[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

The killers of Jamie Bulger would have committed the act regardless of whether or not they played a game or watched a film. They had the potential for killing long before they apparently watched Chucky.

If gaming truly could make someone violent then we would have seen a noticeable pattern emerge by now given that it's been over twenty years since violent video games came to prominence but not such pattern exists. Games (and anything else in the world) can act as a trigger for a disturbed individual but they don't create them. Blaming a trigger is pointless.

I agree to a certain extent,what I am saying is they CAN have an influence on certain kids, it's not black and white,there are shades of grey here,didn't the killers in Columbine copy something they had seen ? of course normal people can play them with no effect but not everyone is 'normal' I think that is what it alludes to,the similarities in the Bulger case was the train track,the blue paint and the batteries.but I agree in the fact they would have killed video or not in this case.