Important Theory on Video Games

[Hot Shot]

This stinks of an EoEo thread.

I second

But I'm not completely ruling out video games as a factor in a child's aggressive/violent nature, but I think it is more about how their parents raise them. If they teach them what is right and wrong, then they will know better than imitating the violence they see in video games. I know many people who have played games like GTA and such growing up and they have not developed a violent nature.

But then again, we are all products of our environment so we are influenced by every aspect of our lives, which also includes video games.

[black orb]

>>> Bad parents, thats the only factor..

[Raistlin]

People claiming that video games cause violence are just giving a knee-jerk reaction while ignoring all of the actual evidence to the contrary. It especially amuses me that violent crime has been going down since the early 80s -- right around the time video games started being big.

It is yet another instance where I commonly want to hit people over the head with a heavy sign which says "CORRELATION DOES NOT EQUAL CAUSATION" in big letters. It is much, much more plausible that violent people are a type of people likely to want to play violent video games than the latter somehow being the sole (or even significant) cause of the violent behavior.

[jenovajunkie]

Of course correlation doesn't mean causation. I know how it feels when people don't. Not good.
Respectable points, I totally agree.
What other media do you think contributes?
Movies must, I started a "Fight Club" at my high-school in gr.11.
Fun stuff, until I got injured. Smart move though.
I know, totally genius.
Wouldn't video games fall under media, therefore sharing blame equally?
I think the root cause can be determined through research on the subject. But there is no common problem(between two patients), therefore making it undefined. The true meaning that is.
What was Barret's possible cause in FF7?

[Raistlin]

Movies must, I started a "Fight Club" at my high-school in gr.11.

And you wouldn't have done anything violent without having seen that movie?

Also, even assuming not (which is a huge assumption), you're taking one anecdotal incident and generalizing that it must have the same impact on everyone else. Anecdotal evidence is worthless.

[Bunny]

Movies must, I started a "Fight Club" at my high-school in gr.11.

You and everyone else. With the amount of people that say something like this, you would think there would have been some sort of announcement about it around the globe.

[Hythloday]

Movies must, I started a "Fight Club" at my high-school in gr.11.

You just broke the first rule.