I never understood the argument that kids need violent video games as an outlet for their hostility. I never played excessively violent video games growing up, other than Age of Empires and Warcraft 2. At least, not that I can remember. I played Myst and Caesar 3 and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2. I also grew up with two brothers, and we got into a fight maybe three times, tops. Displacing your pent up rage from one aspect of your life to another doesn't allow you to understand why that aspect of your life makes you angry. Violent video games are rather irrelevant to that discussion. It's the failure to take responsibility for one's emotions, rather than the video games, that is the real culprit here.