I beilieve that all teens that go rampid and try to hurt others is ways that are unimaginable are already losing it in the brain and games are getting blamed.. i mean.. if a child wants to kill his parents and then goes and sees a movie about a psycho child that does it... and then goes and plays Halo 2 and kills ALIENS, and then kills his parents.... Halo 2 would get blamed because he was killing and not an actor... its really sad because if a game is to get blamed then children that get hurt playing football with friends is soon going to blame the NFL Street series.. which is totally Bull **** ... excuse the stars... but thats just my opinion.. so i say no its not fueling there intelect to decide whether or not to hurt or even kill someone..

I agree with Leon. I think that people that blame games for ther'ye homocidal tendencies are stupid. If I hear about some kid killing his parents on account of Halo2, Area 51, or Manhunt, I will go insane!

That would be the ultimate solution to all violence if people just realised the consequences. The problem is that emotion often overpowers a person's logic and reason way of thinking.

yes that is very true but in time, if they actually thought about their actions before comitting to them they would realise they were making a mistake, but sadly they cannot do this... so there for violence crimes will be commited no matter what people do. its inevitable, but just taking it out on videogames in a manner of speaking is perpostouros (thats spelled wrong i know)

like every one says, games only trigger more violance to an already troubled mined, but that is not the only source i think that music and movies, tv shows, also have a part to play in this. it is of the persons own choosing what they want to do. entertainment only influences more of it. also i would have to say that freinds also have a big part to play in this, it all depends on who you are hanging out with.

if you are hanging out with gang members you will tend to get into trouble or if you hang out with teens who do drugs or some sort of violance that will also influence your thinking. everything around us influences the way we act and think. but it is our choice to go were we want to go then that will determine our future. i just think that those kids who are commiting violance choose that path and now they might even be thinking of "well since im doing it might aswell do it to the end" or "no one can help me now" its all about wat path you choose to go.

yes that is very true Kurull i think that you have summed it up and told everyone everything they need to hear, because that 'speach' lol told alot and you were very informative. everything, not just want you mentioned, has influence. Pictures can influence violence. theres alot of things that would be considered influence towards beating the crap out of someone. But what people dont understand is that it is an INFLUENCE. and ULTIMATLY it is the PERSONS choice. ... doctors just dont want that to be the case, they MUST blame something and games/music/movies are the number one targets. it is really quite sad... and i know i am getting repetitive ... sorry

yep true, EVERYTHING influences us, which is sad for the people that cant make the right choice that is why they are all in jails, or out in the streets begging for money

I think that violent games may have influence but I don't think that it can really make someone be... violent too. There are also other factors to consider too.