lalala, violent games facttts.

http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/05/17/the-link-between-video-games-and-violence/
The PsychCentral website continues to explore violence and video games. Below are different facts that tests have actually proven in regards to how viiolence and video games are linked.

*Girls especially should not play M-rated games
*Video game is an important social development interaction for boys. Parents should keep this in mind when taking such time away from them in punishment.
*And of course, all things in moderation. Playing a video game for 6 or 8 hours straight is unhealthy behavior at any age.

I think its funny that they think girls shouldnt play mature rated games. I used to play a good bit of video games with my brother when i was younger, with my brother. I played all kinds of games from raching to shooting, and i am fine! I was not affected by the mature video games i did play. I am assuming that girls might be more impressionable perhaps? Maybe if they played mature video games they would be negatively affect (in a quicker manner) than boys would.

I know my brother grew up playing video games. sure it wasnt what he did every hour of his life, but he certainly played for a little while everyday. It is an extremely social event when it comes to little boys. I remember boys coming over to hang out with my borther and play video games, so i can understand that it is an important social output for boys.

I dont think anyone needs to play video games all day long. hwat a waste of time! I think the longer a child or even a teenager is exposed to video games (bad violent ones) the quicker they can be affected by what they are seeing. If a child surrounded himself with something for so long, it is going to rub off on them.