Personally, I don't think excessive videogame playing (in particular graphically violent games) are entirely harmless, especially for young kids, but I think calling them a major influence on violent acts is going way too far ...
With the details I have heard of a handful of crazy gun-men I have come to the conclusion that it is a combination of rare factors that creates a ticking time-bomb. You take someone with a genetic pre-disposition to mental health issues which lead to violent outbursts, you combine that with a odd and/or abusive upbringing, and you add to that a society which is (in some ways) hostile towards them and things go badly. Anders Breivik is a good example of this ... While I have no evidence of any genetic pre-disposition to violence, before he was born his mother decided that he was a violent child and was distant, hostile and abusive towards him from day one; and as an adult he lives in a society that doesn't even tolerate moderate fact-based criticism of multi-culturalism, so he wasn't re-assured for having concerns he was alienated because he dared speak them.
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