Yes people kill in the name of religion but its not correct to say God tells you to go out and kill in his name. People are willing to kill and die for a cause or what they consider a justified action and religion falls under this category.

I agree this is just sensationalism, courting controversy. If he wanted to make a serious point there is much better material out there.

agreed 100%  but that humanity for u. We've been killing each other since the dawn of mankind, its part of our nature we have the capacity for violence and killing and I doubt that we will ever eradicate it. This aint another religion thread and im not trying to make it one, just pointing out 1-2 things. Video games dont tell u to do anything but they are very powerful forms of media - immersive and impressionable stimulants. Today's games use real scenarios and try very hard to be realistic which can be very persuasive in altering the behaviour of some people. What they should be talking about is the perhaps altered state - attitude of gamers. I don't think anyone could argue successfully that e.g. playing COD increases the death rate in a country but the rights of citizens to legally purchase of fire arms or armed police forces is perhaps more of a legitimate argument. Hence its not about religion or video games just mankind's capacity for violence. Its a non-starter as we can explore feelings of violence and aggression when playing games without actually killing others and understand the concept of violence in a better way imo.

yea me too. The animation is quite comical imo just like in Tom and Jerry (yea i do remember them lol) when the mouse slams an iron in the cats face or sets fire to his tail. I dont remember lots of kids suddenly having the idea that itd b cool to do then seeing lots of media coverage about it. it looks like a filler for a topical - light hearted entertainments show not a piece that became a central theme in the show.