Do Games Promote Violence?

[CantGetAWii]

Nice opinions guys I see where you are coming from and I agree with all your statements. But cmon wiichat people I think we can do better than just 14 people posting in here. Again great comments and I wasnt just talking about violence in one country I was just taking in general. and en4neo someone did bring that up but thx for the idea.

 

[RedProdigy]

Sorry, but everyone has covered this quite well and I agree with all of them.

Correlation is not causation. If a person commits violent acts after playing GTA, is it necessarily the game that caused the behavior? Sadly, I think many people who bash video games completely ignore the 3rd factor.

I believe the Columbine killers played video games before the massacre. From what I remember, the media blamed video games. But those dudes were nutty fruitcakes anyway.

Something I hate about GTA is how it gives video gaming a bad rep. People think all video games are ultra-violent because of one damn game. I mean, FFS, Mario is hardly a brutal game. There are plenty of games that do not have excessive amounts of violence.