I’m an avid video gamer and I like games that can be a
little on the violent side. My husband, who wouldn't hurt a fly, loves the
first person shooter games. We've both been gamers since we were kids, like a
lot of people in our generation. Since
Columbine, every time that there is a shooting someone in the media tries to
blame it on videos games which I think is ridiculous. Especially since neither of us has felt the urge to go shoot up anywhere despite hundreds of hours shooting things in video games.
More and more people play video games now than they did in
the late 90’s, so if video games were to blame, there should be a lot more of
these violent attacks. The blame should be put squarely on the shoulders of the
person responsible – the person who did the shooting.
Banning videos games or monitoring who buys them isn't going to do anything. Now I do
think parents should be active in their kids’ lives and make sure they are
monitoring what kinds of games they play. Emily is nearly five and she’s
already a big games. But she plays things like Kinect Disneyland Adventures or
the Toy Story 3 game. We also limit her time that she can play video games because
she’s like her parents and could sit playing all day.
The tragedy a few days ago was horrific and it made me very
sad for the loss of life. I know that videos games didn’t play any part because
it sounds like the shooter, despite playing video games, was a very disturbed person.
Fox News used this opportunity to call for a registry to track video game purchases since they think that playing video games are so obviously the
problem.
So I will repeat the rant that I’ve said for nearly 15
years. Video games don’t cause violence, people do!
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