Are Video Games Becoming To Intense And Violent

Are Video Games Becoming To Intense And Violent?

By: Taylor McGoey

Teacher: Ms.Lee

Video games are a part of many kids lives nowadays. Teens and children find video games entertaining and a great activity while bored or to do on spare time. While most kids and teens are having fun with these games, many games send off negative and harmful messages to their brains. Games can be good and they can also be bad. These two games listed below "Mortal Kombat" and "Grand Theft Auto V" are intended for older audiences for their explicit content. 

Mortal Kombat is a first person fighter game which users have to use tactics and fighting combinations to win against the opposing side. With the game being a first person fighter game, the creators of the game made a mode in which is called fatalities. With the fatalities users can perform a sequence of button combinations that allow their character to present a gruesome and bloody move to the opposing side. With Mortal Kombat being so gory and very violent it has been banded in many countries around the world including Germany, South Korea and Australia. 

Grand Theft Auto V on the other hand is a first person open world interactive game in which users can choose from various missions located within the map. As all of this sounds entertaining and fun, most missions and interactions are not what they seem. In the Grand Theft Auto series most players are encouraged to become the biggest badasses possible. With your character you can go to strip clubs, shot innocent civilians and even kill and run away from cops. The game is much different from our real life society which doesnt allow this and has set rules, in GTA 5 their are no rules you live the way you want with no rules. With GTA 5 being a game of complete violence and massive destruction, many countries have decided to ban the game these countries include; Brazil, Thailand and North Korea.