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http://mentalhealth.about.com/cs/familyresources/a/vidgameviolence.htm
The first article that I read was about the negative effects that violent video games have on the people who play them. They did two types of tests. The first test was a survey of college students who played violent video games when they were younger then asked them what kind of trouble that they have been involved in in the past. The research showed that the kids who played more violent video games when they were younger got into more trouble as well. The second test was letting kids play a violent video game against another college student and gave them the ability to honk a loud horn in the other persons ear. This test showed that as a student played longer he also honked the horn louder.
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20040121/Feature1.asp
The second article argued that incresed violence in children should not be blamed on video games and that they can actually have a positive effect. The author said, "You get a group of teenage boys who shoot up a school—of course they've played video games," Gee says. "Everyone does. It's like blaming food because we have obese people." She argues that video games are not bad at all and actually help children improve coordination and visual skills. "A good video game is challenging, entertaining, and complicated, Gee says. It usually takes 50 to 60 hours of intense concentration to finish one."

I agree on a level with both of the articles because first of all i think that too much violence can be harmful to a child and give them ideas but on the other hand i don't think that video games should take all the blame and that there is good in video games as well.