Get_In_The_Game

Get In The Game Most people know that video games are a way of having fun without having to leave your house. In households with children, 67% have some kind of video game system (Subrahmanyam 416). Children see video games as fun, while parents see them as babysitters and distracters. But, do parents truly know what their kids are thinking when they play these games' Video games have come a long way in our generation. Due to the violence that has evolved into these video games, kids and parent’s behavior and responses to everyday life have been greatly influenced. The development of video games throughout the past twenty years has been a tremendous accomplishment. The original Atari and Nintendo systems were a kid’s dream. The aspect of being able to play games on your television and not have to go to an arcade was a great idea. Parents and kids loved it. But this was not enough for gaming companies like Sony, Nintendo, and Sega. Their goal was to do what ever it took to make money. The best way to get to a parent’s wallet is through their children. In games, kids, parents, video, violence, play, game, gaming, way, violent, time, take, sometimes, playing, parent’s, out, one, need, make, children, world, weapons, thinking, systems, players, parent, order, off, nintendo, lives, interest, having, fun, companies, child