Video Games: do they cause violence?

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What came first? The Chicken? or the Egg?

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If you believe in evolution then the egg
birds are thought to have evolved from dinos :)

Does anyone recall all the hazardous and violent toys parents would give children before video games? I don't think video games cause violence, but i do think that violent children play violent video games. Has anyone played lunch money? Do my violent actions in a game make me want to go out and kick the $hit outta someone, i think not ;) But its likely that if i wanted to go out and beat someone that i'd enjoy a game that does that

I don't think that games CAUSE "real world" violence, however, games of the present are "reality" based. You no longer see little hedgehogs, or pac-men or anything that can be looked at and seen as strickly fantasy-because it doesn't even exhist. How the most popular games are shoot them up war games or stealing cars(GTA). THough I don't think they are to blame for violence, one must remember the children out there that are babysat by television and video games. From a very young age, that is what they see-it could get confusing to a child that small-when parental presence and advice is limited. They might honestly condition themselves to thinking that this is ok. One never truely knows what "causes" violence.