Popularity of Violent Movies and Video Games [View all]

Can someone explain to me the obsession many young men have with violent movies and video games? Why there is this great love of watching a character in front of you blast hundreds of rounds of bullets into others?

I can imagine to some extent the morbid interest in it. But it just seems SO popular, and so many take so much glee in it. I guess it can be a way to blow off steam, but it doesn't seem that most people who are into it are super angry people.

Can anybody share some insight?

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Popularity of Violent Movies and Video Games [View all]	marle35	Mar 2015	OP
I don't even know	jomin41	Mar 2015	#1
~~~ +1	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Mar 2015	#4
Have you ever actually played any of these video games of which you speak?	Warren DeMontague	Mar 2015	#2
Mostly some arcade games	marle35	Mar 2015	#3
Congratulations!	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Mar 2015	#5
I don't feel a sobering feeling after shooting aliens on the xbox, and I'm not worried.	Warren DeMontague	Mar 2015	#7
Perhaps sobering was a bad choice of adjective	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Mar 2015	#11
FWIW, there are a lot of women who enjoy video games, too.	Warren DeMontague	Mar 2015	#6
I am sure there is some evo-psych about it.	TM99	Mar 2015	#8
"something felt a little off about it." - At a guess, I'd say its not the type of game for you.	Veilex	Mar 2015	#10
Because they're fun, I suppose.	lumberjack_jeff	Mar 2015	#9