Again?<p>Seriously, why do games keep becoming a scapegoat for stuff like this?<p>Not only is there zero evidence that video games cause violence at all (indeed, the data would point to it being negative, given the decrease in violent crime at the same time as the increase in video game violence), but there are literally hundreds of factors and media forms that are far more connected to violence. Why do these people still not focus on the real issues relating to guns and mental health issues and law enforcement failures and inequality and political/religious extremism? Why don't they seem to target music/TV shows/films/books/sports with as much as disdain, given hardcore fans of those have actually hurt or killed people in the past? And why does it seem that (somewhat sadly) both political sides in certain countries seem to show disdain towards the artform?<p>What more do these people need to move on and blame something else? Or actually address the real issues here?
It didn't really sound like he proposed changes to the ESRB system or anything, but what he said is true. At least in my years, i've felt like games have become more violent, along with media/film/tv.<p>but i'm still not convinced it has any role in school shootings.<p>it seems like he's looking at different things instead of trying to focus on one thing. which before would have been "ban guns."