Poll: Do Video Games cause violent behavior?

[Yureina]

Absolutely not. Ultimately the root of the issue is the person themselves, and what factors in their life led them to committing violent acts. Gaming alone is never the sole cause.

 

[McFox]

It regards to parenting to some point. Sure, videos games do have its moments where they make you want to punch a hole through a wall, but that's only the sensation of frustrastion. On the lines of motivating people to commit murder and crime, it does also have its moment where it can confuse and desensitize people in their morality. What it comes down to, ultimately, is the ability to understand reality from virtual reality. Essentially, if a child, or individual, is unable to determine any sort of contrast, then it bears down to the incapibility of handling such things. Im sure there are worse ways to become influenced to do evil things rather than video games; video games shouldn't be a method of propaganda to viciously beat down someone. Video games were made for entertainment purposes, and essentially, nothing else.

Common sense should make someone realize that just maybe, just maybe, running over someone in a car is probably not a good idea after playing, for example: Grand Theft Auto. It seems that the media wants to blame video games for such acts, but it really just bares down to the lack of common sense and experience. Take, for example, the article that a mother had shaken her infant to death and had blamed FARMVILLE (Yes Farmville) for her motivation...
Need I say more? It's obvious that people like this lack common sense. Blaming farmville, or even a video game, is inexcusable. Ultimately, it is usually just the individual, not a video game. More than likely, a person can become viciously angry and beat their dog after playing monopoly.

 

[Admiral Stukov]

I think Penn & Teller covered this in a Bullshit episode.
And the answer, of course, is no.

 

[Offworlder_v1legacy]

I'll use an example I used when I answered on a thread like this one:

Killing hundreds of people in COD does not want to make me go out and knife people.

Just remember, when you use this argument when talking to non-gamers, always remember to add that what you are 'killing' are not 'people' but AI directed models of people. They may be realistic and all, but in the end, you're not really 'killing' anyone. The only difference between shooting ships in Space Invaders and shooting terrorists in Modern Warfare is the realism.

Just saying. My mom used to say I kill people all the time until I started to correct her every single time. I think she finally got it.

True, true, I'l have to keep thins in mind next time.

 

[chrisromantix]

Poll is flawed there is no yes or no, there is no maybe. Does it effect its audience? Yes it does. Does it make its audience violent? No it doesn't. Does it have some contributing factor to a list of other factors which might cause violence? Possibly.
So can it make a person violent? No
Can it make a violent person more violent? Possibly
Can it provide a cathartic avenue through which adults and adolescents alike to express the natural violent behaviour? Yes.
Can you generalise about the effect of any media on its audience? no.

Anybody who says video-games make you violent needs to get their head examined. Otherwise society would have dissolved into chaos by now.