kyarorain
As far as I'm concerned, videogames don't make us violent. Being stopped from playing videogames makes us violent.
Actually, I found an interesting study online a little while ago, that correlates a timeline between violence in teenagers and youths and the released of both Playstations and GTA 1 and 3. According to the data found on the official American national statistics, violence in youths has
dropped considerably since previous generations, and the number is still lowering as the GTAs were released. The GTA generation is the most
non-violent generation in statistical history!
I'd attribute this to the fact that people get to take out their violent urges in a safe environment, and then some. The problem is that media seems to relate every crime to a game console if they can. "OMG, a guy was shot in the head and there's an X-Box in that house over there, OMGOMGWTF?!"
>< When will people learn that game consoles are becoming mainstream? Of course you're going to see them everywhere.