I have to agree with PC Accelerator on this one (when the were around, RIP):
"What kind of a moron would even dare to ask that question? Are games too violent? Give me a frickin' break! It's life that's too violent! If we begin censoring extreme violence out of our games, how will we ever become desensitized to it in real life?
Games teach children and adults alike valuable, if violent, lessons. Don't get shot with a shotgun, don't try to use a rocket launcher in close quarters, and always beware of campers. These are just a few of the things that kids learn from violent video games. If anything, I say games aren't violent enough! I'm not going to be happy until every character in every game is anatomically correct and you can actually target specif orgams in your enemy's body to blow up. I've got news for all you pansy-ass pacifists out there, violence is what made this country great and it's what continues to keep us on top. The day our country loses its bloodlust its the day we find ourselves taking orders from the commies.
America is rapidly becoming a nation of pale, sickly, politically correct wimps. Enough with the blame game already! Everytime someone does something wrong, people point at games, music, and movies, but on fact they always leave out: Most games depict people using violence for good (killing Nazi's, saving the planet, killing co-workers, etc.). So my question (if you can stop hugging that tree long enough to listen, Jason( is this: Why don't people ever give props to games when someone does something positive, like killing a terrorist or saving the planet from flesh-eating zombies? If someone ever tries to take over the world, I think there are going to be a lot of people out there that are glad the "good" gamers of the world know the value of a crotchshot and the proper way to use a flak cannon. It's easy to be a pacifist when you live in a fantasy world where nothing can touch you, buy let me tell you mister, someone has to protect that world. Someone has to pay the ultimate price for your freedom.
There is nothing that irritates me more than getting mobbed by sissy peaceniks begging for protection from ravenous zombies. Without the trained killers of the videogame generation, we'd all be doomed." -Garret Kenyon
Second Person (Below the article)
"I think it's clear that there should be less violence in games because it teaches kids normally too stupid to learn anything in school how to go postal and kill people in the real world. This is like training an army of morons how to use nuclear weapons. Oh wait, the government already does that, but you understand my point. (I don't) We didn't see a lot of these school shootings when kids weren't learning how to do it in games, most likely because they would kill each other experimenting with guns. That's natural selection, and is okay. But this school shooting situation is getting out of hand -- next thing you know we'll lose dear Matt Holmes in a shootout at one of the high schools he cruises. Stop teaching our children how to murder, not for society'ssake, but for the safety of the (former) PCXL staff."
-Jason Samuel
Now on my view of the topic.
I play games to take out anger, not to put it into me. Of course I have learned a ton of things from games too other than guns n' glory. I've learned how to load almost every gun known to man including a mini-gun and rocket launcher. I've learned on how to kill a human instantly is by a head shot. I've also learned some actual benefical things such as nanomachines, good lines, music, and other things. But I have almost never wanted to kill another one of my own species. I mean why would I want to?! Eh I dunno, I'm not making myself too clear but hopefully you get what I'm saying. Games don't kill people, people kill people.