Ah, video games, what modern teenager or adult has not played something of the like, from the modern Microsoft Xbox One and a Sony Playstation 4 or those silly little apps on your phone.

Yes, the digital age has produced some of the most immersive, interactive experiences than ever before, and it only keeps on growing with new technological innovations.

Nevertheless, many parents and doctors are concerned, concerned that a certain genre of gaming are changing the young population of this nation. The genre of violent video games, graphic uncensored content, unrestricted access to blood, gore, and any type of viscera desired by an individual.

Concerned parents have spoken up about the matter, claiming that violent video games are the direct cause of real life violence teens, children, or young adults create or cause. They make it seem as if violent video games taught the shooters at Columbine how to kill without remorse or regret that they somehow acted as a training simulation for them.

Well I am here to tell you this: there is no hard, definable evidence to support the theory, not one concrete fact that violent video games are the cause of teenage violence. No research team has done a case study that even comes close to what they say, most studies are limited to a few days, or weeks with a control group before posting their results.

To support myself I have the Supreme Court ruling on the matter, in 2011, California wished to ban the selling of all violent video games to minors, in a 7-1 decision, the court stated that video games simply do not directly cause violence with kids.

The highest court in the United States government ruled for my position, but many still are adamant that video games are the cause.

Senior Mazzy Smith said“No I don’t believe video games cause violence, I believe it’s where [that person] grew up, their environment, is what cause violent acts, not video games.”