A '''video game''' is any electronic game, typically (though not always) addictive and violent{{citation needed}}, which is played on a computer or console. Though bigger than [[Hollywood]], the video game industry declined in 2012 as some begin to wake up to how harmful violent video games are.<ref>http://www.nbc12.com/story/20289219/us-video-game-sales-drop-11-pct-in-november</ref>
Video games have been linked to [[Young Mass Murderers|murders by young people]] and other [[violence]], stress-induced health problems (including unexpected heart attacks), [[atheism]], [[obesity]],<ref>[http://aspe.hhs.gov/health/reports/child_obesity/ Childhood Obesity] Department of Health and Human Services, retrieved Sept 18th 2011</ref> and [[sexual immorality]]. Several prominent murderers in recent years were inspired by video games, for example.<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-316491/Teenager-gets-life-Manhunt-murder.html</ref>
{{cquote|A number of Norway stores have pulled violent video games from sale - including several Call of Duty games and World of Warcraft - in the wake of the massacre carried out by Anders Behring Breivik on July 22.}}<ref>http://www.metro.co.uk/tech/games/871121-norway-stores-pull-violent-video-games-including-call-of-duty-after-massacre#ixzz1erUdaLo5</ref>
It is common for teenagers and young adults to drop out of school or otherwise underachieve due to addiction to video games{{citation needed}}, yet the [[liberal media]] almost never criticize the gaming industry.
== Nature of Video games ==