These studies have come under a lot of fire lately from all sides with regard to the methods that were used. One fact is undeniable, young children imitate everything they see. However, there isn't any viable proof related to video games that states that the violence has any lasting effect. This practice is similar to what has happened in Brazil over the past few years. The Brazilian government has banned certain violent games, such as Mortal Kombat and Doom because they said it had a bad effect on youths.
Lets look at some of the facts here, people.
Millions of violent games are sold every year, in all different genres. First person shooters are definitely the most popular types of violent games, and yet they depict the most graphic violence seen in any game. But despite all of this graphic violence one can obviously tell that they are not real. Computer technology just isn't powerful enough to render characters in games that look like they could be real. The gap between games and reality is quickly closing however, and in a few years I wont be able to make that argument.