Reports about the harmful effects of violence in video games have been circulating since time immemorial. With good reason too. Studies have proven time and again that excessive exposure to violent video games desensitizes chronic players. The “fight or flight” response that is normally reserved for extreme life-threatening situations are predominantly triggered when playing video games thereby changing players’ brain function and as a result, make them more prone to resort to unnecessary violence in real life. The constant sight of blood and gore in games also diminishes a person’s natural aversion to such. This may reduce one’s inhibitions against aggressive behaviour and increase the possibility of that person inflicting pain on others.

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