Devin Fuentez

CEJ # 1

January 31, 2013

EA boss denies video games encourage violent attacks

Theme: Technology                                                                                        By Leo Kelion

The question that video games provoke “actual violence” is being debated. The boss of Electronic Arts (EA) has denied that there is any link between violent video games and  “actual violence”. The topic has become the focus of political debate in the US following shootings in a Connecticut school and a Colorado cinema. After the incidents, the National Rifle Association (NRA) said the video game industry showed "violence against its own people".
 I think that the idea that violent video games cause “actual violence” is not entirely  the truth. The truth I think is that those incidents were caused by mental illness, and bad childhoods, or abusive parents, or a major incident that traumatized the shooters.  I don’t think that violent video games should be discontinued. I believe that they give us an important insight on war. An important insight on war would be a good thing because it would help us be sympathetic to war vets and their families. But violent video games do have their downsides, they are addicting, they can cause anger and rage, which can lead to many things, and they are more exciting than stupid games like pong. All in all I think violent video games shouldn’t be outlawed.