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Slide 2 Claudio Sinchi Slide 3 Intro The Pros of video games The Controversy Video game violence The solution Summation Works cited Slide 4 To some, video games are considered a nuisance, an impeding road block on the road to technological advancement. Slide 5 Games such as COD may help enhance your brainpower, vision, and focus. (1) Slide 6 Enhance social skills Help build or strengthen teamwork skills Help relieve stress Slide 7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOsqkQ ytHOs Slide 8 On April 20, 1999, two seniors walked into their Colorado high school carrying assault rifles, and they opened fire. They shot dozens of people, killing 12 students and one teacher, and the nation was floored. School shootings had happened before, but this was a new scope of carnage, and in the ensuing search for answers it came out the shooters had spent a lot of time playing violent video games(2) Slide 9 Slide 10 A body of research suggests that violent video games cause short term and/or long term increases in aggression and violent behavior, whereas a substantial set of research studies indicate that violent video games do not cause increases in aggressiveness or may be associated with changes in certain individuals under specific circumstances. However, media stories of school shootings and related violence over the years have reported violent video game involvement when known and have often attributed this activity to violent events. (3) Slide 11