Here are the crime rates for the US over time. You can see that the early 80s saw a drop in crime (due to economic prosperity with the trials and tribulations of the 70's, oil embargo, etc coming to a close) until the rise of the crack epidemic. And then, something miraculous happens. Video games come out and crime rates drop! Holy crap on a stick batman, correlation equals causation!

Good enough for the MSM right?

Okay, not really good enough for me either. Again, the mid 90s saw the US come out of a recession, economy booms (leading to beautification, increased social spending, etc) and the crime rates fall. However, it is a nice graph to fling about internets arguments whenever people yammer on and on about video games making children beat gerbils to death with hammers, or whatever is the story of the day.