Violence and Video Games

In your average “normal” person, no.

It’s stupid to blame any violent acts on a video game. You could just as easily blame violence on movies and television, which is still stupid.

Any kid that commits a violent act due to playing a video game needs to get help and stop playing games. I’ve been playing video games for who knows how long and I’ve never had any violent thought towards a particular person due to a video games.

Heck, I get more ideas from movies like Saw or Hostile than any video game I’ve ever played.

Most if not all of my friends have played video games and I don’t see them running around, taking chainsaws to the faces of other people. I will even take it so far as to say that playing video games maybe a way to let your violence or anger out. I mean better to shoot someone in a video game than in real life.

You can blame acts on a video game. Like I said before, if someone commits a violent act, then blames it on a video game, he/she obviously needs help because his/her issues are going to run a lot deeper than just video games. Violence is something that’s already in people, its not something that just suddenly sprouts into a person. If violent games does set someone off, it’s not the fault of the video game: the feeling or tendancy was already in the person to begin with. I do believe that someone who is naturally “more angry” or more likely to explode or has a harder time controlling emotions may be affected by violent games but, I am talking about the majority of people.

I would also like to point out that I’ve heard of parents using video games as in excuse for their children’s acts or behavior. This fact makes me think violence more than video games: this is ridiculous. That just shows how lazy and uncaring the parents are to take care of their children. If the parents see their child is becoming violent they should take actions, not just blame it on a video game. It’s up to the parents to teach their kids what is right and what is wrong. By learning this they should be able to realize that some things should not be mimicked, like actions in a game. If a child can’t tell that he isn’t supposed to go outside and stab someone with a screwdriver, the parents are at fault, not the video game.

In the end I’d have to say that the whole violence and violent video game crap is just an excuse for lazy parents who haven’t taught or raised their children in a socially acceptable manner and just want to find a way to place the blame off of themselves.