This document discusses the debate around whether violent video games can lead to real-world violence. It begins by defining video games and noting they have often been criticized for violent content. It then examines studies that have found both a link and no link between video game violence and aggressive behavior. While some politicians and media blame video games for mass shootings, the document argues there is no evidence that video games directly cause violence, though they may increase aggression. It acknowledges some video games contain graphic violence as a form of artistic expression. In the end, it cautions that rage from competitive games should not be confused with aggression toward others.

1. Video Games’ Violence
Presented by :
Wahb Lahlali
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2. Content of this research
Here’s what you’ll find in this powerpoint :
1. Video games ? What’s that .
2. Can video games lead to violence ? Why ?
3. Why people started blaming video games ?
4. Conclusion

3. What do we mean by video games ?
● Video games are defined based on their platform, which include arcade games,
console games, and personal computer (PC) games. More recently, the industry
has expanded onto mobile gaming through smartphones and tablet computers,
virtual and augmented reality systems, and remote cloud gaming. Video games
are classified into a wide range of genres based on their type of gameplay
and purpose. Since their inception in the 1970s, video games have often been
criticized for violent content. Politicians, parents, and other activists
have claimed that violence in video games can be tied to violent behavior,
particularly in children, and have sought ways to regulate the sale of video
games. Numerous studies have shown no connection between video games and
violent behavior; the American Psychological Association state there is
little to no evidence connecting violence to video games, though do state
there is an increase in aggression that can result from playing violent
video game

4. Can video games lead to violence ?
● A long-standing debate over whether violence depicted in video
games can trigger real-world violence has taken on renewed vigor
in the wake of mass shootings in recent years. The gunman who
killed 22 people and injured 24 others at a Walmart in El Paso,
Texas, on August 3 made a fleeting reference to video game
soldiers, indicating that he was familiar with video violence, and
many politicians were quick to blame video games for this and
other mass shootings. Yet it seems clear that the El Paso gunman
was primarily motivated by ethnic hatred. His manifesto said the
attack was “a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas.”
● The main reason to worry about video games is a slew of studies
claiming to find a link between violence in video games and real-
world aggression. The main reason to be skeptical of a causal link
is that video games have spread widely around the world without
driving other countries to the levels of violence in this country.

5. Politicians and media discussing video games

8. Why video games does not lead to violence ?
● Video games do not lead to violence or aggression, according to a
reanalysis of data gathered from more than 21,000 young people
around the world.
● The researchers, led by Aaron Drummond from New Zealand’s Massey
University, re-examined 28 studies from previous years that looked
at the link between aggressive behavior and video gaming, a method
known as a meta-analysis.
● The new report, published in the journal Royal Society Open
Science , found that, when bundled together, the studies showed a
statistically significant but minuscule positive correlation
between gaming and aggression, below the threshold required to
count as even a “small effect”.

9. THE VIOLENCE INSIDE THE VIDEO
GAMES
● Yes ,Video games do contain graphic violence ,as all forms of art.
Art is a way of expression of violence, and in this sense it can
be used to prevent violence since it allows to say what is not
sayable. Art indeed begins where speech stops

10. Some video games that contains graphic violence
Doom
Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat has often been
criticized from a broad
spectrum of politicians and
other critics for its
unrestrained use of graphic
and bloody violence
There is pretty bloody violence,
but the blood comes mainly
from a super move called a glory
kill which allows you to
decapitate enemies and take off
certain parts of their bodies
Bulletstorm Call of duty(2011)
The devs of the Game
called help from gun
specialists to predict how it
will evoluate in a close
futur. In result : the
immersion is exceptional
Bulletstorm is a 2011 first-
person shooter video game
developed by People Can
Fly and Epic ... It has
amassed a great deal of
controversy during its
release window
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12. The rage in video games
Make sure to know the difference between rage state due
to frustration of competitive games and aggression
towards other people .

13. Do you have any questions ?

14. The Crew
Thank you for listening