William Volk (interviewed here by [a]list) has perspective most people don’t in the gaming industry, having worked on games in some capacity for over 30 years. In talking about violence from things like Berserk and Death Race 2000 to more modern shooters, he puts it all in context with this: “If people were influenced by video games, a majority of Facebook users would be farmers by now.”

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