video games and violence Archives

Video games, movies, and music have all been blamed for causing violence, often times as a reactionary form of censorship. Since the dawn of modern psychology, science has been trying to prove a link between violent media and violent action, often to mixed results.

A Minecraft server rivalry has led to a rash of over 400 bomb threats being leveled against many schools in the UK. While the threats were labeled a hoax, local law enforcement did look into the threats as well as the emails, which originated from the United States.

"But something that we're going to be engaged in and continue to look for the best ways possible to make sure we're doing everything we can to protect schools across the country," While we can argue about Trump's inability to stick to one plan for longer than it takes his twitter feed to refresh, the video[...]

And, in fact, this line of thinking reflects the opinions of a small group of video game researchers who have blamed video games for all sorts of things for decades. In fact, if you look at studies attempting to determine a psychological link between video games and violence, most of the results are inconclusive[...]