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Although it is a common belief that violent games cause violent thoughts and thus cause people (mostly young men, per a recent study) to commit homicides or massacres, the truth is that multiple studies have been conducted and more of the results have been in favor of homicides being carried out by people who already harbored violence within and did not play many violent video games. People who play violent video games are less likely to attempt murders. "This…digital blood o*** must have some kind of effect on [life.]" says staff writer for TechHive Evan Dashevsky. "There is data suggesting it does, however…it…may directly contribute directly to making society less violent… According to [economist Steve] Lewitt, potential criminals aren 't committing crimes because they are spending so much time playing violent video games." (Dashevsky 1) Because budding murderers are spending