The supporters of
violent video games advocate that playing such games allows teenagers to divert their aggression into the virtual world instead of the real one.
Not exact matches
In addition, people who
advocate against children playing
violent video games argue that such
games lead to violence in real life.
The «Resolution on Violence in
Video Games and Interactive Media» also suggested that
violent games could have more of an effect on children than other media, since
games require active participation, and stated an intention to
advocate for the reduction of violence in
games.
The opposition boasted anti-gaming
advocates such as an author of various books that claim
violent video games creates killers, and members of the Parents Television Council, the latter which supported the California law to criminalize the sale of
violent video games to children that was eventually ruled unconstitutional by the US Supreme Court in 2011.