There are plenty of awesome popular video games that don’t feature guns. Skyrim, for one. Non-lethal violence? The Thief franchise is a wonderful example — one of the most heart-stopping thrill-rides I’ve ever encountered: guards are dispatched with a thunk to the head that will leave them with nothing worse than a headache in the morning. (They even wake up mid-game and alert their colleagues to add even more tension to the situation.)

As to the comments about a link between video games and real-life violence, The Economist debunked this back in 2005.