Across the country video games are played by countless numbers of kids, most of them being boys who are attracted to more action oriented games. Grand Theft Auto, Mortal Kombat, and Counter-Strike are some of the most well known and most played video games on the market. After playing each of these games for just a short time, one thing is very apparent. In these games and in numerous others like them, violence is the common thread. The violence in video games is sometimes very explicit and can be extremely gory. For the most part, it is not adults who play these games but it is children who play them and who see the brutality in video games. Because of this, many people think violence in video games. However, video game violence does not lead to violent behavior in real life.

More than ever these days, children are...