The Columbine Effect

Events with a large amount of publicity get people thinking. Men and woman who are clinically insane are usually brilliant, and crave attention for their smarts. After seeing the nationwide publicity that the columbine had on the world, many people were inspired to do the same. Numerous failed attemps were made to re-create the tragedy. If that wasn’t enough, the media didn’t stop talking about it, or creating outlets to explore the reign of terror further.  Video games have a large impact on what choices young adults make. in fact, many experts believe that the video game Doom and Eric and Dylans admiration for it led them to their evil plan. During a time of mourning, a young man shocked the world when he created a Role playing game based on the shooting. Only 6  years after the tragedy occured Danny leddons game was available to all users online. It was available for free and was easily accessible to adults and children alike.

25 % of the world’s population of video game players are under the age of 18. These people have the most easily corrupted minds, and a game like that could put horrible ideas into someone already sick and twisted head.  Boys who play video games already have over double the chance to be involved in some type deliquent behavior, it leads people to wonder what damage could have been avoided if games such as this one were not created.

The graph below shows statistics related to video games and problem areas in male gamers under the age of 18.