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MyRedNeptune wrote:

brettman98 wrote:

MyRedNeptune wrote:

Awww, stop fighting, you two. ^-^

I have never heard a mod say "stop fighting" like that...

Alright, fine. >.> I'll put on my seriousness hat.

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I feel like a commercial spammer now.

I didn't say that was a bad thing...

technoguyx wrote:

PW132 wrote:

Time to restate my opinion. I do not think video games induce violence. I think that what really happens is that some people who have these violent behaviors are attracted to these games. This is why it seems that video games cause violence at a glance, but at a closer look there is a hole in these arguments.

Never thought of this like that... Makes lots of sense 

brettman98 wrote:

I have never heard a mod say "stop fighting" like that...

MRN has always been like that from what I remember ;P [/off-topic]

I haven't seen MRN active until now. I only joined like a year ago 

helltank wrote:

Nexstudent wrote:

I think if its at a development age, like in middle school, early high school, or late elementary school, it can affect how one thinks.

Younger players would usually find themselves acting unrationally, as the game does.

Citation needed. *slides trollface back on*

He could in fact cite that. There are many studies that do show that violent video games create violent behavior in kids.

There are also around an equal amount of studies that show that there isn't a strong link to violent video games and violent behavior:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/15 … ggression/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3466525.stm
http://www.switched.com/2008/05/17/viol … -new-book/
http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/6 … -violence/
http://geektyrant.com/news/2008/5/15/vi … ys-so.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/20 … news.games
http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/t … -violence/
http://www.vg247.com/2010/11/16/yale-st … -to-games/
http://www.physorg.com/news5758.html
http://thetruthaboutguns.com/2011/06/fo … ime-rates/
http://www.gamecritics.com/study-violen … videogames
http://www.destructoid.com/new-study-ga … 9925.phtml

I could give you more, but I think you get the point. There are countless studies on both sides of the argument, so you can't use studies a consensus for either side.

I don't play those games, but most people who do are fine. Exept 1 kid who's really addicted to them, and he's insecure and wants to be in the army. (There is nothing wrong with wanting to be in the army, but at his age his mind is totally set on dropping out of highschool to kill people)

This reminds me of that one thing with Doom.

technoguyx wrote:

veggieman001 wrote:

This reminds me of that one thing with Doom.

The Columbia Massacre?

Yeah, that. I read about it in a book about the history of video games. It was in a chapter cleverly titled "Moral Kombat".

The Columbian Massacre is very interesting(!) and all, but as far as I can make out(I only skimmed the wikipedia page), it's just a couple of teens who went psycho due to their hatred for society.

Also, even if it was linked to video games, it's a couple of people among thousands and thousands of gamers.