Most popular video games today depict scenes of violence, drug use, and substance abuse that could influence players to become more violent or see violence as normal. While some games include inappropriate content and could promote stereotypes, other games teach morals and skills like math. The amount of time spent gaming by some players, over 2 billion hours per week, causes concern that gaming could become an addictive behavior for some.

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Gaming Ethics.
Violence;
Violence is the intentional use of physical force or
power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another
person, or against a group or community
Most popular games at the current time include scenes
of violence, drug abuse, and abuse of substances such
as Marijuana which could influence somebody to
become more violent or seem more violent because
they participate in playing this game.
Ratings;
Ratings (Also referred to as PEGI Ratings) for games is
the restriction of age for purchasing the game due to
content it may withhold such as violence or content
unsuitable for younger audiences.

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Education;
Although games show scenes of violence or drug abuse
there are still some games which can teach morals,
which can teach you how to do better at maths,
teaches you right and wrong
Stereotyping;
Through stereotyping in games such as GTA, women
are more stereotyped against due to the focus of males
in the game, portraying 75% of women in the game as
‘Private escorts’

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Addiction;
Over 2 Billion hours per week over 500,000 gamers is
spent playing games, some may consider gaming to be
an addiction as it has gamers hooked into playing
further rather than doing something that could benefit
them greater.