No, of course not.

It doesn't cause problems, don't need a ban.

IF you ban them what would the kids play with of course not

Firstly, it is no secret humans have enjoyed violence and brutality since the beggining of our conception, such as the Romans watching real humans being decapitated by lions for sport. We exemplify this affection for violence in the modern movies of the past half century as well. As tech progressed it was innevitable that this human trait leaked into the virtual worlds that millions of people go to escape reality every day. And yet even before violent video games were introduced into the mainstream, violent crimes, murders and rapings were still taking place.

I feel that gaming controversy thus far has been nothing more than a scapegoat for lazy parents, because everything in moderation, and also these violent video games all have age ratings on them so the fact that the parent blames the game when he/she allows the child to play the game and doesnt monitor said child enough to restrict his or her play time, seems like the issue lies within the parenting and not the game itself.

About games causing obesity, antisocialness, lazyness, etc, are all personal problems that the individual needs to controll, and usually the case isnt video games causing these traits but instead people with these traits just turn to gaming because it is an easily accessible form of entertainment that provides an escape for the person suffering from those unfavorable traits. Correlation isnt causation.

And the violent crimes being shouldered on games is also not causation, because 67% of american households already play games regularly, so just by the criminal living in america, he already has a 2/3 chance he plays games or lives in an establishment that does. So blaming games for their criminal acts usually stops us from ever getting to the true cause that might be underlying in the context like he might have been diagnosed with a mental disorder, or bullied or parentally abused etc etc.

And finally by closemindedly assuming violence come from games we are immediately ignoring the potential possibilities games can produce for society and its youth as study after study has shown that games can neurologically improve the minds of children and critical thinking skills if implemented correctly in moderation and as a society we are supposed to capitalize on every new technological advancement that comes along.

And its also selfish if you ban those games because parents cant keep them out of the kids hands and by banning them you deny adults any access to this form of entertainment and it is a free country so, bug off.

My main source other than the stats is that i am an avid 16 year old gamer who lives a perfectly normal life and who has friends, is on the honor role, is polite to strangers/adults and plays sports because i have basic self discipline and understand the moderation rule. I must be one of the lucky ones hmm? Go figure, right?

It is very similar to the purge people use it as a way unleash the beast, i think it is the quote but their has to be a way for people release tension although teens are the people playing these games i doesn't necessarily mean that that they are going to become a violent person their is still a chance but not as well as someone who has problems in their family or are just mad at the world. its a way for people to escape reality

Violent video games shouldn't be banned. It usually has a rating to show that it is violent. I think that kids are smart enough to read the ratings and avoid the game if it is too violent

In my opinion, banning such games would equate to banning violent horror movies.