Studies on the topic have proved

Video games are found to be therapeutic for numerous kids helping them express their frustration, rebellion while enabling them to experiment in a harmless and non-threatening way.

Also it has been proved that in general, violent people are attracted to violent games more than people with calmer personalities and hence its the person and not the game that causes violence.

Grand Theft Childhood


A report done by Cheryl and Kutner(2008)(of the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Co-Directors at the Center for Mental Health & Media) after they discovered that most of the studies undertaken earlier were incomplete in important ways, they discovered:-
• Focus on groups with older respondents including older teens and college students.
• Subjects were exposed to pre-selected games and not games they would have normally chosen.
• Use of outdated games.

After their research they concluded after a study of 1254 (out of which 58% were males)middle-school aged game players that kids used the games to learn new things and to relax. Most of them preferred violent games following a tough day of hard-work as it helped them get rid of their aggressive feelings and ideas in a safe and non-threatening manner. Also it was found that most players tended to be less angry after playing a violent game. Moreover it was discovered that kids liked playing these games in groups which helped them lose their aggressive feelings even more.