"No more than TV does - in fact, TV encourages violence more because young people see real people just like them being violent rather than virtual people on video games." - Emily, 15, Derbyshire
"Yes, because the more they play the games the more they think about it, and they could make some children violent because they think of it as fun." - Idris, 15, East Ham
"Yes, some can." - Sarah, 17, Buxton
"Yes. In many video games you can earn points by killing or hurting characters involved in the game." - Agoush, 17, London
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