As reported by Gamasutra, a review panel at Virginia Tech, created by Virginia Governor, Tim Kaine, found that video games were not a factor in the shooting earlier this year. The very concept of video games having directly or indirectly caused the events of that terrible day is something that every video game enthusiast should find offensive. However, the report itself does not address video games with an accusative tone.

In a document which is 260 pages long (damn!), they only mention video games 4 times. The first mention of video games is in regards to how the review panel set up a website to provide information and to hear input from the community. What they note is that lobby groups against video games (I am looking at you Jack Thompson!!!) flooded the site and urged their members to say that video games were responsible.

Later, the report mentions how Cho liked video games, such as Sonic the Hedgehog. Hopefully it wasn't the new one..cuz that one has bad enough press as it is. (Also it says how his favorite sports team is the Portland Trail Blazers, which is weird since he was an immigrant from Southeast Asia, and living in Virginia...and since I live in Portland).

The report states how none of the video games were violent or war games, which I think is an unnecessary thing to state. I understand why they put it in, since the media flipped shit about video games being the possible influence for the shooting, but whether he played Sonic the Hedgehog, Manhunt or Nintendogs, you cannot and will not ever be able to prove any sort of link between art and the actions of psychopaths. It is an argument that I have heard before but one which bears repeating...What video games did Hitler play? Stalin? Was he a big Atari guy? Did Pal Pot play World of Warcraft?