Halo and the Violence it Causes

Many people have heard on the news about the 22 year old man who shot and killed 6 people and wounded many others. The news media says that the culprit for his actions are the violent video games he has played his entire life. Further more, they say that his favorite game was Halo. I'm not going to say that the news media is lying, but I'm saying that even though he played Halo a lot, that does not mean that that was the culprit for his outbreak of violence. Perhaps he played halo for the fun, or just wanted a good old Sci-Fi game, or maybe he did really play it for the violence. I honestly don't know, but I am going to say this, that if he really wanted a violent video game, he would have played a Call of Duty game, a Medal of Honor game, a Command and Conquer game, or any other game. Halo is not as nearly as violent or intense as these games, mainly because of its lack reality and tactics. When it comes to reality, halo does not have it. When you are fighting, you see obviously fake aliens attacking you or your allies. If you are doing online multiplayer, you are fighting people yes (Unless someone chose the option to play as the alien called an Elite, which is sadly unavailable in Halo 4) but the people are covered in complete body armor. Next is the tactics of Halo. It is uncommon to see people really working together, most of the time people are just running around shooting at each other. And Halo does have the option to build or edit your own maps, which proves that Halo is not just a game that promotes killing things, rather it promotes creativity. The violence in Halo 3 Mythic doesn't get any worse than the option to hijack a vehicle, which is not graphic or brutal. Halo Reach and Halo 4 don't go any worse than the option to 'assassinate' your enemy, which is an animation where you use your combat knife to kill your opponent, and even that is optional. So there you have it, I hope that the recent event does not prevent people from playing Halo, because what the news said does not prove anything about Halo being any more violent than other franchises. See you later people!! Stay tuned for more in the future!