Episode 31 - Violence in Video Games

Donald Trump is taking on the video game industry. Gun control is in the news again. After the most recent school shooting, people are blaming video games. So Donald Trump planned a meeting with members of the industry to discuss violence in video games and how it correlates to violent behavior (does it?) He said he was going to meet with members of the industry, but only invited two. What's going on with this? His "violent" video game reel showed a bunch of clips from games taken out of context. Josh happens to think that video games are an amazing medium for storytelling, and asks this question, should the circumstances of a few have any effect on what the masses are allowed to consume? And we attempt to breakdown the mystery of do video games have any effect on behavioir? All of this and more on the latest episode of Topicocalypse.  As always you can find us on the Internet at Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. You can find this episode and more on podbean, iTunes, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, podcasts.com and other great podcasting outlets.