My Sunday and temp has been between 105 and 112….the truth is I am pretty much over flipping summer…..how about you?

How many times have you heard someone say that all the violence problems we have these days can all lead back to all these damn video games?  We have games about killing hookers and stealing cars, war of all colors and just pretty much anything that could have a violent content…..

In reality, can we really blame the games or is that just an excuse from whiners?

Claims linking violent video games to societal violence lack evidence, yet continue to inspire moral panic.

The tragic July 22 shooting in Munich has revived claims linking violent video games to societal violence. The latest to raise this specter was German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière, who claimed that violent video games “helped inspire” the attack. This episode follows a fairly familiar pattern: A politician or police officer discovers that the young male perpetrator of a horrible crime also happened to play violent video games (as almost all young males do), and links the two in a public statement. News media decides to treat clueless speculation as something near to fact, and the next turn of the violent video game moral panic is on.

In truth, there’s no evidence to connect violent video games to violence in society. Several studies, such as by psychologist Patrick Markey and economist Scott Cunningham, have linked the release of popular violent video games with immediate declines in societal violence. Correlation between the consumption of these games and societal reductions in youth violence were well established, but these newer studies suggest there may be some causal element to this.

Source: Stop Blaming Violent Video Games for Societal Violence | US News Opinion

Ant thoughts?

Please have a good day and enjoy the rest of your weekend…I know I will….see you guys tomorrow with more stuff.