[coryfklein]

When I was young there was a lot of fear that first-person shooter video games were leading to a rampant increase in youth violence.

This concern is virtually unheard of today, and I wouldn't be surprised to learn that they actually had a slight effect in the opposite direction: some of those youth getting trouble outside are now indoors playing harmless video games.

[roguecoder]

When it turned out video games measurably lower crime people suddenly got really quite about the social consequences of video games.