Ohio St. professor on role of video games in mass shootings

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badgenome said:
My understanding is that there is a heightened level of aggression immediately after playing violent games because people are in a survivalistic "fight! kill!" mindset during the game, but it quickly dissipates.

Yes and no. You're right, that this is visible, and these short-term-effects are usually cited as "'proof", that video-games are bad. NAturally someone playing an agressive game reacts more aggressive than someone hearing relaxing music directly adfter playing/hearing.

A long-term-effect may alos be present, but that is much harder to show. Long-term-effects may be induced by other stuf and it may be possible that videogames (or other media) only strengthens preexisting characteristics of the person. Hard to say. As this guy say: no simple yes-no-answer.