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Source: You must login or register to view this content. // You must login or register to view this content. // By: The Open Minded // Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011



As gamers we all hear about people who blame violent crime on equally or even more violent video games. Psychologists and counselors spout off these unbelievable tales of the child gamer turned serial killer. Many parents will not allow their children to play such violent games, in the belief that they will have an adverse affect on their children.

Video games themselves should have an age limit. Now that limit should be set by parents based upon the maturity of their own individual child. Some children will become violent after playing violent games. Some will not.

The notion that all people will be adversely affected by video games is a gross over generalization.

A Baylor University study has found that while in many cases video games will increase the players aggression, they will not be likely to put that aggression into violent crime. This is due to the fact that the users who are playing video games enough to derive aggression from them are not likely to break from that habit and switch to violent crime. They are more likely to put that aggression back into video games.

Now I will admit that there have been cases of violence caused directly and indirectly by video games. Some people will commit crime to feed their gaming habit. While some simply derive anger and violent tendencies from the imagery in violent games.

Overall the study shows that gaming will cause a decrease in crime rate. This is simply due to the fact that more people are playing games. They aren't on the streets getting into real drugs, real guns, or real gangs. They are simulating it in the legal comfort of their own home.

So what are your opinions? Do you think that video games increase violence? Decrease it? DO violent video games have a direct mental affect on you or anyone you know?

Violent games may not affect crimes but they definitely don't decrease them.

gta4 always helps me release aggression!

i feel the sudden urg to rape a cat.....

on a serious note, i don't think games affect your behavior, if your going to commit a crime, its down to that person and their morals/common sense....not a game

It is the mentality of the individual that will eventually cause violent crime. Video games while depicting violent crimes do not create this scenario. They do allow such escapes, so that law, and life are not broken. Many decide to blame video games, books, and music just as a scapegoat so that they do not take responsibility for their actions. It is the individual, not the subject matter who is to blame.

Games don't affect what someone does. If some one goes out and kills someone after playing a game on cod, it is the consoles fault :carling:

I'd rather kill people on CoD than in real life, thats for sure.

=D