The Dangers of Violent Video Games Video games have become very popular today. The first video game was created in 1958; it was a ping pong video game. One of the most popular categories of video games are violent video games. This has become very popular among many teenagers, especially teenage boys. There are many disadvantages to violent video games and one should be aware of them before purchasing or playing a violent video game. Violent video games can have a dangerous effect on children especially because children learn through repetition and violence can affect the child's learning process, video games are bad for their health and many children don't know what's really in the real world and what is in the world of video games, which can conclude that children are becoming desensitized to video games. Opponents argue that violent video games are not all that harmful to a person, opponents believe that violent video games provide many great mental training tools. Some examples of benefits of violent video games they claim are that repetition of the game trains the mind to behave as if the person was actually in a combat or military scene, which will increase the US military and make children grow up. react better in difficult situations (Shapiro 1). This is an advantage of violent video games because it helps parts of the human brain develop and become more aware of military actions (Shapiro 1). Another example from a violent video game professional is that playing violent video games can be good for health because it helps children use neural resources more efficiently (Shapiro 1). This is a huge advantage for violent video games because if a child can learn to use their n... middle of paper... mental health. Violent video games can have a very negative role in a child's life because children learn from repetition and in this case violence can have a negative impact on the child, have a detrimental effect on health and many children are unsure of the effect of this what he could do if the child brought what he is doing in the video game into real life. All in all, this is a very important issue for today's society, because many teenagers are playing a violent video game right now, and who knows if the child will get a negative effect from it and start a school shooting like Adam Lanza, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. Make a difference and be against violent video games because who knows where the next school shooting will happen and who will be affected by violent video games and commit the deadly crime!