61% of UK believes games can cause violence, aggression

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Usually it's the annual release of Call of Duty that prompts a nation's navel gazing and the question of whether violent video games make people more violent. But this year it's that comfy old slipper Grand Theft Auto (and then probably COD and then probably Assassin's Creed).
Respected research outfit YouGov has gone and done a poll on exactly who thinks what about the perceived effect of violent video games on you and me and everyone else.
All-in-all, 61 per cent of Britons (who answered yes or no, and not maybe) believed video games can be a cause real-world aggression. Meanwhile, 57 per cent believed video games can be a useful outlet for frustrations and aggression.
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