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I'm not so sure. I do think it can get blown out of proportion, but maybe there's merit to some of the complaints.

I remember playing Gears of War when it first came out - I was blown away by the graphics and thought chainsawing people in half was the coolest thing. I showed it to my sister, and she was amazed by how graphically violent it was.

Once she'd said that, I looked at it again and then realised just how violent it is. It doesn't effect me, and probably doesn't effect most others. But, say someone with a tendency toward being violent was to play that game? Would he/she just find it cool, or borderline interesting?

Personally, I do wonder if games really need to be quite so violent or graphic.