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Doom creator John Carmack says that violent video games reduce real-world aggression and that the ongoing debate about the affects of video games has been irrelevant for years because gaming has become a mainstream activity. The founding father of id Software and the driving force behind such hits as the Wolfenstein, Doom, and Quake series of first-person shooters claims that he never took the violence in video games debate seriously:
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August 2nd, 2011 at 8:54 am
This is a huge debate now a days, but I’m with John on this one. There isn’t any evidence that proves that violent video games LEAD TO violence. There have been some relationships, but correlation doesn’t equal causation. There are plenty of people who play violent video games that aren’t violent. Also, in some cases it does help to get some aggression out.
August 3rd, 2011 at 7:58 am
Agreed. Thanks for stopping by Kyle.
I think that if someone commits crimes, murder, and so on, they would’ve done it without the influence of video games. It’s just an excuse mainstream media likes to use to stir controversy.