Video Games make people AGGRESSIVE

I began playing games collecting coins by bumping into bricks.

I grew and had to run people over to get points.

I became old and shot people with Sniper Rifles.

As I blog about gaming and all its evils, are gamers being exposed to violence that would cause them to stab rival players, or shoot a police officer?

Is there really any correlation between violent games and real life violence?

The Supreme Court made a stance on violence in video games, agreeing with California State Law prohibiting some age groups from buying bloody games, despite (!) being 'unconstitutional'.

This paper has in depth explanations of Violence and Gender marginalisation as a result of video games. The author Tracey Dietz summarizes by stating: "...it is unclear what long-term effects and what effects from long-term exposure to the presentations [in violent video games] will result [in]."

We've now The Supreme Court on one side, Tracey on the fence, and Time Magazine on the other side stating in their article right in the title that "Video Games Don't Make Kids Violent". Right on Time Magazine.

This table of statistics from the United States Government shows youth offenders of violent crimes has steadily dropped over the last 20 years, contrary to the amount of violence being exposed to people in the graph below:

Surely proof that violent games do not equal violent people.

Swedes have recently argued "…a good ability to cooperate is a prerequisite for success in the violent gaming environment."

A description of a murderer?

Not any murderers I know.