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<\/a>Kuma\/War Episode 107: Killing Osama bin Laden Scene (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ObNdJvlbGoA<\/a>).<\/p>\nDespite the obvious possibility of causation between violent games and violent real-world behavior, it is inconsistent at best.\u00a0 To examine an entire genre of video games and state that these games cause an increase in violent behavior is not only reaching, but fails to take into account other factors, like poverty, social status, and mental health. \u00a0In fact, Freedman states that research could be interpreted as finding that there is actually no causal effect of video game and violence at all. (Freedman). Freedman also determines that despite the increase in the number of violent video games (and shows and films), there has been a decrease in the number of violent crimes (Freedman).<\/p>\n
The violent video game equals violence or aggression is an emotional argument that also fails to take into contemporary politics. Emotions play a large role in behavior, but FPS video games, like Call of Duty: WWII (CoD: WWII) do not.\u00a0 A game on killing ISIS members might spark an unwarranted real-life attack on a Muslim, by an ignorant citizen, because emotions are currently high about ISIS.\u00a0 To add fuel to the fire, people are on edge about the final outcome of whether ISIS will be destroyed or not and this merely adds to emotions. Games like\u00a0Holy Defense<\/em>, elicit these emotions, while games about older conflicts, like CoD: WWII do not (O’Connor).\u00a0\u00a0Because WWII was around 70+ years ago, it is internationally known that the Nazis were evil, and the conflict has long been settled, people are no longer worried about the outcome, and no one is worried about Hitler and concentration camps returning, regardless of the Nazi Zombies mode available in the game (Although with the rise in Neo-Nazis, in America, this could change soon).<\/p>\n Therefore, I fail to agree with the notion that violent video games, especially CoD: WWII, cause increase violence and\/or aggression in the real-world.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sources:<\/p>\n Bandura, A. (1977). Social learning theory. New York, NY: General Learning Press.<\/p>\n Hitchens M, Patrickson B, Young S (2013). Reality and Terror, the First-Person Shooter in Current Day Settings. Games and Culture<\/em>. Vol 9, Issue 1, pp. 3 \u2013 29. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/1555412013496459<\/a><\/p>\n Hollingdale\u00a0J, Greitemeyer\u00a0T (2014)\u00a0The Effect of Online Violent Video Games on Levels of Aggression. PLOS ONE 9(11): e111790.https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0111790<\/a><\/p>\n O’Connor, Tom. \u201cThis New Video Game Lets You Kill ISIS While Fighting as Hezbollah in Syria and Lebanon.\u201d\u00a0Newsweek<\/i>, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2018, www.newsweek.com\/new-video-game-lets-you-kill-isis-hezbollah-fighting-syria-lebanon-816978.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hunterlhoward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Call-of-Duty-WW2-Zombies-830100.jpg?resize=480%2C285\")
<\/a>Call of Duty WWII: Zombie Mode<\/p>\n