... games. He has gotten in trouble at school because he had told another student he was going to cut his head off. We often play video games like Grand Theft Auto and we come across times where the character says phrases that are intended to do a violent action. One time he screamed out in the bank, that he wanted to rob ... game. Not only is it fun, but it makes kids feel relaxed. Most kids understand the difference between reality or fantasy. In Grand Theft Auto if you commit a crime, the police will come after you. From Grand Theft Auto they learn that violent actions have consequences....

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... "Halo" or "Counter-strike". Or video games that give the player the ability to do anything like blow-up cars or sniper walking pedestrians in virtual cities like "Grand Theft Auto 3". In an interview for Newsweek with senior research fellow at Pew Internet & American Life Project, Steve Jones, states that college students" game of choice is "Grand Theft ... Auto 3" (Are Games Good?). The sales are good for the companies producing these violent games, but the side effects on the player's are bad. People who buy games with violent content ... boys told investigators that they got the ri...

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... battle games, the meaning does not fully describe other games that are just as repulsive. The next game I would like to give to you as an example is Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, which can truly be described as "vulgar". Referring back to the same dictionary, we see stating that to be "vulgar" means "Crudely indecent." (dictionary.com) Rolling Stone recently ... published an article in which it quoted the game's chief officer saying "by the time you've reduced Grand Theft Auto on national television to sound bite, it's a game with hookers on it." This statement alone clearly represents t...

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... "Halo" or "Counter-strike". Or video games that give the player the ability to do anything like blow-up cars or sniper walking pedestrians in virtual cities like "Grand Theft Auto 3". In an interview for Newsweek with senior research fellow at Pew Internet & American Life Project, Steve Jones, states that college students" game of choice is "Grand Theft ... Auto 3" (Are Games Good?). The sales are good for the companies producing these violent games, but the side effects on the player's are bad. People who buy games with violent content ... boys told investigators that they got the ri...

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... their minds can easily be tricked. Secondly, many of the players become very aggressive when they start to play the violent games such as Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto. Studies have shown that while playing violent video games the players heart rate rises and it takes up to ten minutes for it to go down. For example, there is ... use to getting rewarded in the game. To be more specific, this can lead to players raping women and not finding it bad because in games just as Grand Theft Auto in order to gain points they must abuse a prostitute and the kill her to steal her money. This s...

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... up with everything. " So far we have nothing good come out of violent video games. The most violent video games get the highest ratings. For example: Halo, Grand Theft Auto 3, Grand Theft Auto Vice City, Splinter Cell, and Max Payne. Most video games that are made are all shooters, or have some form of violence. So, therefore games in the future should ... ...

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Who's To Blame? Somewhere in a small rural town two young friends are playing a new video game. It sounds harmless right? Well it is. The game is called Grand Theft Auto, a relatively violent game. Under normal circumstances there wouldn't be a problem here, but shortly after they finish playing the game the problem shows its face. One of the boys finds his ... like violence so it wasn't very believable. Those games were also very basic and now kids want to play something that is more realistic. If you look at Grand Theft Auto you will see a life like setting, but the actions of the characte...

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... no consequences that you would face. You may be effected on the game it self, but you won't suffer any consequences in the real world. I played a game called "Grand Theft Auto Vice City", and the violence and this game is realistic. In the game you are allowed to kill people and steal things. There are police who will chase you around ... the end, when I am done playing the game, none of the stuff that I did while playing the game will carry over to my real life. Games such as "Grand Theft Auto Vice City" allow people to free there mines and do things that they might or might not want t...

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... , the goal of this exploration was to assess whether the sort of game, area used, item arrangement and type of brand influenced the effect of advertising. In the test, an auto racing game and a bowling alley game were picked as games requiring a high level and a low level of concentration. Both games were controlled concerning the course of action range (central versus ... ...

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... fearful of the society around them which makes them feel that they cannot trust anybody, and adolescents may be more likely to be hurtful towards other. Games like Grand Theft Auto have very strong language, also containing sexual elements, and obscene violence, which may influence the mind of an adolescent. Since the brain of an adolescent is still developing; they are ... ...

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... be the grounds of a defense. Take for instance a case in Louisiana, where an 8 year old boy fatally shot and killed his grandmother in their mobile home after playing Grand Theft Auto IV. This game was very popular even past its release date. The game is rated "Mature audiences only" which requires you to be 18 or in some cases ... ...

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... , politicians, and especially the media are eager to point fingers, rather than to address the real problem. Much of the attention is directed around shooting games like Quake, Grand Theft Auto, and Doom. The object here is to use a weapon in order to injure your opponent. The player has access to guns, knives, or bombs depending on the particular game. Shooting ... ...

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... , politicians, and especially the media are eager to point fingers, rather than to address the real problem. Much of the attention is directed around shooting games like Quake, Grand Theft Auto, and Doom. The object here is to use a weapon in order to injure your opponent. The player has access to guns, knives, or bombs depending on the particular game. Shooting ... ...

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... thousands of times. (Virtually, that is) Sadly, many want videogames banned if they contain mature violence and gore. Already, Wal-Mart will not sell a particularly violent video game, Grant Theft Auto: III because of its general all around "going postal-ness." Wal-Mart is also requiring a US Drivers License when purchasing games rated M for mature. As you can see, censorship is ... ...

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... of a surprise that the youths of today are entertaining themselves in ways completely apart from those thirty or forty years ago. Instead of G.I. JOE or Barbie, it's now Grand Theft Auto and Playstation 2. Yet even with the knowledge that this evolution in entertainment is bound to happen, parents and lawmakers today still seem threatened by the change, just like their parents ... ...

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... video games. Today, it seems that most games are continuously criticized for their high amounts of violence; however none have been more publicly scrutinized than the recent game Grand Theft Auto 3. Critics have complained that the game glorifies violence and crimes through its realistic graphics and plot line, which includes hijacking cars, killing innocent bystanders, and having sex with prostitutes. ABC ... ...

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... they meet in an explosive head on collision. This isn't a scene from "The Worlds Scariest Police Chases", or the most recent big budget action movie. It's a game, called Grand Theft Auto: Vice City made by Rockstar Games. For years, parents concerned with what might corrupt their children, have banded together to try and put a stop to what they deemed unacceptable. They ... ...

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... games should be available, would be because of the fact that parents do have the right to keep the game from there kid, in my case I ounce rented Grand Theft Auto Three, which still today is the most controversial game that is out on the market and my dad told me that it would never be allowed in our household again ... ...

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... many that show how violence is becoming increasingly more evident in video games. When an innocent child sits down to play a video-game like "James Bond, 007" or "Grand Theft Auto" on his Nintendo64 or Play Station, he will spend the next several hours beating upon and shooting characters, not to mention witnessing extremely graphical death scenes full of blood and ... ...

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... is suitable for adults and mature, older teens, but not for children who can't put it into context- (Sider 4). Even though extremely violent/sexually explicit games such as Grand theft Auto: Vice City and BMX XXX can have a negative effect on young children, they should not be banned. Both of these games are rated "M- for mature, and they have this rating ... ...

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