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Video Games Cause Violence

A scapegoat mantra chanted by ultra-conservatives and the news media whenever a violent incident occurs in the United States
Just one of many forms of Americans shrugging off accountability.
Damn dude, did you see the news? Kyle got arrested for beating up an old woman at the Waffle House. His alcoholic mom just got interviewed by the local news. She was blaming Marilyn Manson and Minecraft, on that whole "video games cause violence" tangent. When is she going to wake up and see that her son has always been an asshole and she's had 27 years to do something about it?
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video games cause violence

Something shitty af that the media says, they believe we yeet blocks at people after playing 5 minutes of Tetris.

Video games cause violence

Something that some parents say while they let their kid play video games for 15 hours a day.
Karen: Video games cause violence
Guy with a brain: Who do you think fault is it, you who let you kid play the game for 8 hours a day or the company.
Karen: NO ITS THE COMPANY

Guy with a brain: I won't even try right.

Video games cause violence

Something that some parents say while they let their kid play video games for 15 hours a day.
Karen: Video games cause violence
Guy with a brain: Who do you think fault is it, you who let you kid play the game for 8 hours a day or the company.
Karen: NO ITS THE COMPANY

Guy with a brain: I won't even try right.

video games cause violence

The new "vaccine causes autism" statement that first appeared right after Mortal Kombat controversy in 1992.
Ever since the Mortal Kombat uproar, the "video games cause violence" argument has been thrown around as casually as the "vaccine causes autism" myth.

Videogames Cause Violence 

That's what Trump said. Don't believe him. Pray for Minecraft.
"Videogames Cause Violence!"

Creeper, Aww man!

abandonware 

n. software that is no longer sold or supported by the original publisher / developer, often found as free downloads on the internet because it cannot be obtained elsewhere. Not legal, but often seen as morally acceptable because the company that made it is no longer selling the title, nor releasing it as freeware, therefore abandonware is "keeping the game alive", so to speak.
Doom II is not abandonware because id still sells it, while The Incredible Machine is not sold, therefore is abandonware.
abandonware by Spoom October 24, 2003
Word of the Day on July 11, 2026