Taking some time to talk about Violence in Video Games, hopefully offering some new insights, dispelling some misconceptions, and expanding a bit. This is a massive issue with many facets, so it's hard to find just one place to start... but this is what I've come up with.<br /><br />::Related Links::<br />Easily View All Links by Clicking Here - http://tab.bz/84hrd<br /><br />The Effect of Violent Video Games on Aggression - http://www.icagames.comm.msu.edu/vgma.pdf<br />Competition, not Violence - http://www.brocku.ca/brock-news/?p=12607<br />Youth and Violent Crimes - http://childstats.gov/americaschildren/beh5.asp<br />Difficulty Linked to Aggression - http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-04-15/violent-video-games-dont-make-you-aggressive-but-tetris-might<br />Video Games Don't Make Kids Violent - http://ideas.time.com/2011/12/07/video-games-dont-make-kids-violent/<br />25 Years of Violent Video Game Research - http://kotaku.com/5976733/do-video-games-make-you-violent-an-in-depth-look-at-everything-we-know-today<br />Violent Video Games Don't Make Us Less Caring - http://healthland.time.com/2013/07/08/violent-video-games-dont-make-us-less-caring/<br />Violent Video Games Pros/Cons - http://videogames.procon.org<br />25 Violent Video Game Studies, Summarized - http://kotaku.com/5976781/25-video-game-violence-studies-summarized<br />70 of 71 Mass Murderers All had One Thing in Common - http://www.upworthy.com/in-the-last-33-years-70-of-the-71-mass-murderers-in-the-us-all-had-1-thing-in-common?c=ufb1<br />Grand Theft Childhood - http://www.grandtheftchildhood.com/GTC/Home.html<br />Do Violent Video Games Lead to Real Violence? - http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/video-game-violence.htm<br />Media Violence: What if we changed the question? - http://www.medialit.org/reading-room/media-violence-what-if-we-changed-question<br />5 Ridiculous Things the Media Blamed Video Games For - http://www.nerdyhumor.com/5-ridiculous-things-the-media-blamed-video-games-for/<br />Perhaps Mass Shootings Aren't Becoming More Common - http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2012/12/17/graph-of-the-day-perhaps-mass-shootings-arent-becoming-more-common/<br />Why People Turn to Violent Video Games - http://www.therapists.com/blog/frustration-and-video-games<br />The Final Report and Findings of the Safe School Initiative - http://www2.ed.gov/admins/lead/safety/preventingattacksreport.pdf<br />Vulnerability to Violent Video Games: A Review and Integration of Personality Research - http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/gpr-14-2-82.pdf<br />What Exactly is a Mass Shooting? - http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012/08/what-is-a-mass-shooting<br />Mass Shootings Aren't on the Rise - http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2014/06/mass-shootings-arent-on-the-rise.html<br /><br /><br />::Attached Videos::<br />Dealing with Anger - http://youtu.be/ElcmOhctx28<br />Games that Inspire You - http://youtu.be/weaRH-fBK2c<br /><br />****<br />Donations keep this channel going!<br />Pitch in monthly - http://patreon.com/Wrel<br />Paypal - wrel@wrelplays.com<br />Or buy discounted games using this link - https://www.g2a.com/r/wrel<br />--<br />Live streaming every Wednesday (6pm EST) - http://twitch.tv/wrel<br />--<br />Check out the Let's Play channel - http://youtube.com/CasualWrel<br />--<br />http://www.wrel.tv<br />http://twitter.com/WrelPlays<br />https://plus.google.com/+WarpathWrel<br />http://facebook.com/WrelPlays
