ture ages 17 and up, blood, sexual content, and drugs. Adults only, ages 18 and up, strong sex an violence. Internet Rating Association rates computer games as follows: Violence; Level 1, Creatures injured or killed; damage to objects; fighting. Level 2, Humans injured or killed; with small amounts of blood. Level 3, Humans injured or killed; blood and gore. Level 4, Wanton and Gratuitous violence; torture; rape. Nudity and sex; Level 1, Revealing attire/ Passionate kissing. Level 2, Partial nudity / Clothed sexual touching. Level 3, Non-sexual frontal nudity/ Non-explicit sexual activity. Level 4, Provocative frontal nudity / Explicit sexual activity; sex. Language; Level 1, Mild expletives. Level 2, Expletives; non-sexual anatomical references. Level 3, Strong, vulgar language; obscene gestures. Level 4, Crude or explicit sexual references. Games containing violence have raised from 52% in 1988 to 92% in 2000, shown in Sue Macdonalds piece “Major Retailers Restrict Violent Video Games.” A study displayed in Quittner’s article shows video games had more positive effects on children than observing t.v. programs. There are many studies done on video games each year by game makers, game lovers, and game haters. Some show harmful affects and some show no harmful affects at all. Games are blamed for murders, such as Columbine, yet games are also praised for being a healthy way to take out some hostile feelings. There is belief games strengthen ones mind and attention-spanned. On the contrary games are blamed for keeping children from doing school work. There are many arguments for both sides. After looking at all the research and reading pieces disapproving of violence in video games, I am still reluctant to believe that just a game can cause an act of violence. I do believe there may be some connection between violence in video games. Even though there are gradings for the games people under the age o...
