Intense situations like near-death experiences or accidents can be devastating mentally and emotionally. It is possible, then, that an accumulation of more moderate, synthetic experiences from video games may add up to an equivalent mental collapse. With children tuned into these engaging experiences now more than ever, one has to wonder what might happen next. Those that defend the addiction to video violence claim that the experience may be a good stress reliever for children. This claim usually implies that children naturally have aggression that needs to be worked out.
Psychologists strongly disagree, claiming that aggression is a learned behavior.
For them, the stress that needs to be worked out may in fact arise from excessive visual stimulation centered on ultra-violence. Parents and many psychologists are adamant in their demands for legislation that would curb marketing violent material away from children. It is rather simple to dismiss all video games as harmless entertainment. This argument is strengthened by the idea that these games don t affect all people the same way. Some might become aggressive after the power is turned off, while others become passive or remain as they were before they played.