Video games do not cause violence – but makers do need to think about it

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Video games do not cause violence – but makers do need to think about it
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There is no compelling evidence that games cause real-life bloodshed, but the industry must address its attitude to guns and conflict, or risk being drowned out by fearmongers

It was not a surprise to see Donald Trump and a cabal of other Republican politicians seeking to implicate video games in the US’s latest mass shootings.

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