Actually sohil, they do neither. If you can show me a few (more than one) study done by an independant 3rd party (not paid for by the game comapies or anti-game companies) that shows that violent video games encourage violence, teh I ight belive you. I have a fair number of friends, and we all play violen video games (GTA, Counter Strike, Halo 1&2, etc). None of us are violent in nature. In fact most of us agree the vidoe games help relax us after a stressful day.

People who say video game sencourage violence or breed violent children are either:
* mis-informed
* do not play violent games
or both

Bad parenting breeds these kids. If you look a the histories of any of these kids you...

Actually sohil, they do neither. If you can show me a few (more than one) study done by an independant 3rd party (not paid for by the game comapies or anti-game companies) that shows that violent video games encourage violence, teh I ight belive you. I have a fair number of friends, and we all play violen video games (GTA, Counter Strike, Halo 1&2, etc). None of us are violent in nature. In fact most of us agree the vidoe games help relax us after a stressful day.

People who say video game sencourage violence or breed violent children are either:
* mis-informed
* do not play violent games
or both

Bad parenting breeds these kids. If you look a the histories of any of these kids you will see a number of main influences:

* bad family life
* abuse at home
* bullying at school
* resentment towards others
* avaialbility of guns/weapons in or around the home.

These are the leading factors. Look & you will see.

This is def. a load of shit:

The game trained him ''how to point and shoot a gun in a fashion making him an extraordinarily effective killer without teaching him any of the constraints or responsibilities needed to inhibit such a killing capacity,'' according to the suit.

First of all - the game did not teach him how to point and shoot the gun to be an effective killer. The game is NOT that accurate and unless he had some newly invented gun attachment to the console that physically taught him - he is not going to be a trained killer via use of this game. Heck, even the law enforcement and military Simulators are not that good.

These people should be tossed in jail for putt...

This is def. a load of shit:

The game trained him ''how to point and shoot a gun in a fashion making him an extraordinarily effective killer without teaching him any of the constraints or responsibilities needed to inhibit such a killing capacity,'' according to the suit.

First of all - the game did not teach him how to point and shoot the gun to be an effective killer. The game is NOT that accurate and unless he had some newly invented gun attachment to the console that physically taught him - he is not going to be a trained killer via use of this game. Heck, even the law enforcement and military Simulators are not that good.

These people should be tossed in jail for putting out such a ludicrious lawsuite and wasting court time and such. The kid did what he did because stupid parents let him play a game intended for a mature audience. Same as there are stupid parents letting their kids watch things like WWF and Ultimate Fighting. Kids will act out these things. Going to the level of killing people is not the fault of the game company - there was other psychological problems there.......

Man if GTA or other video games can teach me how to kill with precision, I'm deadly with a desert eagle (That's my preferred weapon in Counter Strike)... unfortunately, no game (today) can EVER simulate holding, firing & controlling a gun. The game cannot simulate weight of the gun, recoil in your arms, etc. Nor are games accurate in how a body reacts to getting shot. Some simulate it quite well according to some soldiers I've talked to, but they have said that the best FPS (first person shooters) out there including CounterStrike & America's army, which try and be as accurate as possible are only good for simulating working as a team and problem solving.

Anyone can aim a gun, I mea...

Man if GTA or other video games can teach me how to kill with precision, I'm deadly with a desert eagle (That's my preferred weapon in Counter Strike)... unfortunately, no game (today) can EVER simulate holding, firing & controlling a gun. The game cannot simulate weight of the gun, recoil in your arms, etc. Nor are games accurate in how a body reacts to getting shot. Some simulate it quite well according to some soldiers I've talked to, but they have said that the best FPS (first person shooters) out there including CounterStrike & America's army, which try and be as accurate as possible are only good for simulating working as a team and problem solving.

Anyone can aim a gun, I mean you point the end with the whole in it towards your target and pull the trigger... how hard is that? No video games required.

I'd be interested in seeing a study done that takes some youth (15-19), divided in two groups (ones that play FPS a lot, ones that rarely if ever play) and see how well they handle a weapon (kids take firearms courses all the time, in many states, kids are allowed to fire guns at ranges, on private property, etc). Then do a comparison of which group had the best shots & by how much.

I'd put money on there being no more than a 10-20% difference. (and in fact I'd speculate that the kids who have not played FPS games catch on quicker, as their minds have not been taught how to react using a mouse/game pad only)