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I suggest watching the latest episode because it hits a chord with all of us online gamers, particularly about how some people says it leads to real violence.
They did an experiment where a 9 year old kid who was an FPS player was allowed to fire 3 rounds from an AR-15 while under supervision from a former Marine, his mom, and, for insurance purposes, a police officer. The kid fired 1 round off, and it scared him so much that he didn't want to fire another to the point that later on they showed the poor kid was in tears about it. This hits a strong point with me because I'm a vocal avocate that games don't make real life violence and to me this shows more than any slanted study, falsified report, and bold face lies that certain individuals have made about our hobby.
I know this is a little more political that I'd care to get into, but the point is there, Games ≠ violence.
They did an experiment where a 9 year old kid who was an FPS player was allowed to fire 3 rounds from an AR-15 while under supervision from a former Marine, his mom, and, for insurance purposes, a police officer. The kid fired 1 round off, and it scared him so much that he didn't want to fire another to the point that later on they showed the poor kid was in tears about it. This hits a strong point with me because I'm a vocal avocate that games don't make real life violence and to me this shows more than any slanted study, falsified report, and bold face lies that certain individuals have made about our hobby.
I know this is a little more political that I'd care to get into, but the point is there, Games ≠ violence.
