Researches on Violent Video Games are Irrelevant
Second to the movies industry, video games industry is on a rapid development with billions of dollars made. Like the movies industry, Americans are increasingly concerned about violence, gore, and antisocial behaviors feature in games. In fact, violent video games have been constantly blamed for school shootouts. For example, not long after the Northern Illinois University shooting occurred, Jack Thompson, an attorney who strongly believes violent video games have a strong correlation with violent acts, appeared on Fox News and tried to draw a connection between the shooting and violent video games . Also, in a current going murder trial, the murderer, Andrew Reid Lackey, claimed videogame to be the cause of his action. Lackey is charged for stabbing, shooting and gouging out the eye of an 80 year-old man, Charles Newman, during an attempted robbery. Facing the possibility of the death penalty or life in prison, Lackey used the......
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