Do violent video games affect a person's behavior? Why are so many children addicted to violent video games? What do violent video games do to someone's mind? Yes, the answer everyone is looking for is in front of us, yes, violent video games make a person more violent. You know that video game developers spend millions of dollars developing violent video games and advertising them. All the money invested in video game development has something to do with making games more addictive. Violent video games desensitize the violence in a child's mind. The answer is simple: violent video games make people violent. Exposing children to violent video games will train the child's mind to carry out violent actions performed in the game. Mass murders are linked to violent video games. Many studies show that violent video games make a person's behavior more aggressive. Exposing someone to violent video games will train the person to perform violent actions that are shown in violent games. Grossman is the author of two books on violence in video games and believes that video games are a major cause of violent behavior in teenagers. In 1997, at a high school in Paducah, Kentucky, a 14-year-old boy shot eight people, five of whom were shot in the head. This was believed to be an effect of the teenager playing first-person shooter games. The FBI says trained law enforcement officers only land one in five shots, and this boy had no past shooting experience other than in-game shooting. “Exposing children and adolescents (or “youth”) to violent visual media increases the likelihood that they will engage in physical aggression against another person,” said expert Craig A. Anderson. Exposure to violent video games can cause a child to learn the... middle of paper ......&query=&prodId=OVIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=News&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=true&displayGroups=&sortBy=&search_w ithin_results=&p=OVIC&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CA342841059&source=Bookmark&u=nysl_me_77_tevth&jsid=8ce43ce1a441c762cce929219f26fb68"Violent video games create unhealthy emotions." Washington Times [Washington, DC] May 1, 2013: C05. Opposing points of view in context. Network. April 2, 2014.http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/NewsDetailsPage/NewsDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=OVIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=News&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighli ghting=true&displayGroups=&sortBy=&search_within_results=&p=OVIC&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId= &documentId=GALE%7CA328280149&source=Bookmark&u=nysl_me_77_tevth&jsid=a0ec77fc4d28e1a2061e8a54b5c5cabf