Despite our renegade image, we do NOT enjoy the real life suffering of flesh and blood human beings. Real life violence is reprehensible and unacceptable.

We have ALWAYS stated that violence belongs in videogames, NOT on the streets.

Videogames serve as an outlet for aggression, not as an instigator to it.

Just look at the numbers involved. If videogames had the power to create murderers we would be up to our necks in corpses right now. The FBI's national statistics on youth violence indicate it is at a 10 year low. The empirical data fails to support the hysterical rhetoric used by anti-game “crusaders”. In fact, these statistics could potentially be used to support the idea that the increasing popularity of videogames is actually helping reduce the rate of real-world violence.

The concept of "person plays violent games = person becomes violent criminal" is offensive and ignorant. Violent behavior and mental illness are complex issues and trivializing them with baseless anti-game invective helps no one.