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Concern about violent video and computer games is based on the assumption that they contribute to aggression and violence among young players. That conclusion was originally based on the extensive body of research about the effects of television violence on children's behavior. Prominent have conclu

First, the active role required by video games is a double-edged sword. It helps educational video games be excellent teaching tools for learning process reasons. But, it also may make violent video games even more hazardous than violent television .Second, the arrival of a new generation of ultraviolent video games and continuing unabated to the present resulted in large numbers of children actively participating in entertainment violence that went way beyond anything available to them on television or in movies.