71.9% and the arrest rate for all juvenile violent crimes declined 49.3% in this same period. This is just some of the shocking good that video games have done that for some reason people just seem to overlook. In 2008, 298.2 million video games were sold in the US, totaling $11.7 billion in revenue. Six of the top ten best-selling video games included violence, with four of the games carrying a "Mature" rating recommended for persons aged 17 and older. Now as you can see 6 of the top 10 best-selling video games where violent video games but I think that is a good thing. For one instead of kids or people going out and taking there violence out on other people they are taking it out in game instead of the real world which is better for everyone. Playing violent video games provides a safe outlet for aggressive and angry feelings. A 2007 study reported that 45% of boys played video games because "it helps me get my anger out" and 62% played because it "helps me relax." So that proves it right there that they do more way more good then harm.

             The main reason that I want to research this topic is because I love video games it is a great way to pass your time if you don’t have another thing to do. I also wanted to do it because I love when people go talking about all this stuff that they think they know and really know nothing at all. Like the examples I gave you about some big names just blurting things out because it is what they think is right! My argument would be that video games do not make people violent. In fact I think that they do the population good not bad at all. Lastly my essential research question was does video games really make people violent or not at all?

 

<http://videogames.procon.org/ >

  

HCS Early college High-School                                                                                                  2050 Highway 501 E                                                                                                                    Conway, SC 29526                                                                                                              Thursday September 19, 2013

Editor in Chief                                                                                                                              The  Sun News                                                                                                                                 P.O. Box 406,                                                                                                                           Myrtle Beach, SC 29578                                                                                                                          

Dear Editor in Chief:

My name is Win Underwood I am a sophomore at HCS Early College High-School.

I am writing to address the topic of violent videogames and how they do not make teens and young adults violent.

The purpose of violent videogames is to be able to get the anger and violence you have inside out. They were not made to make people want to get up and go shoot someone. I mean history tells the facts, the medieval times where probably some of the most violent times in human history. Did you see them playing video games no! They don’t make humans any more violent than they already are. Another reason why it should not and does not, is because multiple studies have been done, and they all came back with video games helping people get out violence not producing it. I hope that this has in lighted you thank. 

Thank you so much for your time. I appreciate your help and hope to hear from you soon.

 

Sincerely,

Win Underwood

 

The name of my article is “Do Violent Video Games contribute to youth violence.” The author of my article is ProCon.org and this is a web site put together by groups of people contributing to a subject matter that has both points of view going in to debate a topic.

The article reports on both sides of video games causing violence in the youth population. Like for one example is the way that it supports that video games do not contribute to youth violence is “A 2007 study reported that 45% of boys played video games because it helps me get my anger out and 62% played because it helps me relax.”  But in this they also debate the other side of the article saying of how it hurts. Like as stated on page 2 as “Violent video games teach youth that violence is an acceptable conflict- solving strategy and an appropriate way to achieve one’s goals. A study found that youth who play violent video games have a lower belief in the use of nonviolent strategies and are less forgiving than players of nonviolent video games.”

One way that they get there point across that is Violent Video Games do not clause violence in the youth population is by using lots of numbers and how the higher the ratings went up on violent video games the rate at which the youth population doing crimes went down. So some might say that there is a correlation there not just mere coincidence. Another way that that they use to get there point across is by making the other side sound bad and that they are just making things up because they don’t like video games not that they really cause violence in the youth population.