http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/...mment-opinions

I figured I'd try to spark a "Serious Discussion" about the issue of video games and violence. I found this article to be highly informative on the subject, and it raises an interesting point... are the repurcussions of a child playing video games any worse than that of a child playing highschool football?

Personally I'm an avid gamer. There are few things I'd rather do than fire up a couple of Xboxs and lay waste to friends and strangers alike. I've been playing video games since home gaming systems were available, and minus a few antisocial tendencies, I think I turned out OK. I have never once had a problem differentiating between fantasy and reality. I know, and always have known, that just because I can steal a car in a video game, doesn't mean I can do it in real life. Because of PC games and the knowledge needed to run them, I have a fairly good grasp of how computers (and therefore a lot of other tech) works. I think its time to stop demonizing these games. They have a rating system, fine. Put an adults only warning on the PC version of GTA:SA, fine. God knows its rockstars fault of a kid happens to accidentally magically download the hot coffee mod, stumble upon installing it, and then see a lame softcore sex scene. Fine, rate the games, but leave it at that.

There is violence in games, but there is violence in the world, kids need to be made ready for that just like anything else.