Video Games not so violent?

Thursday, July 13, 2006

In The Truth About Violent Youth and Video Games - Game Revolution, Duke Ferris did research at the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Statistics and found that violence among youth has actually dropped since the advent of video games. According to his stats, in 2004 youth homicide was at the lowest levels ever recorded.

Why would be interesting to know. Are they satisfying their impulses in games? Are they getting a better idea of cause and effect? Are they just too busy killing things in-game to do it in reality?

Gaming — laura

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