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Josh Atkins

English 1302

9 October 2006
Professor Austin
Video Games Taking The Heat For Parents And Politicians Everywhere
Video games have come a long way since they first made an appearance in the 1970's. As the years come and go, technology becomes faster, cheaper and more powerful which causes video game technology to become more visually impressive and easier to mass-produce to the public on a global scale. Games today are capable of unimaginable feats of unprecedented realism and a complete presentation almost perfectly resembling real life. It is the extreme realism of today's games that scares parents and politicians to fear that video games are slowly affecting those who play by causing short-term cases of aggression, especially in children and/or teens. Parents and politicians accuse games for some instances of violent behavior in children......

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