It has been suggested that since many of the games that they played involved realistic characters as well as realistic deaths that they were actually training to kill people by playing these games. Dylan and Eric are not the only kids in town playing these games. Michael Carneal of Kentucky is also a schoolboy killer. In nine shots he hit eight people five of whom were hit in the head or neck. The fact that most violent video games give bonus points for headshots could have affected his aim. Soldiers are trained to kill in battle through simulators and the Marines are adapting one of the Colorado killer's favorite games, Doom, to use in training. Video!.
games, which are generally used for entertainment purposes are now becoming "murder simulators." The question of whether or not the parents of the boy knew what kind of games he was playing cannot help but be ask. On the other hand, these video games are very popular and the question of what kind of society plays games that involve killing arises also (Leo 468). .
Violent video games are not the only form of violent media adolescents can obtain. Movies dominate the entertainment industry and are a favorite for staying at home or going out. The line, "the movies made me do it," has been popularized in recent years as a result of the copycat violence that follows any Hollywood action packed adventure. Oliver Stone's "Natural Born Killers" is one such adventure. In the movie two young lovers, Mickey and Mallory, go on a killing spree, become famous, get caught, escape from prison, kill again, and manage to live "happily ever after." Since the release of the film, there have been reports of "Natural Born Killers" copycats in Utah, Georgia, Texas, Okalahoma, Massachusetts, and Paris. Two of the copycats were Ben Darras and his girlfriend Sarah Edmondson. They reportedly watched the film a couple of times and dropped seventeen acids before a road-trip that left one man dead and a woman paralyzed.
