It’s been a question experts, parents and politicians have stewed over since video games were born in the late 1950’s. "There’s very little evidence that violent video games cause violent behavior," he said. She agrees with Dr. Nelson and says that violent video games have no correlation to real-world violence. "The prevailing research shows that, at most, frustration can be the result of playing violent video games, sometimes. Dan Patrick linked violent video games to the 2019 El Paso mass shooting.