POV Shooter games seems to be a common factor in many of these mass killings... The video game is not the sole reason, but it does appear to be a factor. Sitting on a couch and mindlessly slaughtering for hours on end. likely numbs their brains to some extent.
I live in the province of New Brunswick Canada with a population of just 770+ thousand people. Five police officers and two civilians have been killed in two incidents. One in 2014 and another last year and both shooters were avid video game players.
And they probably both peed standing up, and were both White.
Correlation does not equal causation.
Almost every young male plays video games.
It’s a multi billion dollar industry.
“One in 2014 and another last year and both shooters were avid video game players.”
Yea, I think it’s difficult for parents to accept what video games are doing to kids, since the vast majority of parents use video games as a form of daycare, to keep the kids off their backs...so we’re seeing defensive responses from parents here, and in other places.
It reminds me of telling other parents that public schools are horrible places for kids. They treat you like you’re from another planet until you realize (in my case 20 years later) that they hear it completely differently. What they hear is the following:
“You are horrible, abusive, parents, for sending your kids to public schools.”
Once I figured the above out, my attitude became f-them, my non-public schooled kids are light years ahead of where their pajama boys will ever be and I simply no longer a give a crap about those other kids.
“both shooters were avid video game players”
I bet they were also both males between the ages of 18-35. You want to guess the percentage of males between 18-35 who are “avid video game players”?