The explosive development and expansion of a wide range of digital technologies—from networked systems to advanced image processing—have greatly enhanced the utility and appeal of electronic devices. Our consumption of social media is fast and interactive, our phone calls reach people across the world, our movie theaters provide 3-D virtual worlds, and our ability to learn and process information online is unmatched by any other capability in human history. These trends hold true in the modern gaming industry as well, where technologies have enticed over 170 million gamers in the United States to engage in video games that collectively cost over 20 billion dollars in 2013 alone (Ewalt).

According to the social learning theory developed by Albert Bandura, professor of psychology at Stanford University, “exposure to video game violence [can] evoke behavioral mimicry, reinforce already existing aggressive habits, and increase internal arousal. In turn, this internal arousal [can]