"They can be a big influence for anti-social behaviour, but they are just a petty reinforcement to catastrophic thinking patterns that already exist."
The most concise, perfect summation of games/movie/music vs violence debate I've ever heard!! Very well put. Such a well written and researched article
It's all too often that people have flip their lid due to rage induced from playing video games. I myself have felt very angry sometime playing certain games. But it's never the actual violence in-game that's contributing to that rage, it's the frustration of various elements contributing to me having fun in game. While there is a strong case to be made that violent media can contribute to mild anti-social behavior that's harmless to anyone else, there is no denying the fact that it will send a mentally unstable person over the edge. But it's not the violence in the media that caused it, it's his/her mental stability that is the biggest factor in whether or not they will go onto a killing spree or not.
