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"29 in 168 violent video game players show some kind of violent or anti-social behavior."(Anderson,V.16) That information was taken from a study done by Rachel Barr Ph.D in developmental psychology. These startling statistics show that violent video games do have an effect on today's society and should be stopped or at least control the distribution of these violent promoting video games. Violent video games cause violent behavior in players of all ages.
The statistics of violent video game players and violent or anti-social behavior in them is that 29 in 168 players show some kind of violent behavior. "Recent video games reward players for killing innocent bystanders, police, and prostitutes, using a wide range of weapons including guns, knives, flame throwers, swords, baseball bats, cars, hands, and feet. Some include cut scenes (i.e., brief movie clips supposedly designed to move the story forward) of strippers. In some, the player assumes the role of hero, whereas in others the......

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