Essay Bibliography

1. Gottfried, Jeffrey, and Olivia Sidoti. 2024. “Teens and Video Games Today.” Pew Research Center. Pew Research Center. May 9, 2024. https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2024/05/09/teens-and-video-games-today/.

2. Barkin, Shari, Shelley Kreiter and Robert H. Durant. 2001. “Exposure to Violence and Intentions to Engage in Moralistic Violence during Early Adolescence.” Journal of Adolescence 24 (6): 777–89. https://doi.org/10.1006/jado.2001.0431.

3. Bareis, N., & Mezuk, B.. 2016. "The relationship between childhood poverty, military service, and later life depression among men: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study."" Journal of Affective Disorders, 206, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2016.07.018

4. Nye, Logan. 2024. “6 Video Games (Sorry, ‘Simulators’) the US Military Used for Training.” Military.com. April 2, 2024. https://www.military.com/off-duty/games/6-video-games-sorry-simulators-us-military-used-training.html.

5. Barker, Kim, and Oleksandra Mykolyshyn. 2025. “Ukraine Gamifies the War: 40 Points to Destroy a Tank, 12 to Kill a Soldier.” Nytimes.com. The New York Times. October 31, 2025. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/world/europe/ukraine-war-drone-game.html.

Image Credits

Background image from The New York Times

Home image screenclip from Call of Duty Big Red One

Screenclip from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre on Atari 2600 on Reddit

Screenclip from GUERILLA WARFARE on Nintendo Arcade Archives

Mortal Kombat animation from Hush Comics

Screenclip from Call of Duty on IGN A Visual History of Call of Duty

Screengrab from Minecraft Playthrough 'Playing Minecraft again (Education Version)'

Danganronpa screenclip from the Medium 'Why was Danganronpa so Freaky?'

U.S. Army Picture of service members testing AUDS

Picture of ONR Drone Controller from Route-Fifty

Picture of Ukranian Soldiers manning drone controller from The New York Times

Picture of body bags in the aftermath of Al Fashir Mosque drone strike from Sky News

Further Reading

This includes further reading that, while not cited here in this project, may be relevant to readers who are interested in exploring related topics.

More about the Death Race controversy on The Dot Eaters and the Video Game History Foundation