Game Violence Debate Killed?

Posted by x3sphere at February 28, 2007, 10:04 pm

Sociologist Karen Sternheimer has put some heavy doubt into the theories that video game violence directly result in real-world violence, citing that annual sales of video games and accessories has risen to over $10 billion, while juvenile homicide arrests have fallen 77 percent.

Via IGN

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Comments

JKing says:

I hate how they link "Violence" to videogames...

XsavioR says:

video games dont kill people, stupid people watching them perhaps gives the stupid people a way to embody their deisres... but it definatly doesnt turn good kids into killers. It turns stupid killers , into stupid killers with ideas.
btw jking i love your avatar chuckles

JKing says:

Lol me too.

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