Video games have a negative effect on the people who play them; yet they are the bestsellers on the video game market. They are mainly purchased by teenagers, but there are also small children and older adults who play them. Regardless of who plays them, they have a negative effect on the players of the games. Video games are bad because they can lead to violence in real life, they are not good for children, and they can mentally affect players. Violence in video games has a negative effect on the people who play them because they can lead to real-life violence and give people hostile expectations. In the research, it was shown that “people who played video games for 3 consecutive days showed an increase in aggressive behavior and hostile expectations each day they played.” I agree because after watching it for three days straight, people start to think and feel like the game is real life. These violent video games “may lead people to believe that violence is a normal part of life.” After they start thinking it's normal, they start acting violently because that's what they saw. Violent video games lead people to believe that violence is normal because violence is what they see. Furthermore, if people are already violent for whatever reason, these video games make them even more violent. Some people choose to believe that violent video games don't harm them, but "violent games can lead to aggressive thoughts, not violence itself." This is true because, because these video games are so violent and explicit, players start to believe that they are real. Psychologists and other professionals say: “Research shows that media violence can lead to real violence in multiple ways.” Media violence can cause things like robberies, murders, raps... middle of paper... someone either gets hurt, you won't hear a thing. Violence in these games is also bad for your heart because "they can provide a safe way to deal with general anxieties and fears." Anxiety is not good for the heart because it can damage it. The effect that violent video games have on your heart is unhealthy because it can severely damage your heart, and that's not good for you. In conclusion, violent video games are not good for you because they cause real-life violence, they are not good for the players, and they can affect the brains of those who play them. They can give people hostile expectations, make people more violent, make children lazy, affect them in a negative way, make people believe that violence is normal, and they can affect your heart. The amount of violent video games sold should be reduced because they affect too many people in a negative way.