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Originally Posted by Nutcracker Sweet

Well this convo is interesting,of course kids are influenced by games and media , whoever says they are not just needs to convince themselves of that because they play these games , and they really want to keep playing them, my lads start imitating Ninja Turtles ,Power Rangers etc,so if they are not influenced why would they want to re-enact it,plus the times I have had to cover my ears when my nephew is playing a game upstairs and he is not an angry young man , but as soon as he gets that control in his hands he is a different lad, I am not saying the games make kids violent but they certainly don't make them calm and peaceful either ,many a time I have had to calm my boys down after playing things they have seen on TV or seen someone playing, so to say it doesn't affect them is stupid and probably said by people who dont even have kids.

Completely agree Kaz - I have had the same experience with my son. I also agree that a lot of this is about justification from people who spend a lot of time playing the games themselvess, some of whom allow their underage kids to play them too.

It’s obvious that violence in a lot of the games does have a substantial effect on some and increase aggression in many otherwise quite passive people - so what do they do to those already aggressive by nature?