Views on Violence in Video Games

CBS News' GameCore site is running a series of articles discussing the ever recurring debate about video games and violent behavior. They start with prominent anti-gaming lawyer Jack Thompson. From the article: "The heads of six major health care organizations testified before Congress that there are hundreds of studies that prove the link. All the video game industry has are studies paid for by them, which are geared to find the opposite result. Lawyers call such experts 'whores.'" Tim Buckley, of the webcomic Ctrl+Alt+Del, had the chance to put forth an opposing viewpoint on the subject. According to the site there will be more coverage on this topic next week from other gaming community members.

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It would certainly be social retardation since they were incapable of dealing, socially, with the "emotional abuse" they recieved.

Everyone deals with insults slung at them by their peers in school at one point or another. The fact that an extremely small subset of the overall population apparently is not capable of dealing with it in a rational, socially acceptable fashion indicates that they are socially retarded with respect to their peers.

so, they do teach to kill

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Where do you think the "social retardation" comes from? It comes from sitting your ass in front of some high-stimulus electronic device for hour after hour after hour.

For those that remember life before the microwave oven, look at your behavior now. You can't stand to wait a few moments. Long ago, you accepted waiting. Remember old-style TV, before MTV changed it all? Camera cuts were rare, keeping the stimulus level low.

Now you don't need an attention span... except when forced to deal with your fellow human beings.

So yeah, video games cause violence. The choice of video game probably doesn't matter. You fail to develop proper interpersonal skills when you spend your days in front of some high-stimulus electronic box.