Joe Bloggs

BBC says violent games OK

Well, perhaps not quite. But columnist Daniel Etherington of BBCi Collective points out that psychologists have yet to demonstrate a link between the playing of violent games and violent behaviour at large.

'Social, cultural, ethical and neurobiological issues remain in such a tangle that it is trite and irresponsible of ill-informed commentators to claim that games like Grand Theft Auto are central to terrible crime,' he writes in his weekly game column.

I found interesting his argument that a combination of nature (genes) and nuture (upbringing) is probably responsible for violent behaviour. But in any case, he says, more research is needed.

via the Beeb