I really must concur with Alex on his thoughts about video games and the emotional release they provide for people. About Mr.Thompson i do believe he is biased on his reports since 63 percent of the US's population plays video games. Link Here. Sure we have had incidents where kids have killed fellow class members it is very clear that video games alone weren't the only contributors to their madness. But their is also another thought that i want to share about video games and violence maybe someone who has been playing extremely violent video games and wants to take them to the next level would commit an act of violence. Notice these are people who have committed virtual crimes so much that their conscience has degraded so much as too not see the difference between reality and virtual video games.Anyways it is clear that if you play videogames that much as to not know the difference if you are commiting a virtual crime or a real one then you need help.