Video Games and Machine Games of Domination

Recently, everyone has been excited to own the game Grand Auto Theft 5 that just recently came out. This game is a major example of the violence shown throughout video games. This video game has brought out so many concerns to people because of the damage that can be done within this game. In an article I read, Has "Grand Theft Auto V" Grown Up?, they had talked about how it caused "a media storm like no other". The media questioned the violence in this game and were convinced that this is the type of thing that has corrupted American children. In this article it was brought to my attention that maybe GTA 5 has gotten better instead of getting worse by this line in the article: "The violence increased, but the use for it in the game matured.". Like Grand Theft Auto IV, Grand Theft Auto V seems to be taking the same approach where one of the main characters is trying to come out of crime and escaping violence, not "embracing' it.
I read an interesting article where a mother did not want her son to play Grand Theft Auto but didn't mind if her son played Call of Duty. Now there are two sides to every story, in this case its just an opinion which I have two sides to. This article is from the Grand Theft Auto IV but I still found value in it. The article,  Grand Theft Auto IV. Should 14 Year Old Be Able to Play? I'm With Mom, "No!", explains how the mother is considered a hypocrite from the father due to the fact she will let her son play COD but not GTA. The mother's excuse is that it is because COD is a game about war, teaching her son about the soldiers in battle. In reality, what 14 year old is really learning about historical wars during the game of COD? There is probably a very slim chance that the teenage boy takes something educational about this game. In my opinion, children aren't old enough at that age to realize what really goes on during a battle, whether the game is a perfect jist of it or not. Yes, GTA is more of a game where crime is committed by thugs and there are women in the game who are prostitutes. I believe COD is a better game to play than GTA, but I feel like they both provoke violence in our society even if one does more than the other. GTA has gamers enjoying the fact that they can steal cars, beat up women, kill prostitutes, and all sorts of other violent acts. COD is a more militaristic game but it also has violence which many people could learn from. Honestly, I used to love to play COD with my best friend and we would always laugh when we shot each other because of course we knew it's was not real, but what if one day a child does the same thing realistically, would the child still laugh? Another way to look at these games is if the gamer is mature enough to be playing these games. If the gamer knows that the actions during the game are somewhat realistic but should not be brought in society, then I find that perfectly okay. On the one hand, when children play these games, what goes on in their minds?  To go along with the idea that these games are somewhat tolerable, an article had talked about how the person enjoyed the more gruesome qualities of the game but also said that it could help people realize the gruesome and terrible consequences of killing someone. I honestly don't think a game will help a MAN or BOY realize that there is terrible consequences when these games really don't have a terrible consequence for killing anyone during the game.