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    This document discusses arguments that have been made about the relationship between video games and real-world violence. Some politicians and organizations have argued that violent video games desensitize players and cause increased aggression, while others dispute this claim. Research on the topic has been mixed, with some studies finding short-term increases in aggression from violent games in a lab, but other research showing that as video game use rose in the general population, violent crime rates have actually declined. Therefore, while violent games may have small temporary effects on aggression, these effects do not appear to translate into increased real-world violence.

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    This document discusses arguments that have been made about the relationship between video games and real-world violence. Some politicians and organizations have argued that violent video games desensitize players and cause increased aggression, while others dispute this claim. Research on the topic has been mixed, with some studies finding short-term increases in aggression from violent games in a lab, but other research showing that as video game use rose in the general population, violent crime rates have actually declined. Therefore, while violent games may have small temporary effects on aggression, these effects do not appear to translate into increased real-world violence.

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    This document discusses arguments that have been made about the relationship between video games and real-world violence. Some politicians and organizations have argued that violent video games desensitize players and cause increased aggression, while others dispute this claim. Research on the topic has been mixed, with some studies finding short-term increases in aggression from violent games in a lab, but other research showing that as video game use rose in the general population, violent crime rates have actually declined. Therefore, while violent games may have small temporary effects on aggression, these effects do not appear to translate into increased real-world violence.

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    As of October 10th, 2015, there have been 52 shootings in

    schools across the United States, leaving many people to wonder why
    such horrible acts have become so commonplace. A fairly common
    argument made by many people, including former presidential
    candidate Ralph Nader who once referred to video game creators as
    electronic child molesters and current republican party frontrunner
    Donald Trump who posted Video game violence & glorification must
    stop - its creating monsters! on Twitter. In once instance, the CEO and
    executive vice president of the National Rife Association (NRA) [insert
    name] said there exists in this country a callous, corrupt and corrupting
    shadow industry that sells, and sows violence against its own people,
    and then referred to a number of well known video games, such as
    Mortal Kombat, Grand Theft Auto, and Bulletstorm as examples
    thereof; despite such claims, as an artistic medium, video games have
    a right to depict violence. Art of all mediums has depicted violence as
    a theme for centuries, and as creator of the game 1000 Days of Syria
    Mitch Swenson believes, may even give one a better understanding of
    violence as a dark reality of life. This is not helped by the fact that
    many video game makers deliberately produce controversy to help sell
    their games. Despite this, it has been shown in numerous instances
    that video games do not contribute to real-world violence.
    One common argument that has been made against video
    games is that by depicting violence, they desensitize their players, and
    make them aggressive - the monsters referred to my Mr. Trump.
    However, researchers seem to be divided on this issue. While it has
    been shown that violent video games can increase aggression and
    desensitize players to violence in a laboratory setting, meta-analyses
    of the rates of violent crime compared with video game use actually
    indicate that the rise of video games have coincided with a reduction in
    violent crime. While one cannot use this to imply that video games
    have caused this reduction which, considering the aforementioned
    lab results, would be a stretch anyway it does make one fact very
    clear: whatever increases in aggression and desensitization
    researchers are observing in laboratory environments, these effect
    clearly are not translating to the real world. Otherwise, we would be
    experiencing a crime epidemic of mind-boggling proportions, especially
    considering that an estimated 99 percent of American boys and 94
    percent of American girls, 54 percent of the American population
    overall play video games for nearly two hours, and that around 90
    percent of popular games depict acts of violence. To quote

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