There still haven't been done enough research on the subject.
Yes there has. Research of this sort has been ongoing more than 50 years, with more than 200 peer-reviewed scientific studies (and more than 3300 politically or religiously motivated studies). Of course since these scientific studies don't subscribe to popular preconceptions, nobody cares about them.Two books on the subject I think you should read before we discuss this any further. Fredric Werthams "Seduction of the Innocent" (written in 1954, supporting your version of the truth) and Gerard Jones' "Killing Monsters: Why Children Need Fantasy, Super Heroes, and Make-Believe Violence" (written in 2002, supporting my version of the truth). Then when you're done reading and have had time to reflect on Werthams anecdotal evidence, and Jones scientific evidence, we can talk again, about which belief system, we find most likely.
Before you start reading, answer me this: Does baseball have the same effect as videogames? I mean in baseball you're trained to accurately hit, small objects traveling at high speeds, with large blunt instruments, and then run away and attempt to not get caught.
I think the problem is, the aesthetics of games are getting ever closer to films, with more realistic people,
Do you know what happens for real when you shoot someone? It doesn't go down like Quentin Tarantino or John Woo thinks it does. To this day I have yet to see one realistic death in movies or in videogames. we can't blame games for things like Columbine but there is some common sense to be used, surely?
Should it? Common sense is just a smarter word for prejudice. Or truthiness. Thousands of years ago it was common sense that a heavier object would fall to the ground faster than a lighter object. Hundreds of years ago it was common sense that the earth was flat and the sun orbited the earth. Fifty years ago it was common sense that children exposed to violent images in comic books was more damaging than the real violence they encountered every day in society, and in some cases at home.The truth is that children emulate their parents, not their videogames, music or comics. If their parents teach them that violence is an acceptable means to get what you want, that's the way it's going to go down. The "Do as I say, not as I do" mantra isn't effective.
its a game for adults and should be rated accordingly
Does "Mature" mean something different in British English?