Do violent video games on XBOX, playstation, sega, etc. have a negative influence or no influence at all, or possibly even a positive effect on today’s youth? Is the normal physiological reaction to violent images what it’s supposed to be or is it reduced in the minds of children?
It is a fact that 80% of today’s video games contain violence. It’s considered one of the most ubiquitous parts of today’s world.

It is widely proclaimed that violence in today's gaming world (and even the media and other entertainment) negatively effects youth. It supposedly deadens a person's sense of life and death when you have 3 lives in a game and you can kill indiscriminately with no consequences except that maybe you fail a mission and you just restart.

I’m not a huge video game player, and when I play I stick to Madden, NCAA Football, or FIFA soccer. However, I’ve played Grand Theft Auto a bunch of times in my video gaming days. Carl from our class is a big fan of Hitman, in which you play a silent assassin hired to kill for money. Carl doesn’t look like a violent guy…at least I don’t think so…Now I consider myself a caring, non-violent person as well. I don’t get any sort of high from violent games that makes me want to go out and hurt or kill people for the hell of it. Anyways, the point of this post is to ask the question: Do these violent games actually have the negative effects on children? Or do psych and medicine professionals blow this alleged concern for children out of proportion, without realizing that some kids who play these games have irresponsible parents or are kids who already have mental problems?