This particular reading assignment was shorter than usual and the "yes" and "no" arguments were similar in the sense that its arguments tried to "debunk" the common myths about video games. The arguments on each side were more opinionated rather than purely primary source related. In other words, they were more like a meta-study; a study of studies that consits of looking at studies already done, and coming to conclusions about them. The arguments were secondary sourced opinons that really did not help readers gain insight on the issue at hand because both sides were using the same material! For example, on pg. 99 the author did not even reference his statistics! Basically, I was hesitant to take a side because both sides were very biased and used invalid info; just opinions.
I am curious to understand why the author of our textbook used these writing pieces for this topic. My best guess for these writing pieces being selected would be due to the fact that there are too many varialbes with videogames to make a conclusive and valid study. With that being said, perhaps the authors of our textbook could not find solid articles writing for or against videogames encouraging violent behavior.
However, before and after reading this piece I firmly believe that video games do in fact encourage violent behavior. Even though my belief is based on mere opinion, I do not really have a lot to go off of, considering both of the stances on videogames in this textbook were merely only opinions as well!
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