In today's society, we have evolved our culture to accept a wide variety of different ideas expressed around the world. Wars, along with many other violent scenarios, are spawning around the world as a new marketing giant, today simply called video games. Since the late 1970s, video games have always occupied the time of a bored individual looking for entertainment, and to some extent this was their intended purpose. Today, however, many video game dissenters argue that they have become more violent; I admit this is true. They also add that this tendency towards violence has had a direct effect on the behavior of the person playing the game. I am completely against this, because I have played many of these games with my friends and have never had a violent outburst. In fact, I find these games to be an interesting way to act in a virtual world. Those who "appear to be affected" may have another psychological disorder that could confuse the game and the real world. Video games were first introduced around the 1970s with very simple mechanics that in no way suggested any violence. The first gaming system was Atari, released in 1975 and featuring the game pong (Rampur). In the late 1980s, a game called Mortal Kombat came out, featuring one of the first acts of physical violence committed against a human figure in any video game. Later in 1992, Wolfenstein 3D came out on the market, this game was unique because it was one of the first first-person shooters, which is when the player plays through the eyes of the character. This game also featured blood coming from the enemy character when the player shot him (Craig et. al.). This game, a...... middle of paper......ndorse-wii-for-health-benefits/>Dear, Douglas. “The Effects of Video Games on Children: What Parents Need to Know.” Pediatrics for Parents (2004): n. page Network. 16 November 2010.col1>Haines, Lester. "Violent video games do not cause aggression." University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2005): n. page Network. November 28, 2010.Thompson, Steve. "Can video games help reduce stress?" associated content. Yahoo, 2007. Network. 16 Nov 2010.e_stress_pg2.html?cat=>.Rampur, Stephen. "Evolution of video games." Buzzel n. page Network. November 16 2010.