"Guns Don't Kill People, Video Games Kill People"

Dead Space: One of the violent games being blamed
for real life violence.

According to CNN, in 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court had a hearing on the impact of violent video games and young children. Some believe that violence in games can result in violence in the real world. In California, a law was passed stating that any game that gives the option to deface or kill another human cannot be sold to anyone under 18. The ironic thing about the law is that the one who passed the law was Arnold Schwarzenegger. That's right, "The Terminator," the king of violent movies, passed a law banning violent media. Many parents do not pay attention to these ratings and let their children play games rated with mature ratings anyway. However, the issue arose when parents blamed the extremely violent game "Manhunt" for the death of their son. The police investigating dismissed the statement and "Manhunt" was not involved in the case. Many teenagers and young adults do not believe that parents know enough about the games that their children play, but others believe that parents know what their children know and understand what their children play and it is their choice whether or not they play the games or not. This scapegoat of blaming violent video games is just an excuse because they have no other explanation as to why people are harming others. With youth violence at a 40 year low, and gaming still remaining popular, why are politicians still blaming the games for this violence of recent days? They used to blame movies and music, such as "The Matrix" and "Natural Born Killers" and songs by Ozzy Osbourne and AC/DC, but instead of using that this time around, politicians use video games. Video Games are not to blame, but instead, politicians and therapists need to learn to solve the issue of mental health and not just look for more scapegoats.

Fallout 3 has some of the most violent gameplay seen in a
non-horror survival game of recent days.