31 March 2014The effect of video games Annotated bibliography1) Carey, Benedict “Violent effect on video games” NY Times .com March 2013 Web 26 March 2014.2) Carey explains the violent effect that video games have on children. The amount of time children spend playing video games and the resulting behavioral problems in school and even crime. Related issues in the future. Children become addicted to these violent video games, which should be controlled by parents. Games are rated based on the amount of violence. Furthermore, it is the parents' responsibility to monitor these situations. Carey says excessive exposure can cause future health problems and violent outbursts. Gentile, Douglas “The Effects of Video Games on Children” pedparents.com March 2014 Web March 26, 2014. Gentiles explains the positive and negative effects of video games on children. Gentile warns that children are spending more time playing video games every day and that parents need to do something before things get out of hand. Gentile also does different types of investigations and experiments on children, one playing for eight hours while another plays for five hours. The author agrees that kids today spend too much time in front of a gaming system and that parents do nothing to stop it. Gentile also suggests that if parents do nothing, bad things will happen to their children, including aggressive behavior. 3) Reilly, Rachel “Violent Video Games Turn Children Into Aggressive Adults” Dailymail.com March 2014 March 26, 2014 Reilly describes video games that are considered violent regardless of age, gender, and culture. Reilly explains that video games today are nothing more than fuel for aggressive behavior. Reilly does an experiment that ... is middle of paper ...... also explains that video games send a message to the people who play them, for example Grand Theft Auto, Call on Duty 3 These games have little respect and morality. Savacool did an experiment on violent video games and how many times a day and the numbers were shocking, 81% admit to playing video games every hour. According to a new study from Savacool, their research points to the effects of video games and the numbers once again show that emotions, behavior and conflict were the top three. Savacool makes the point well by saying, “no one is immune to video games any more than someone is immune to smoking cigarettes.” This is a great quote because it talks about how violent video games are no different than drugs or cigarettes. They have problems compared to girls in developing behavioral problems. Studies have also shown that kids play video games for a total of 13 hours compared to