Ahead of a meeting between Vice President Joseph Biden and video game makers, one of the trade organizations representing game developers put out a statement today saying it "does not seek to impede more scientific study about our members' products."
In a letter to Biden the International Game Developers Association's Daniel Greenberg wrote that the organization would "welcome more evidence-based research into the effects of our work to add to the large body of existing scientific literature that clearly shows no causal link between video game violence and real violence."
Greenberg also urged Biden to look at the positive effects of game playing. "Instead of simply trying to find negative effects, we ask that any new research explore the benefits of violent video games, too."
The vice president heads a commission charged by President Obama to come up with recommendations to stem gun violence. His report is due by the end of the month.
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