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Guide To Video Game Violence

Have you ever thought about violence in video games you might play, more specifically fighting games? Have you ever thought about how this violence could affect you in positive and negative ways? Have you ever thought about managing the violence exposed to you when playing video games? This is a guide for teenagers and adults about violence in video games which includes tips on helping you understand the games in more depth.

You have most likely played a violent video game no matter the amount of violence in the content of the game. Some examples of violent video games are Call Of Duty, Fortnite, Mortal Kombat, Halo, Plants Vs Zombies Garden Warfare (PVZGW). These games have different amount of violence within them. For example, in PVZGW the game is rated 7+ by Pegi. The game contains little amount of intense violence and is a cartoon 3rd person shooter game. If you compare PVZGW to Mortal Kombat, it is obvious that there are a lot of major differences. Mortal Kombat includes lots of blood, killing, weapons and is very realistic in the combat. The game has so much violence that Mortal Kombat 11 was banned in some countries for the amount of slaughter. Mortal Kombat is rated 18+ by Pegi for the violence, recommended for adults to play and not kids.

Pegi (Pan European Game Information) is a video game content rating system that helps guide people to what age the game is suitable for. Video games are rated by age to give guidance to buyers. The video games are rated by the content inside the game. Pegi 3 games are child friendly, Pegi 7 includes little amount of violence, Pegi 12 is for teenagers that has slightly more graphical content towards real life. Pegi 16 games may include bad language/drugs/criminal activity in them and are for older teenagers. Pegi 18 games may include discrimination/drugs/fear/sex/gambling/violence/ in them. Pegi 18 games usually have a high concentration of some of these features. For example violence is a popular feature in pegi 18 games.

Video game violence can affect teenagers positively and negatively. The positives are that people enjoy playing the game and can interact with others in online games. Video games are known to parents of teenagers as violent since there are a lot of teenagers who play games. Video game violence can lead to addiction in violence. Some studies believe that video games can lead to real life violence. Some people also disagree with the studies. There is quite a few debates on this subject in relation with teenagers online.

We can manage teenagers playing violent video games in a number of ways. You can restrict the time your child plays and give certain times, you could watch over your child while they play or stop them playing the violent games entirely. If you are yourself a teenager then you can manage your time and games yourself. Some games can reduce graphic content. Games like Black Ops 1 can reduce the blood/gore when killing an enemy for people who are sensitive.

In conclusion, there is violence in a lot of video games no matter the age rating. Now you can understand the violence in video games you or your child play and manage it. Hope you learnt something from this article.