Just the Facts

1. The Marine Corps uses violent video games like Doom to train soldiers.

2. In South Korea, a man died after playing video games for 50 hours straight!

3. About 8 to 12 % of the population are chronic users of some kind of substance or activity (including video games).

4. 13 % of young children aged 6 to 11 and 14 % of adolesents aged 12 to 19 are obese due to sendentary lifestyles (video games).

5. On average, 10 to 15 year old boys spend 3 1/2 hours watching TV or playing video games, and girls spend 2 1/2 hours. This means that, for children who sleep 8 hours, half the day is spent virtually motionless, watching TV or playing video games.

6. The Columbine High School shootings show the negative, violent effects that video games employ.

7. According to Professor Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr., video games teach children about violence, and how to be violent.

8. The people who create first-person shooter games do not realize how dangerous they are. John Carmack, creater of the video game Quake, thinks of his video game as a game of Cowboys and Indians with visual effects.

9. With first-person shooter games, it leaves the player free of responsibilty and consequence of their actions.

10. Both Interent and console video games are found to have equal negative psychological effects on the brain.