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Media’s Effects on Children Today
Video games have become a part of our culture in America as well as around the world. There are a large variety of video games to be played such as sports, non-violent, and violent games. The most dominant genre of video games that out-sells all others is the violent video game. It is hard to explain why they outsell all the other genres, but one reason may be because they allow users to turn their aggression into something simple which may result in less anger for that person. Video games have more recently started to be used as recruitment tools for branches of the United States Military with games such as “America’s Army.� One of the most popular video games of all time was Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Despite being one of the most violent and gruesome video games to ever be made, it sold a record number of units.
Video games primarily focus on the main character as a male, while female characters are usually in the......

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