^^^I know you're saying it without intention of a debate, but I think my point was missed. I'm not blaming video games, I'm just wondering what effect they have on people's perspective of war and it's casualties. It's proven that long term exposure to certain media can skew ones perception on things. I would think a child that views murder movies, war movies and other crime type movies, will have a different outlook on things that a child that watched nothing but Adam Sandler and Will Ferrel. However, movies, unless watched over and over, tend not to occupy the amount of time video games do. People tend to play countless hours of video games. And when exposed to first person shooter war games at a young age, I wonder if that child's view on war becomes skewed from reality. Thinking that possibly the technology in the game is the same in real life, when in reality, you don't have weapons with that type of accuracy. Nor can one person take down an entire country and it's military.
I however, do not believe that it an excuse for bad behavior. At some point, one needs to be responsible for their own actions, and blaming it on a movie, media, or video game is ridiculous.