No Conclusive Evidence To Link Gaming With Violence

Finally the folks in government are wising up. Although it’s not a North American public office, it’s a start! A spokesperson for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in the U.K. has given the following statement:

“It is important to note that there is no conclusive evidence of any link between playing computer games and violent behavior in real life. Our concern is to make sure that inappropriate material is kept away from children.”

Well said! I tried the PSP version of Manhunt 2 a few months ago and it was disappointing. I’m probably going to get a lot of flak for this but for all the controversy that it continues to generate, I found out that it didn’t really offer a lot of gameplay. Now, I only played the first few levels of the game, so don’t take this as a review. Sure, it was violent, bloody and gory, but innovative it was not. I’ll stop at that, to be fair to a game I didn’t play to completion.

Going back to the statement, it’s easy to get lost in all the negative feedback about how gaming affects behavior (if it does so at all), especially if you haven’t played the game yet. Hopefully this will be a step forward.

Source: Softpedia

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