Which US states show the most interest in violent video games?


North Dakota is the state with the fewest Google searches for the most violent video games, according to the Cloudwards study. — AFP Relaxnews

Between Call Of Duty, Grand Theft Auto and Mortal Kombat, there’s no shortage of so-called “violent” video games. US research has looked at the popularity of these games in different states. The findings suggest that people in California are the most interested in violent video games.

Gamers on the West Coast of the US seem to be most interested in violent video games, according to research conducted by Cloudwards. After compiling a list of 90 of the most violent video games, the researchers analysed the corresponding search volumes on Google over the last 12 months for each state, averaged over 100,000 US citizens to take account of population differences between states.

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