Comment Re:Violent Games Generate Violent People (Score 1) 894
Just because people have gut reactions to things after extended gaming sessions doesn't reinforce that crap about real life violence. The bazillions of responses to this thread would seem to indicate that there are a lot of people who experience a bit of overlap. Only once in a while does some idiot actually do something crazy and blame it on games, though. The number of idiots who do that stuff is dwarfed by the sheer number of video game players in the world. Though I've not done any kind of math on the topic, I would have to imagine the number of criminally insane video game players is statisically insignificant.
Most of us are smart enough to be able to think one thing and yet act differently. Those people that actually haul off and kill a prostitute a la GTA3 were probably lacking in psychological stability in the first place.
The video game connection is a legal defense cop out.
Most of us are smart enough to be able to think one thing and yet act differently. Those people that actually haul off and kill a prostitute a la GTA3 were probably lacking in psychological stability in the first place.
The video game connection is a legal defense cop out.
