“We’ll start this blog off really simply. For those of you who don’t know me – i went to columbine, i was friends with both killers and the killed, had reported the killers to the police, the cops did nothing, etc.
If you look up Brooks Brown on google, you’ll learn a lot about me.
But there is another size to me besides simply being that kid. I’m now 25, i do video work, work on computers, and dear god, i play way too many videogames. Enough that i gave up putting a weekly allowance into my budget – i didn’t budget food, and videogames really were just as important.
I’ve spent the last 6 years of my life trying to figure out why my friends brutally murdered other friends of mine and kids at school. In this process, i’ve gone through many personal changes – some good, many bad – and i’ve also gone down many avenues of thought. One of those avenues is pop culture. Granted, i was sure videogames and movies wouldn’t be a causal factor in why kids do what they do – I play violent videogames all the time, i love violent music, and i love violent movies. And i’m a taoist. I’m a pacifist. It just didn’t seem possible to me. But, i knew i had to figure it out – so i began my journey of learning exactly how videogames do effect you, and how violent imagery has an effect on the human mind.
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