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Warning: video games can make you insecure

Posted Dec 28, 2008 at 3:27AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 Tags: Volleyball, wrestling

Study: Gamers Self-Conscious To Â“ExtremeÂ” Body-Types - Image 1

A study says that playing sexy video game characters can make gamers (both guys and gals) feel insecure about their body-image.

I assume this is the same brain fart that Shigeru Miyamoto got to inspire him to make the Wii.

The study showed that after playing video game characters with "extreme" body-types (muscular men, very thin women) for only 15 minutes, gamers have a negative impact on their looks and body.

The study had guys playing WWF Wrestemania 2000, while girls played a beach volleyball game. If guys can get insecure over beefy 64-bit dudes, I'd hate to imagine what the girls were feeling (especially if they were playing Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball).

Questionable methodology aside, I find this study... how should I say this... useless. Whether or not their findings are accurate, the same argument can be said about other forms of media. Porn pretty much has the same effect.

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Oh yes I'm SOOO Jealous of the body and masculinity Kratos has. And because of this, I eat a whole bunch of cake and Ice cream while be depressed.

Oh wait, that's right, game characters aren't real and games are totally unbelievable or unrealistic as people use. So yea, with that said, game characters don't give me body issues. They're just eye Candy to go along with the in depth storylines and graphics. Then again the media also is to blame.

The only difference between porn and games is, porn actually is real in the sense of the actors with those types of body parts. The only thing real on Video Game characters are the people voicing the them.

But by all means, lets waste money on useless research that we already knew awhile ago thanks to the media. I could think of better ways to use that money, maybe a cure for aids or cancer, but of course who'd want to do that.

# hmm? — kaizoku 2008-12-28 20:33

aids is a problem? can we do more research on game facial gestures and what they mean? thanks! keep up the good work researchers! lol jk haha

# YEAh — PT-X 2008-12-29 00:09

Exactly!!!

agreed with u

# Because... — UltimaXIX 2008-12-29 01:07

Psychology and medicine are two seperate things.

# solution — EmilioB 2008-12-29 01:37

A simple solution to all of this *****,

look after yourself. (:

because never ever have i actually felt insecure when im playing games, personally im only young, but i have the build and body of a runner, (well because i am one)

but even when i was younger, i never even thought of saying "wow, i want muscles like that".

hmmm.

(:

xx

# haha — reeferandsumbud 2008-12-29 02:57

"Porn pretty much has the same effect."

true. lol

# Actually — jacobian91 2008-12-29 04:21

Porn stars aren't that real either.

I can't wait to see what these "researchers" say about fat princess.

"Fat Princess causes increase in national obesity percentage!!!"

lol

# People are actually paid to study this? — PimpFriedRice 2008-12-29 05:30

Definitely more anti-video game propaganda here. Anything with hot women or muscular men will make the viewer insecure if it's something they want to be but aren't. Pornography videos and magazines, women's magazines like Cosmopolitan, and other similar media are probably among the top.

# . — solidus4prez 2008-12-29 06:14

Seeing Old Snake made me feel insecure about how young I am.

That and he never got to bone Naomi.

# All porn ever did was make my... — Relys 2008-12-29 08:57

8+D go to 8++++++++++++++ ++++D

# Six-Pack and Big Titted Gamers? — sesa 2008-12-29 13:42

So according to study, because of those insecurities then most gamers have near-perfect bodies whether it's because frequent visits to gym, anorexia or Lypo.

Am I right?

# i think he has a point — yoshi314 2008-12-29 22:15

it's just that it does not apply to everyone. some people try to identify with their game/tv/movie idols too much and get disappointed when they compare movie reality to real life.

if you take games too seriously you might get into various complexes. same goes for girls(/guys?) who try to be as beautiful as photoshopped models in commercials/magazines.

that's what advertising has been doing to us for a while - selling us delusions, which we slowly started to take for granted.

# porn — Navani 2008-12-31 08:12

I just want to know what those guys eat to have *****s that scary.

# ok, are we done? — Dorkus-1983 2009-01-01 08:54

seems a lot of people here seem insecure about their body image, this jump was supposed to be dead since last week, its still on the top ten jumps.

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