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  • Essay / Media, Video Games & Boys - 612

    In 2006, 18-year-old Devin Moore was arrested in Alabama on suspicion of car theft. The officers took him to the station and began booking, a few minutes later Moore attacked a police officer and fled, he then grabbed the officer's keys, got into the officers' car and fled the places. Moore had no criminal history. Based on the lawsuit against the video game companies shortly after this incident, Moore played a lot of Grand Theft Auto before the murder (Dakss). Grand Theft Auto is a violent video game that encourages robbing and killing police officers. Many video game critics blame video games for causing aggressive behavior among adolescents. Video games have been an inverse subject; Many video game critics view gaming as a means of exposing children to violent behavior, while others argue that video games are simply an art form and an expression of their fantasies. In particular, Henry Jerkins in "Art Form for the Digital Age" and Karen Sternheimer in "Do Video Games Kill" discuss video games and how they are associated with violence. Americans brought more than 215 million people....