A psychologist trying to solidfy his tenure and cash in by publishing on a hot-button, deeply misunderstood topic and probably reaching a set of conclusions he and his projected audience have long decided upon.
To credit video games with the male disconnect is as inaccurate as blaming CoD for the Norway massacre. The culprit in both cases is not so easily identified but mass media and the cult of sensationalism and celebrity that it fosters would be a major cause. Unrealistic expectations in the changed economic environment and the stark reality of the worst excesses of greed and captialism run amok are another.
The disassociation from the near impossible set of sociological ideals that would have every male work tirelessly towards having a set of ridiculously overpriced commodities and the alleged 'perfect' family is the root cause here. Video gaming is the stress releaver, an escape and a pressure valve of sorts imo. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Did media like books or even movies ever get so much of the blame for societies' ills? Previous eras gathered to watch deathmatches in open air auditoriums and a good hanging always drew a big crowd. Surely virtual reality, even if most of the entertainment value is violent in nature, is just a watered-down facsimile. Anyone who can't differentiate between fantasy and reality has a whole set of issues and potential problems anyway.
