Video Game Violence Goes Straight to Kids' Heads
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TUESDAY, Nov. 28 (HealthDay News) -- A study of adolescents finds that violent video games stir up the brain's emotional-response center while reducing activity in regions linked to self-control.
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A video game purports to probe the minds of the Columbine killers. What enlightenment can a shooter game provide? Commentary by Tony Long.
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Computer games can promote problem-solving and team-building in children, say games industry experts.
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Some claim that video games help kids hone real musical chops and interest in the instrument.
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By Dorsey Griffith, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 22--Everyone knows someone like this: The guy who sits for hours, playing video games, his heart racing as he pummels animated bad guys with controller-driven automatic weapons.
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Adult games, that is Italian MPs today debated if computer games featuring sex and violence are sending their country's children berserk.â¦
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Six days a week, teens crowd the Blue Screen Gaming cybercafe to hunt each other down with assault rifles inside virtual computer worlds. In these video game halls, nobody gets hurt. But real-life violence has flared around some of these businesses, prompting municipal crackdowns.
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Violent gaming the 'stimuli' behind teenager's actions Games campaigner Jack Thompson believes that last week's school shooting in North Carolina was caused by the teenager involved playing violent video games. Thompson is the lawyer behind a suit against Take Two games over its upcoming title Bully.â¦
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Critics questions whether violent videogames like &quot;BloodRayne&quot; should be played by children and teenagers. The videogame industry says games with mature themes have appropriate ratings.
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A new report says families need education about "appropriate use of video games," and prescribes some common-sense guidelines.
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A Texas A&M researcher says studies showing connections between video games and violent behavior suffer from shoddy research techniques and bias. In Game|Life.
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Gabe: Yesterday I made a post about the teenagers that murdered the homeless guy and then blamed it on violent games. These kids have given the media their angle and just like all the other cases where games are mentioned no one will ever look any further. No one will ask what their family life was like, what their parents were like, what the kid was like before all this happened. Games did it and that"s the end of the story.
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Few video games have outraged anti-violence advocates like &quot;Mortal Kombat,&quot; which debuted in the arcades more than a decade ago.
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Matt Ringel knows there's a certain image that comes to mind when you start talking about hardcore video gamers: think teenage boys with messy hair and dark circles under their eyes from staying up all night, their eyes glued to a screen and their fingers frantically flitting about a keyboard or a controller.
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It may be hailed as one of the most innovative and popular video games to date, but media watchdogs are warning parents to think twice before placing the sexually explicit and ultra violent Grand Theft Auto: &quot;San Andreas&quot; adventure under the tree for
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The zealots may scream bloody murder, but growth depends on video games appealing to casual gamers as well.
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Beware a temper tantrum when the kid's holding nukes.