[Quix]

There are lots of crucial issues.

However, violence is a problem. And, many games are a problem—especially for some personality types reared in some types of homes.

Not sure what the solution is.

[Zeroisanumber]

However, violence is a problem. And, many games are a problem—especially for some personality types reared in some types of homes.

Bah. I grew up playing Mortal Kombat and watching Jason hack people to death with an axe and I turned out fine. Just ask the guy in my freezer.

[Tirian]

Yes, they do need to be restricted - and have for a long time now.

For a sobering look at the issue of video games, see Army psychologist David Grossman's book "On Killing" ... the conditioning process present in many of these games makes the point-and-shoot reflex automatic.

Excerpt from review (bold mine): Grossman argues that the breakdown of American society, combined with the pervasive violence in the media and interactive video games, is conditioning our children to kill in a manner similar to the army's conditioning of soldiers: "We are reaching that stage of desensitization at which the infliction of pain and suffering has become a source of entertainment: vicarious pleasure rather than revulsion. We are learning to kill, and we are learning to like it."

Link at Amazon fyi:
link

http://www.amazon.com/Killing-Psychological-Cost-Learning-Society/dp/0316330116

[dfwgator]

Something was going to get these kids one way or another. There is just bad seed amongst us, and there is nothing you can do about it.