Video games often depict graphic violence, gore, and other behaviors that would be considered extremely inappropriate, immoral, and illegal. What effect does this have on the players who control these actions? Politicians point to these games as influencing the violent crimes that people commit. Fortunately, there is a lot of research so we got to the bottom of this controversial idea.

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Links and References:

1. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/fact-check-trump-suggests-video-games-blame-mass-shootings-n1039411
2. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/here-s-what-we-know-about-links-between-video-games-n852776
3. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.171474
4. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180116131317.htm
5. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/soej.12139
6. Markey, P. M., Markey, C. N., & French, J. E. (2015). Violent video games and real-world violence: Rhetoric versus data. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 4(4), 277–295. https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000030
7. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/stanford-researchers-scoured-every-reputable-163528766.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAACJYI_G5bXmqGia5OeGDdwx9t1lJQQfLw_Pnj6hmbzUA2ALHnjQ5zLTuySR43KU1fVoG5TJM0nBbw2a792cvwRzh2GCd0I27apGiiuLwB0A6GJkAS0MAAW7qVHbDYuuyBHryp_mM8Wt_ECtFK8sDBC2lol__C9JI0N-QQ6d6Gmhj
8. https://www.chconline.org/resourcelibrary/study-confirms-link-between-violent-video-games-and-physical-aggression/?utm_source=google_cpc&utm_medium=paid_search&utm_campaign=dsa&utm_term=&gclid=CjwKCAjw36GjBhAkEiwAKwIWyYgUBFVBG_2Zv0O8K3w__SChwAo9DfNczvG9pxfALDx3PWMjRccQJxoCWdwQAvD_BwE
9. David Zendle, Daniel Kudenko, Paul Cairns. Behavioural realism and the activation of aggressive concepts in violent video games. Entertainment Computing, 2018; 24: 21 DOI: 10.1016/j.entcom.2017.10.003
10. https://youtu.be/m2Jq7vPxYGg
11. https://youtu.be/qwv_wTUNwLs
12. https://youtu.be/-ixUGwk6IC8
13. https://youtu.be/wzaI3IsCuko

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