Do violent video games create killers?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Do violent video games create killers?". Your opponent's style: Shroud

ABSOLUTELY IT DOES

Dude, you're completely backwards on this one. Youth violence has declined over the last several years while violent video game playing has increased significantly during the same period [1]. Think about it - if games were creating killers, we'd see violence exploding, not disappearing. The data crushes your theory. Only 12% of school shooters were attracted to violent games, compared to 24% who read violent books and 27% who liked violent films - and these numbers are unusually low compared to violent media consumption among non-criminal youth [1]. Your average non-violent kid consumes way more violent media than actual shooters do. Here's what really gets me - researchers at Oxford found no relationship between aggressive behaviour in teenagers and the amount of time spent playing violent video games [1]. This isn't some biased gaming industry study, this is Oxford using actual data instead of moral panic. You're blaming pixels while ignoring reality. Kids grinding Call of Duty at home aren't out on the streets causing trouble - they're literally sitting inside being entertained. The real killers? They come from broken homes, witness actual violence, have untreated mental illness. But sure, let's blame Mario for society's problems. [1] Web search results