... , powerlessness, and revenge poor into the killing games. In these children, the games can become a dress rehearsal for the real thing "(360). Leo cites psychologist David Grossman of Arkansas State University, a retired Army officer, to help support his views on violent video games. "During World War II only 15 to 20 percent of all American soldiers fired their weapons in battle ... "(360). Leo notes that the United States Marine Corps is using a version of the game Doom as a simulator, and a game played by one of the boys involved in the Littleton, Colorado massacres(360). Dylan Kleybol...

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... conclude that it is these violent fantasy games, these role-playing adventure games, that have recently been the focus attention. Following the recent tragedy at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, FBI agents have been taking a closer look at the Internet and the consequences of its role-playing games. Alderson says the gunmen involved at Columbine, Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan ... his teachers, school officials, and classmate, were also held partly responsible for the shooting. Cummins state that David Grossman, a United States Army retiree who now teaches psychology at Arkansa...

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