At the time of this writing, I am a 31 year old man who loves to play video games. I got on board the video game movement shortly after its inception.
I missed the boat on the old black and white Ping systems, but caught pace quickly after the introduction of the Atari 2600. So Ive been gaming on and off for the past 20+ years.
Do I think there is any measure of truth to the suggestion that violence in video games is bad for little kids?
The short answer: Of course!
It doesnt take a Harvard graduate to know that 8 year olds should not be spending their days carrying out acts of extreme digital violence. And anyone with a brain that checks in for duty would think twice about letting their kids play a game that depicts extremely vivid scenes of mayhem and killing, right?
As obvious as this would seem, some people clearly dont get it.
But lets stop right here so I can tell you what this article is NOT about. Its absolutely, positively, without a doubt not about censoring video games or imposing laws that require game producers to make all of their content family friendly.
Im an adult. I made that clear in the first line of this...