Violent Video Games and Violent Behavior
The most popular video games played by youth contain violence. Even children's games (as designated by the industry-sponsored Entertainment Software Ratings Board) are likely to contain violence. More than 30 percent of games rated “E” (suitable for everyone) contain a violence descriptor; more than 90 percent of “E10+” games (suitable for those ten years and older) contain a violence descriptor.125 About 70 percent of fourth to twelfth graders report playing “Mature”-rated games (suitable for those seventeen and older), which contain the most graphic violence of all.