Many people believe that violent video games promote youth violence. Violent video games do contribute to youth violence. The intended audience are the teachers and students. Video games players confuse virtual life and real life. One main reason is that players tend to copy the violence they play in the game to their actual real lives. Young children are more likely to confuse fantasy violence with the real world violence. They may mimic the actions they see in violent video games. Many violent video games have become more realistic as time goes by violent gaming becomes a serious problem for teenagers. Developing antisocial behavior and disconnecting from reality. Violent video games provide unhealthy and unsafe opportunities for children to virtually explore the fun and excitement of violent actions. For instance a nine year old child who constantly plays violent games such as call of duty, saints Row, Grand Theft Auto, Passin’s Creed or even The Last of Us, which are all rated M for mature, seventeen year olds and up. A secret service review estimated that most gamers become violent in the future. Another major reason is playing violent video games tends to increase aggressive behavior. Those who play violent video games are more likely to be aggressive than those who don’t. One’s who do increase in the chance of bullying such as hitting or beating up someone, from playing at least one mature rated violent video game.
In most violent video games like The Last of us the player would get rewarded for inflicting violence on others, which enhances the learning of violent behaviors. In a 2009 study found that it takes up to four minutes for the level of aggression thought and feelings and five to ten minutes for the heart rate in children to return to normal after playing violent video games. Violent video games train youth players to become killers. Players are motivated by violence from their games and strong desire to mass shootings, seventy seven death during the July 2011 massacre. Player states that he learned his shooting skills from his video games. Violence in video games cause players pleasure and happiness from causing others pain. Overexposure to violent images lead to the view of violence as a normal way of life.
In the last of us, the mission in Pittsburgh was one of the long missions Joel has done because he was trying to save Ellie. When the hunters try to shoot at Joel he starts to take cover until he reaches Ellie and saves her. This is the hardest mission because the hunters shoot at Joel from all the angles, which makes it harder for Joel to reach Ellie safely. Joel is a really important character in the last of us because he was a survivor of the cordyceps brain infection. Which wiped out 60 percent of humankind. He also went through a lot of hardships when he lost his daughter, Sarah. Other then all the other people that he lost, even talking about the story of Sarah's mother still hurts him. Since he had to raise her as a single parent for half is life. Then the rest of his mission consisted of protecting Ellie, who was gonna be the savior of mankind. Joel also struggled to survive specially how hard it was for him after his daughter died. He wanted to commit suicide but just felt like it was wrong and he shouldn’t do that but continue to survive him and his brother, Tommy. He changed after his daughter's death because it affected him deeply, and he started being more like a hunter. He killed some innocent people and tortured them to try and survive.
The last of us, is a video game based on a cordyceps infection that affected humanity and Joel was one of the survivors who was responsible for saving Ellie. Since Joel was one of the main characters in the game, he played a big role trying to survive while saving the rest of humanity. He went through a hard time when his daughter was killed and he couldn't do anything to save her life. The game had a big impact on the players and made them feel as if they were part and in the game they needed to figure out how to survive their missions. Which ultimately opens up their minds and allows them to imagine themselves doing all the action. This game relates to a movie which has a cinematic effect on players when they are put in action. The player makes all the decisions as they go through missions. While there is a lot of violence going on in the game it’s a way of motivating players in continuing to keep playing due to its action. Although it’s quite addicting it also has a bad effect on teenagers, because they might mimic what they see in the game through reality in their everyday lives.
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