So now congress is in the pocket of the lobbyists which is in the pocket of Activision. jk

I think it's obvious why they hired a lobbyist.

LOL, so this is what its come to, i don't see them doing this for music or movies!

while i do think that violent video games can increase aggression (or however they would term it), the main problem still lays with parents who allow their young(most likely the people the gov't is worried about) children to play games like gta 4 or other such games not realizing that those games arent necessarily for those young kids. Parents need to say no to their whining children and take responsibility for their actions instead of saying,"Well you made the games! Why didn't you make it less violent so my kid could still play it! It's your fault that we bought this game for our kids even though it was rated m." Anyways that's just my two cents.

Pretty sure they want to make sure the kids keep having their parents buy them COD...

I'm so sick of these studies. Someone needs to have some sort of pre-existing mental issue that drives them to create violence. The games aren't the problem here, it's the people. If anything, the games should be helping reduce violence. Most people, when they have a really bad day, turn to video games to vent their frustration. And I don't care how young the demographic is that they're looking at, those children should still know right from wrong.

*** you senator

Just let them, they aren't gonna find anything.

The "Violence in Video Games" argument was always my favorite topic to debate in high school. I was always usually able to convince everyone that if a correlation exists, it's generally (not always) a positive one, not negative. Plus, most "studies" like to skip a lot of factors into consideration. In fact, I think I saw several charts where in-school violence had actually decreased with the rise of video game consoles, but average aggression had stayed the same or increased. The general correlation was most aggressive kids used video games instead of other kids to relieve aggression, lol I could try to find them again if anyone really wants to see.

So now video games in the US are going to get restricted as well nice. I think the reasons we all play violent video games is becasue we enjoy the ability to test the waters and do stuff we would not likely be able to do otherwise.

This is dumb, video games have an effect on children, that's for sure. I played a lot of Star Fox and Mario as a child and became a well rounded individual because my parents raised me that way. I've met several kids raised on COD who I would love to be friends with and many who I would rather go to rehabilitation. Parents ultimately have one of the biggest impacts on children, not video games. Also, why are we even debating if M-rated games are bad for children. Sorry about this rant.

Oh, but the movie with the guy getting cut in half is perfectly fine for young Billy. Wait, it's the parent's fault for letting them watch the movie in the first place? I'm sorry then, entirely unrelated subject. Honestly, if violent video games cause violence, then I guess it's time that we also took out To Kill a Mockingbird from schools because it has to make kids beat other children.

Actually, just out of curiosity, what counts as a violent game? What level of violence is considered dangerous and impressionable in any medium though? If there even is a correlation, why are we not punishing the parents that are willingly giving their children access to these violent games, comics, movies, books, and TV shows instead of their creators?

Parents don't go out and buy porn for their kids (at least the boring parents) because its for people who are 18 and older, same can be applied to games that have an ESRB label and clearly state what age group and what rating it has in front of the game box and goes into further details in the back. Its not the developers fault or anyones fault for the kid acting violent except for the lousy parents, Its like blaming the adult "actresses" for their kids (mostly boys) wanting to look at naked models.

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Nice to know our government is still trying to pass video game violence laws while there is still so much corruption and problems with this country.

I wish the government would do a study on itself to see why it is becoming so F'ed up every year.
Between this, and a congress hearing about the use of steroids in baseball I truly wonder where their priorities are truly placed.
I mean they could work on more foreign bills that creates coexistence and peace between us and other nations, or how to create better funding for schools instead of the pathetic federal funding they get as of now.
I gave up on government and the ignorance that spews from the very people that are SUPPOSE to lead us, so this does not surprise me.

We shall all rally together and march to the White House in our cosplay video game outfits! Who's with me?!?!

This isn't going to change anything, worst case scenario we get a warning on our games saying that they're violent or sexual but the government won't just cut off a significant portion or it's economy (and of the most successful parts of it as well.) The way I see it is that the study is targeted toward youth so people who are adults or, you know, smart get to keep playing whatever they want but not even the federal government is dumb enough to put the axe to the games industry.

ok seriously??? violent video games ARE NOT MADE FOR CHILDREN!!!! It is the parents' job to not expose their kids to this stuff when they are too young. There is a freaking reason that ESRB exists. Movies have ratings and don't get heat for violence. What is wrong with people these days??

So government officials, can you explain to me how violent video games are the cause of violence if most acts of violence, especially many of the most brutal and deadliest, occurred before video games? Did playing with those rolling hoops or getting snake eyes time after time make them lose it? Or was it something like the persons' brain chemistry, their natural predisposition to violence, or maybe the environment they grew up in? Not like this study will even matter seeing as correlations don't mean anything, if they want to see any connection they will have to study many people in psychological experiments.