Violent Video Game

By:Joshua Hwang

Ten countries comparison to video games and gun part 1  There no connection between guns and

video games U.S contains most of gun related murder

compare to other countries South Korea and Netherland spent most on

video game South Korea and Netherland is one of the

lowest in gun violent

Ten countries comparison to video games and gun part 2

Ten countries comparison to video games and gun part 3

Ten countries comparison to video games and gun part 4

Crime in the United States    

by Volume and Rate per 100,000 Inhabitants, 1992–2011

Year Population1

Violentcrime

Violent crime rate

Murder andnonnegligent manslaughter

Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter

rate

1992 255,029,699 1,932,274 757.7 23,760 9.3

1993 257,782,608 1,926,017 747.1 24,526 9.5

1994 260,327,021 1,857,670 713.6 23,326 9.0

1995 262,803,276 1,798,792 684.5 21,606 8.2

1996 265,228,572 1,688,540 636.6 19,645 7.4

1997 267,783,607 1,636,096 611.0 18,208 6.8

1998 270,248,003 1,533,887 567.6 16,974 6.3

1999 272,690,813 1,426,044 523.0 15,522 5.7

2000 281,421,906 1,425,486 506.5 15,586 5.5

20012 285,317,559 1,439,480 504.5 16,037 5.6

2002 287,973,924 1,423,677 494.4 16,229 5.6

2003 290,788,976 1,383,676 475.8 16,528 5.7

2004 293,656,842 1,360,088 463.2 16,148 5.5

2005 296,507,061 1,390,745 469.0 16,740 5.6

2006 299,398,484 1,435,123 479.3 17,309 5.8

2007 301,621,157 1,422,970 471.8 17,128 5.7

2008 304,059,724 1,394,461 458.6 16,465 5.4

2009 307,006,550 1,325,896 431.9 15,399 5.0

20103 309,330,219 1,251,248 404.5 14,722 4.8

2011 311,591,917 1,203,564 386.3 14,612 4.7

FBI reports Crimes in United States part 1

FBI reports Crimes in United States part 2

Expanded Homicide Data Table 8Murder Victimsby Weapon, 2007–2011Weapons 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011Total 14,916 14,224 13,752 13,164 12,664Total firearms: 10,129 9,528 9,199 8,874 8,583

Handguns 7,398 6,800 6,501 6,115 6,220Rifles 453 380 351 367 323Shotguns 457 442 423 366 356Other guns 116 81 96 93 97Firearms, type not stated 1,705 1,825 1,828 1,933 1,587

Knives or cutting instruments 1,817 1,888 1,836 1,732 1,694Blunt objects (clubs, hammers, etc.) 647 603 623 549 496

Personal weapons (hands, fists, feet, etc.)1 869 875 817 769 728Poison 10 9 7 11 5Explosives 1 11 2 4 12Fire 131 85 98 78 75Narcotics 52 34 52 45 29Drowning 12 16 8 10 15Strangulation 134 89 122 122 85Asphyxiation 109 87 84 98 89Other weapons or weapons not stated 1,005 999 904 872 853

Federal secret shopper shop in game retail store

13-16 years old volunteer Less than 25% get to buy R-rated movies 30% on R-rated Dvd 47% on R-rated CDs 13% on M-rated video games

Game retailers most effective at carding minors Year 2000

64% on R-rated CD 25% on R-rated movies 38% on R-rated Dvd 13% on M-rated video games 6 retails stores GameStop, Walmart, Best

Buy, Kmart, Target, and Toys R Us. Walmart is weakest carding and Target

shows none.

Game retailers most effective at carding minors Year 2010

Experiment with 37 children in Boston Children’s Hospital

Have serious anger issue Split into two groups of 9-17years old. Group 1 have receive treatment for angry

issue Group 2 receive the same but play video

games Group 2 have a great suppression in anger. Video games help control emotion

Video game with biofeedback teaches children to curb their anger 

Wordle Violent Video Games

1.What do you think about violent video games?

2.Do you think kids are becoming more violent?

3.Do you know what is ESRB rating?

1. It’s fun to play and help get rid of stress. 2. Yes, kids are getting worst every

generation. 3. I don’t know what it is but I think it’s a

age restriction for people.

Interview with a casual gamer

1.What do you think about violent video games? 2. Do you know what is ESRB rating? 3.Do you hate the politician or media telling lies to

people about video games being bad?

1.There nothing wrong with them. 2. Yes, Entertainment Software Rating Board. It

prevent stupid kids from buying M-games. Yes, it’s annoying to hear that all the time. Dumb

parent can’t even look at the back cover of the game and reads “This game contain Intense Violence, Blood and Gore, and Language.” Oh geez maybe I don’t want to buy this game for my kids. I will just put it back in the selves and buy another game. It only takes 5 second of your time. Politician and media are only doing this to get higher ratings and pass a legislative law.

Interview with Hardcore gamer

1.What do you think about violent video games?

2.Do you allow your kid to play video games?

3.Do you know what is ESRB rating?

1.Horrible, the government should really do something about that.

2. Only games that does not teach kids to kill and shoot.

3. What is that?

Interview with a Parent

Ralph Nader, American politicians refer video games as “electronic child molesters.”

He criticized Obama about breaking promises in 2009

Example of politicians who wants to get noticed

Ralph Nader Compares Video Games To Pedophilia, 'Electronic Child Molesters'

Small Connecticut community plans to collect violent video games and destroy them by burning them.

It canceled due to burning of plastic disc will cause harm to environment .

Is this is the right way to sent a message to the people and childrens?

Connecticut town cancels plan to collect and destroy violent video games

Media lies to people to get their rating up or being paid from politician to write this(extremely common in the gaming industries )

Uk newspaper “The Guardian” claimed the Nintendo is the cause of violence for young children due to “Cartoon violence, violence and Comic Mischief”

Games such as Mario Kart Wii, Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Wii Sports, Mario Party 9 and New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Mario Kart, Wii Sports And Animal Crossing Named In Violent Games Rundown

Mario Kart, Wii Sports And Animal Crossing Named In Violent Games Rundown

Mirror,British tabloid, claims video games give kids cancer.

Andrew Gregory , real-life journalist, claimed “Children who are hooked on TV, computer games and the web are at a greater risk of getting cancer in later life.”

Spokesperson, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health  mention no relation between video games and cancer.

Videogames now accused of giving children cancer

Yukihiko Sakata  lost in a video game and decided to beat up a his 3 year old daughter.

The child needs to be hospitalized for a month.

Horrible Father Hits Toddler over Video Game Loss, Gets Arrested

The mom took away COD from his son due to poor grades

After Noah killed his mom he text saying “Dad this is Noah. I killed Mom accidentally, I egret it. Come home now please”

The mom give his son .22 caliber Ruger for his 11th birthday.

13 Yr Old Attempts Rape Then Murders Mom Over COD

Kataku.com Gametrailers.com gamesindustry.biz gameranx.com destructoid.com DO Not Go with anything related to

politician or mainstream media website or news.

Find information about video games

What is the ESRB and is it important? What do you think of video games now

compare to before? What do you think of politician and paid

media? What do you think of the 2 video I show

you? If you would have a child, would you allow it

to play violent video game? What age?

Question

"Expanded Homicide Data Table 8." FBI. 10 May 2013 http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-8

Fisher, Max. "Ten-country comparison suggests there’s little or no link between video games and gun murders." Washingtonpost.com. 17 Dec. 2012. 9 May 2013

"Game retailers most effective at carding minors." GamesIndustry International. 10 May 2013 <http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-03-25-game-retailers-most-effective-at-carding-minors>.

"'I killed my mom with my .22. I don't know why I did it': Chilling 911 call reveals 13-year-old boy admitting he tried to rape and then shot dead his mom 'for taking away his Call of Duty video game' ." Mail Online. 10 May 2013 <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2319064/Noah-Crooks-Chilling-911-reveals-13-year-old-boy-admitting-tried-rape-shot-dead-mom-taking-away-video-game.html>.

Reference part 1

"Mario Kart, Wii Sports And Animal Crossing Named In Violent Games Rundown - Nintendo Life." Mario Kart, Wii Sports And Animal Crossing Named In Violent Games Rundown - Nintendo Life. 10 May 2013 <http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/05/mario_kart_wii_sports_and_animal_crossing_named_in_violent_games_rundown>.

"Ralph Nader Compares Video Games To Pedophilia, 'Electronic Child Molesters'"Gameranx. 10 May 2013 <http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/12170/article/ralph-nader-compares-video-games-to-pedophilia-electronic-child-molesters/>.

"Table 1." FBI. 10 May 2013 <http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/tables/table-1>.

"Video game with biofeedback teaches children to curb their anger." ScienceBlogcom. 10 May 2013 <http://scienceblog.com/57320/video-game-with-biofeedback-teaches-children-to-curb-their-anger/>.

 "Videogames now accused of giving children cancer." Destructoid. 10 May 2013 <http://www.destructoid.com/videogames-now-accused-of-giving-children-cancer-241979.phtml>.

Reference part 2