Finally, a news story about videogame violence affecting kids that we can get behind. Hooray! So what did this study discover about videogame violence and children? Basically it says kids playing violent games does not equal violent children, and more than likely it's a simple fact that already violent inclined children will like playing violent videogames more than anything else.

From the article:

Results showed that test subjects who displayed anxiety, neurotic behavior or aggression beforehand were more likely to show increased aggression after playing the first-person shooter. But the majority of kids were unaffected by the game, according to the study results which are published in the Psychology, Crime and Law journal.

Swineburn’s Professor Grant Devilly told the Morning Herald:

The majority of people did not increase in aggression at all and we’re not the first people to find that.

(the idea that violent games increase aggression is) the only message parents have ever received and it’s just not accurate. You’ve got to basically read your own kid. If you have a quite hyper kid they will come down after playing a bit, but for the rest of kids, the vast majority, it makes no difference at all in their general aggression rate.

Read the full article over at gamepolitics.com