Absolute Wuss

[Cranky Old Man]

So, I did a bit of research on this and discovered that out of the fifty sites (Supporting video games influenced children) I looked through, over thirty of them were religious. Five didn't use any evidence, and thirty eight were sites that also had articles/essays/studies such as: Minecraft encourages drug use, 2012 predictions etc. I also came across a BBC article
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4594376.stm
Now, one of the quotes in this article caught my attention "The truth is there are many factors that can lead to violence, such as being withdrawn and isolated, so it is hard to say it is because of one thing"
This was from Professor David Buckingham.
Now, note that "The truth is there are many factors that can lead to violence." Now, tell me, what is commonly associated with Video games and addiction to them? Withdrawn, Isolation, Lack of social activity etc..
Which are factors that lead to violence. So, isn't it possible that graphic violence isn't actually what affects us? But, the isolation it creates? This is the obvious conclusion, as it isn't just children being affected by long periods of playing violent games but adults too - the media have focused on children because of the "THINK OF THE CHILDREN" attitude some people have. The fact is, if what is said about video games is true, then so would television/cartoon etc violence.
But we will all argue against television affecting us, so why would we argue that video games do?

They've proven that people will get desensitized to violence by measuring biological responses. That's an addditional factor all of its own. Visual experiences affects our emotional development.