Violent Video Games, Blamed For Promoting Violence, May Benefit Brain by Carlos Walcott

Violent videogames are said to be making kids lazy, subordinate, and prone to murderous violence. Adam Lanza, the troubled young man who killed 27 in the Newtown, Conneticut shootings last December, was said to have been obsessed with violent video games. Also, a 2011 Norway shooter said that he had trained for the massacre by playing Call of Duty. Well, just because violent video games are sometimes associated with real-life violence doesn't necessarily mean the games cause it. A 2011 study showed that men who played violent video games for one week at home showed less activation in brain regions associated with controlling emotion and aggressive behavior. But the short-term increase in aggression "seems not to be something specific to computer games," psychologist Vaughan Bell said. I honestly don't think that videogames are the cause of violence and aggression. After all, they're just videogames..for fun. That's like playing the Nintendogs game and saying you forgot to feed your dog in real life because you forgot to feed your virtual one on the game. Get it together people. I understand the violence in our nation is going up, but don't blame it on videogames.