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Violent video games have about as much to do with actual violence as Harry Potter has to do with devil worship.
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Not true. It is my understanding that no one in Harry Potter worships the devil, where in video games, people do things that are
actually violent all the time.
Video games that involve violence have been scientifically proven to enhance negative/violent instincts (
instincts, not desires) in people. It's psychological conditioning, pure and simple. If you walk down a hallway and shoot a man that suddenly walks out in front of you enough, chances are you would do the exact same thing in a similar situation in real life. That's just what video games do; they put you in a situation where your brain has to make quick "fight or flight" decisions, and after a while, it falls into a routine.
However, video games DO NOT make people do violent things on their own; they DO NOT drive people to crime. CounterStrike did not make the Virginia Tech killer go out and shoot all those people. To blame all of his imperfections as a human being on a single source (like video games, which is what Jack Thompson and a lot of other people tend to do) would simply be ludicrous.
In short, video games don't make you want to kill people, but they do condition you to act violently in a stressful, potentially dangerous situation. Just food for thought.