Violent Video Games for Combat Specialists

There's a reason why violent video games are recommended for adults not only for entertainment, but for an improvement in motor skills and reflex  While searching for evidence on violent video games, I came across an article that explains how violent video games are preparation tools for military. It would make more sense to sell violent video games to military veterans to practice their motor skills and reaction time, according to the article. This information explains why kids shouldn't play these violent video games at an early age.

Through the middle paragraph of The Week Staff's article, I read an interesting topic saying "Do Army pilots train using video games?" The answer was "yes, as do other soldiers."(paragraph 4) Because of this, "the U.S. military released it's own video game, 'America's Army,' as a (very successful) recruiting tool in 2002, but it's now used to train soldiers, too."(paragraph 4) Regarding aggression from violent video games, there is a topic in one paragraph that says "Are these video games making pilots more violent?" With this topic, we begin to understand the difference in behavior from a child and adult when playing violent video games.  The answer to that topic is that "several studies have linked violent video games to increased aggression in kids, but 'none has definitely proved that they cause it,' says Christopher Beam in Slate."(paragraph 5) These questions and answers in the article provide proof as to why violent video games are meant for adults and military preparation.

It's very interesting to know how well violent video games can be used to train army veterans even when they're not at war. Kids at an early age wouldn't understand the use of strategy and skill with a first-person shooter game. The article proves that its best to leave the violent video games to the adults who understand the ways of combat, and how they can use it in real situations.

Resources:

The Week Staff (2010, April 6). Do video games make army pilots more  
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