For parents who worry about what reprehensible effects those violent video games could have on kids' behaviour, new research says abhorrent acts in the virtual world could actually be pro-social in the real one, encouraging good moral choices.
Researchers from three universities worked with a total of 185 participating subjects before arriving at the shocking conclusion that carrying out evil acts in the virtual world makes players more sensitive when they put down the joystick due to feelings of guilt provoked during game play.