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Study claims violent video games can make people more aggressive, but...

"A new Ohio State University study shows that playing violent video games can make people more aggressive over time, but the report’s co-author said it is impossible to link such games to violent criminal behavior like the recent Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings."

I like that 'can' part. In other words, maybe they will, maybe they won't. That tells me this study isn't scientific. It's pseudo-science designed to advance government's agenda of transferring blame for violence from the ubiquitous government violence we all suffer under.

"The new study provides the first experimental evidence that the negative effects of playing violent video games can accumulate over time, said Brad Bushman, an Ohio State professor of communication and psychology who researches factors that can influence aggressive behavior. People who played a violent video game for three consecutive days showed increases in aggressive behavior and hostile expectations each day they played, he said."

There's the 'can' word two more times. Amazing how this study was the first to find this connection.

"Video-game publishers are facing growing pressure from Washington and advocacy groups concerned about possible links between violent games and tragedies like the recent mass shootings in Newtown, Conn., and Aurora, Colo."

There's the political agenda behind the story. What a farce.

"The makers of “Grand Theft Auto” announced Friday that the latest chapter in the best-selling crime simulator video game series will be delayed until September."

There's the negative impact on the economy.

"President Barack Obama last month called for the the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to renew scientific research into the relationship between “video games, media images and violence.” He also urged Congress to support a bill that would grant the CDC $10 million to conduct this new research."

There's Obama's plan for the generation of more pseudo-scientific propaganda funded by our tax dollars.