Study of Studies Shows No Link Between Video Games and Violence

Neither violent video games nor violent movies ever had a negative influence on me. I can't speak for anyone else, I've never performed a study or even done the research on those that have.

That said, your kids are never going to grow up if all you do is control them and place restrictions on how far and how fast they can be treated and respected as adults. I hear the Rev.'s (1st comment) argument but I just don't see video games as a contributing factor to violence at all, and that said although I have never done a study at least I have actually played many of these games. Video games at their best are an artform - a melding of storytelling, visual art, excellent music, and best of all personal interation. What this study has exposed in my mind is that the people who perform studies on video games are those that don't play them anyway and have nothing to lose in saying something that parents and religious authority figures in their fear and lack of personal connection are fishing for them to say.

Furthermore, those parents out there who go through all the hard work of teaching their children good values, Christian or otherwise, are unfortunately often the ones who then through overprotective zeal and overuse of their authority lose their credibility with their child when they in their ignorance of the subject matter make claims about something your child surely knows more about than you. When your child then plays these games and sees how benign they are you are going to look like at worst a liar, at best a fool. When you instill good values in your child and you see that they are picking up on the wisdom you're imparting you should respect them enough to allow them to exercise their own judgment and help them make the transition from obeying your rules to following their own personal principles.

So a young professor, funded by we don't know, graduate of colleges no one has heard of, has published a self-serving study in a psychological journal saying if you practice the physical acts of killing someone for hours and hours each day, it won't make a difference when you get mad in how you handle your aggression. According to some of you, it would make you more calm because you have already gotten your aggression out.

Maybe the Army ought to train its soldiers with little pink ponies and Smurf videos.

This only proves that PhDs in "ivory towers" can "prove" whatever they want.

Sorry, Manhunt 2 is a sicko game, and any parent who would allow their kid to play it should be jailed for child abuse. Kudos to Target for pulling it from the shelves.

The Columbine killer thought her precious son was "mature enough" to handle all the violent movies and video games, too. Why would any responsible parents allow their kid to have a diet of this stuff?

Someone said that video games expose children to violence that they wouldn't otherwise know of and that this makes them violent themselves. And the person said that if you take the video games away the children become nonviolent again.

Okay, well don't forget to take television away too. And radio, particularly country music which may contain violent situations. Let's see, violent movies, newspapers and violent books. Ahhh yeh, I'm afraid that includes the Bible. There are a lot of violent situations in the Bible, some even initiated by God.

Well, just never let the kids out of the house, screen all incoming material and be a non-violent role model yourself and everything should be fine. Have a peaceful day.

i gotta agree with this study. i've been playng halo for a long time now and i've had no violent thoughts of killing anybody except the guy on the screen shootin' at me.

Simple fact this is parents responsibility to teach kids right from wrong . But this society blames everything else but themselves because they cant face the fact that its not the content of the music games or etc its the sickness in this world that does it. Grow up Reverend and the rest of you morons. Blame yourselves for the crap not a game or music as you always do.

Jayne says:
BULLS**T! I have seen a huge difference in my childrens' behavior since playing video games with violence. Their impulsiveness and inability to control their anger had excellerated when they'd been exposed to this. I yanked the game immediately and within 3 days, they returned to their sweet old selves.
THIS STUDY IS TOTALLY BIAS AND A BUNCH OF CRAP!

11/29/07 5:59 PM

Seems to me your kid already had anger issues before the games, get a life and take responsibility. My kids both have a few anger problems but its not from games its from their real father being an asshole before I came into their lives. NOT THE VIDEO GAMES!!!!!

Hello, I have played many "violent" labeled games such as Grand Theft Auto series and Halo and many more, but the repetitivness in the violence in these games get biring so I seek differnt games, and I play "Violent" videogames alot and I am not violent at all. I am more of a passive person if anything and videogames do not actually cause violence and there is a Rating system enforced by the ESRB to make shure that these games are age appropriate and do not cause any harm. Also Videogames don’t cause violence, irresponsible parents do. Most of these incidents that have sparked controversy have involved mentally unstable people who have played videogames, but they also probably took mind altering substances and read terrorist propaganda, so the games themselves are not causeing violence, it just gets caught in the mix of these people who need help from a phyc ward anyways and I am glad there a study has been conducted that prooves this point and that politicians will not be able to use various form of media as excuses for a society's problems for much longer. I do not care if you agree with me or not, it is your oppinion, but the truth is out there and I would advise you to seek it.