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Violent video games make you aggressive |
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GTA anyone? According to a study conducted in the United States and Japan, violent games make you aggressive. If you've been itching to pound your roomies for squeezing the toothpaste the wrong way, the you should probably lay off Gears of War.The study used three samples of students with varying age ranges: 9-12 years; 12- 15; and 13-18. All groups have mixed genders. It was found that those who played violent video games showed signs of increased aggression while the others remained in control. It was even found that the results of the study were consistent between different cultures.
So if you're sitting there disagreeing with everything that the study says and swearing you'll square off to prove who's right, then you might want to read up it again. Who knows? Maybe skipping those excess hours of blood and gore may actually help your social life.
The full report of the study is published on the November 5, 2008 issue of Pediatrics Journal. You can check it out via the source link below.
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Also the gender thing is a bit stupid. Females are generally less aggressive, and generally play less aggressive games an more games like the Sims. That would skew results.
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So, yeah...
It's all cause they're venting, not because of the games...
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Which makes the whole study completely senseless.
I take a Game, Rated AO and give it to a 9 year old. Ohhh... it has negative effects on him. How surprising.
Thats acactly why they have this rating!
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2. There is no control for initial level of aggression.
3. There was no check on how LONG the aggression lasted after playing the games.
Fail.
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I personally know two young men who play WoW and online shooters regularly. Both swear, yell at and cut down their, who I suppose to be online friends, while playing. I've heard both talk back to their parents on several occasions in ways I wouldn't dare.
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No, Violent games dont make you violent. I for one am living proof.
I use to be a very angry, violent person then I get a PC and started playing violent games and now I'm a completely changed person. I'm nice and polite and now I'd rather help someone than hit them.
I get more annoyed at these so called studies than I do when I get killed in GOW2.
My favorite game is Manhunt 2. I laugh at that as its so funny. Also I can do more in that game than I will ever do in real life. I'd also rather do it in the game as I dont have to worry about going to jail or getting shot myself.
Next study should be with real people not these BS artists like they have now.
I am more affected by violent movies than I am at any game as "ITS A GAME" and NOT real life where a movie does look like real life and is a hell of a lot more violent than any game.
Why do you think there isnt a Saw or Hostel game? The movie is too violent. You cannot compare Hostel to GTA as GTA is a disney movie compared to Hostel. Even Manhunt isnt in the league as Saw and Hostel. There are a lot more violent movies out there but I chose those 2 as an example...
I'll end my rant here. Games need a R18+ rating as here in Aus 70% of gamers are over 30...
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The only way to prove if violent videogames make you aggressive would be to take a person who doesn't play violent videogames and measure their level of aggressiveness, then introduce them to violent videogames and after a period of time, measure their level of aggressiveness again.
Don't go making wild claims when your conclussion is irrelevent to your testing process.
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I'm assuming you're probably from the U.K. (that's about all that reads QJ... U.K. and U.S.A.) we hear you guys have bad teeth, are incredibly snobby and sit around drinking tea all day... If you're from somewhere else, let me know and I'll throw some more stereotypes at you and you can see how ridiculous they sound as well.
My point is, take what you hear with a grain of salt.
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except for once a month ;)
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*If you don't know who I'm talking about, it's the first person who comes into your head when you think "retarded, disbarred, lawyer"
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i remember i sometimes felt like smashing a chair against a wall, after one of those:
- numerous failed attempts at more arcade parts of god of war2 (ok, so it's a violent game),
- repeated failed attempts of trying to get ultimate weapons in ff12 (this game is awfully luck-based, and chance to obtain some items can get as low as 0.01%) (ok, this game is a bit violent)
- card game in final fantasy 8 (ff8 is violent, the card game is not).
- amplitude/frequency - game doesn't seem violent at all.
- patapon (mission where you have to rescue the priestess. i never finished it. well, at least not yet) - ok, it might be a bit violent.
- attempts to get gold medals in gran turismo 3/4 licence tests.
ok, some of those are not things casual gamer would do, i admit.
i never took out my frustration on anybody. when i get frustrated i just turn the game off and got on the bike/listen to the music to let out some steam.
then again, 80s games were way more difficult. how come people didn't get pissed repeatedly losing at them?
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Now one thing not explains was the rating of these games. When they say violent are they talking about M rated games? Games that kids in this age range generally should not be playing? (Yes I know it said all the way up to age 18, but it also included 9 to 16 and a majority of those kids shouldn't be playing an M rated game.) Perform these tests on gamers 17 to 30 years of age and then tell me about them. The games were made for that audience, how do they react? I think you'll find that in most cases their level of enjoyment is what increased, not their level of aggression.
Then flip it, find out how kids 9 to 16 react to "kiddie" games and measure their aggressions levels. Then do the same thing thing for 17 to 30 year olds and see if Pokemon makes the older gamers more violent. lol
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Could not make the jumps on the mountain side and after 30 attempts of waiting to reload I finally smashed the controller. Literally smashed. I threw it on the floor and stamped on it........ Childish I know but my point is that sometimes a game can be infuriating due to frustration and I have this more often with the non violent games than I do with a straightforward blast and shoot with blood and gore.
Test are often distorted.
Frustration does not = Anger
to be irritated does not = to be violent
A violent character will almost always lean toward a violent game but a violent game doe not mean we become violent people.
nuff said.
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In a test situation I am sure my stress levels due to Frustration at not making a correct move or jump could be construed as Anger levels. However Stress does not + Anger
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anyway YES I TOTALLY AGREE VIOLENT GAMES MAKE YOU AGGRESSIVE,
but i also believe that ALL VIDEO GAMES MAKE YOU AGGRESSIVE, or should i say can
video games, are competitive especially online ones, you keep trying to beat something and you get asgitated
however personally, it goes away after putting the game down, for some people it doest,
however can crime be blamed on video games, its like blaming drink for crimes, it doesnt matter you still make that choice to do a crime, some spontaneous crime i guess can be caused by aggression, but can all that aggression be blamed on one thing, certainly not
also repeat offenders, cant be blamed on videogames, if you have a problem you get it sorted, its like going to AA
if videogames make you violent its up to you to ensure you dont play them, otherwise your liable.
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ISOHaven you just made my day.
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"The study used three samples of students with varying age ranges: 9-12 years; 12- 15; and 13-18."
well duh, of course! those age groups are either a) so young that they're impressionable (9-12years), and b) are undergoing adolescence (12-18years) which has always been proven by many other studies in the past where kids undergo that "angsty" phase.
this new study is bunk. shoving violent videogames to impressionable or angsty sample sets and to call that conclusive evidence is FAIL.
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I'M GOING TO PUSH YOU ALL INTO WOODCHIPPERS!
I HOPE THE PEOPLE THAT PUBLISHED THIS STUDY DIE!
Now, where's my Man-Hunt game?
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But that's just it. It isn't just games. Movies, music, books... They all have their own uplifting, depressing, aggravating genres and messages. Media helps birth, spur and control our emotions as much as a song can make you cry, or a documentary can make you feel angry or enlightened.
Gah. The list goes on. I'm saying that a violent game can make someone violent, I'm also saying that a game can also calm the player too.
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The study also has no merit in that NO study has religiously followed it's test subjects for their 20+ year life. Nor does the study quantify the "TRUE" home life of the children.
Folks, again, I have personally been a student and representative of this theory about violence begetting violence horse****. IT DOES NOT HAPPEN. Period. There is no argument.
New parents as a whole are scared completely ****less to n'th degree as to whether or not they are going to **** their kids up for life. All this study does is promote another bull**** excuse for parents to blame something other than themselves for their child's demonic behavior.
Get the **** over it!!! ALL parents will **** their kids heads up WAY more than any movie or game. Children ALONE cause more violence and mental anguish than any of the entertainment mediums COMBINED.
Unless we are willing to completely forfeit several children to 24/7 observation, with each child in a separate control situation, till the age of 18 - the quantitative information will NEVER be fully proven.
The ONLY quantitative (that means proven beyond a doubt and backed with legitimate, indisputable, scientific findings) proof that violence has an effect on someone is those individuals that come back from combat. PERIOD. This is not open for debate!!! It is so documented that you can find this out in a hotel bible.
The effect? A complete isolation of the victim and TOTAL AVERSION to violence in all its forms.
THAT is the TRUE result of exposure to violence.
Ass sucking egg heads who are praying off the fears of parents... Prove me wrong.
The Lord has spoken... (my name morons, not the bible thumping alliteration...)
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