I haven't heard whether the Virginia Tech shooter had any connection to the harsh and violent video game industry. In the Las Vegas Review Journal this morning, the top 10 best-selling video games for the week, according to Blockbuster, were posted. Of the 10, only three were rated "E" for everyone. The other seven (top) games contained blood, gore, violence, intense violence, strong language, etc. I think it's time to revisit the desensitizing of the young people who play these games toward violence, blood, gore, and strong language. Video games are not reality. We need to address the blurring of the line.

I hate when people blame video games and other types of entertainment for the actions of other people. People have been killing each other before video games were ever invented. People have to be held accountable for their own actions.

Thank you, my thoughts exactly. Stop blaming the entertainment industry, music and games included. These things can be easily screened by parents and in fact it is the law for stores to keep these items away from children. I was inside blockbuster the other day, and I saw a 7 year old kid ask his young grandmother if he could rent Grand Theft Auto(one of the most controversial and violent video games). The clerk let the grandmother know about the games nature and warned that it is not for children. The grandmother told the clerk "the kid wants to play it so I will let him". I'm sure this happens all too much in today's society. I am willing to bet that if that kid becomes a violent adult, that very grandmother will blame that very game. I suggest that parents stop wasting time crying foul over the entertainment industry and allocate that time into keeping your children away from these types of materials. You might also want to teach them the difference between "pretend" and "for real".

Dude, 

Video games have nothing to do with this.  From what I have seen, he didn't even play videos games.  We blame video games because it's easy.  It's to hard to deal with mental illness, gun control, a broken legal system, a broken government, unenforced laws etc etc etc.  We the American people only care about our own selfish interests and cry because gas costs three dollars because we are stupid enough to buy sport utility vhicles. The solution is to deal with all the HARD problems and stop finding scapegoats like video games! PERIOD!!!

 

the video game scenario is the same thing as myspace. You can use myspace to get hooked up with some stranger get raped and killed. Or meet new people & friends.