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Survey Says: Kids Who Play Video Games Get More Aggressive Over Time
UK papers The Telegraph and the Daily Mail seem to be delighted with a new study from researchers at Brock University in Canada published in the journal Developmental Psychology. The study, which bases...
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When Media Looks for an Angle on Violence and Video Games
University of Missouri Media Researcher Greg Perreault pens an enlightening article on violence and video games over at the Huffington Post, and while the entire article is definitely worth reading an...
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Connecticut Town Hosts Violent Video Game Buyback Event
The Escapist reports that community members in the town of Southington, Connecticut have put a bulls eye on violent video games in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that saw 20...
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New Mexico Police Highlight Video Game Habits of Teen Who Killed Entire Family
Update:The New York Daily News claims that "Local media" are reporting that the teen was a "home schooled teen [who] wasn’t allowed to play video games, and that his family never let him watch violent...
View ArticleFormer FBI Profiler: Video Games Do Not Cause Violence
During a panel discussion on CBS' popular Sunday political show Face the Nation, former FBI profiler Mary Ellen O’Toole said that politicians rushing to blame video games for the shooting in Newtown,...
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Brad Bushman Research: Frustration Leads to Violent Video Game Choices
A new study from Brad Bushman of Ohio State University comes to the conclusion that some players of violent video games are led there out of a sense of frustration because they cannot engage in taboo...
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14-Year-Old Shoots Parents, Blames Video Games
A 14-year-old in Washington state has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly shooting both of his parents in the head after they restricted him from electronic devices - including playing...
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Washington Teen Who Shot Parents Over Video Games May Be Tried as an Adult
Back in March we told you about Moses Lake, Washington teen Nathon Brooks, the 14-year-old charged with attempted murder for shooting his parents with a .22 caliber pistol while they were sleeping...
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Katie Couric Admits Her Video Game Violence Episode Was One-Sided
In a "Friday Follow-Up" segment that aired on her show, Katie Couric admitted that her recent show on video game violence that featured a "who's who" of anti-video game voices was one-sided. The show,...
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Video Game Expert Can't Sway Jury in Mass Murder Trial
A man who murdered an entire family with a tire iron in 2009 in their Beason, Ill. home tried to use video games as part of his defense earlier this week. After one day of deliberations a jury...
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Conn. Senator Chris Murphy Thinks Video Games Have a Role in Mass Shootings...
Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) says that exposure to violent media such as video games can put those with mental illnesses "over the edge" and that he supports President Obama's plan for more research...
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Weapon in Spanish Murder Case Inspired by Dead Rising 2 Weapon
The heir to a €50 million fortune confessed to killing his father with a spiked bat he claims was inspired by a weapon he had used in Dead Rising 2, according to this Kotaku report. The crime is making...
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Fox News Offers Two-Part Feature on the Bad Influence of Violent Video Games
Fox News can't seem to get enough of trying to connect the dots between real-world mass shootings and violent video games. Part one of a two-part report on the subject gathers the usual suspects to try...
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Poll: How Much Longer Will Video Games Be Blamed For Violent Behavior?
Okay, this is beyond absurd. Why are video games still being blamed for violent behavior?It's not like video games are a new medium; they've been around for decades. It's not like it's a niche...
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College Student Name Checks GTA After Dumb Crime Spree
If you do something really stupid in life, you might try rolling the dice by blaming your favorite video games in the hopes that some foolish judge might buy into the theory. That's what we think...
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Father Blames Minecraft for Son Bringing Gun to School
A nine-year old boy from Orlando, Florida has been placed in "home confinement" for bring weapons to school. His father claims that the boy brought "an unloaded handgun, a magazine with six bullets...
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Daily Mail's Narrative on 'GTA V-Inspired' Bank Robbery Falls Apart
MCV points out a pretty astonishing story that recently appeared in the UK newspaper the Daily Mail.read more
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Witness Blames Malicious Act on Oakland Public Bus on Video Games
Oakland, California news station KTVU has a bizarre story about a 16-year-old who set another passenger on fire while he slept on a public bus. Investigators are still trying to figure out why the...
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Official Report Does Not Tie Sandy Hook Shooting With Video Games
A report on the investigation of last year’s horrific shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School has been released to the public. The purpose of the report is to identify persons other than the shooter...
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Poll: Video Games Officially Had Nothing To Do With the Sandy Hook Shooting....
Earlier this week, the official investigation report for the shooting at Sandy Hook was released to the public and as any rationally-thinking human being could have surmised 11 months ago, video games...
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