Yeah, a little late to this party is what you're thinking right? Well, just like everyone else I do have opinions on this. For the last few years the media has exploded with news about teenagers committing murder. Generally these teens will be about 16 years-old, the age where they should be playing violent video games. Such games are, but not limited to; God of War, Battlefield, Call of Duty, Mortal Kombat etc. etc. These teens will portrayed as bad kids but only because of video games. So what do I think of all of this?
Well, as a gamer I feel that this is yet another scapegoat for the media to use so that they can push their anti-video game agenda. It was done with movies in the 70's and 80's, although not nearly as wide-spread. I myself have been playing violent video games since the ripe old age of 13, and since then have not been provoked into committing any murders or beating anyone whatsoever. The people who do commit these atrocious acts are either mentally ill, or just general douchebags. Take for example a recent example of when two Americans beat the living hell out of a disabled guy and stole his GTA5 game. The two people who did this were bullies, needing their fix just as much as a bloke on crack. The good news is that they were jailed and the game returned to the bloke. The even better news is that the Gamestop he bought his game at gave him a limited edition of GTA5 on the house. So this is an awesome ending to a bad story.
The point of this post is to highlight that video games aren't the cause of all the violence that is showing up in our youth today, it's shitty parenting. People are so afraid of responsibility they'd rather blame video games than to suffer any circumstances whatsoever.
As always I will leave this open to discussion. I am interested in what you all think about violence being influenced by video games.
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