Recent content by eriktheguy

F*ck yes oolong!

Oh good, now most of the page is blank white space. All that content was getting annoying...

It's a sad day when game ratings can declare homosexual content on the packaging, thus terrifying 50% of parents and ensuring that no sane publisher will allow homosexual content in their games. I would hope that most countries constitutions would prevent this, but I don't think...

Yes, usually the problem is that scientific evidence and rational thought are used by people who want to prove their answer, instead of finding the answer.

@BarberToad I think the ideas suggested in the paper were interesting. I remember a lot of people online justifying their DnD hobby to their parents saying 'at least when we're playing DnD we're not on the street doing drugs.' I hope the idea gets some study in the future from psychologists.

It's scary how much this reminds me of trying to convince people that the Earth is older than 6000 yrs.

This is not evidence that videogames don't cause violence. This paper was written by an economist, not a psychologist. This alone is not enough to dismiss his claims. However, he goes on to criticize the work of psychologists claiming that their studies do not show increased aggression over the...

Playing videogames for 50 hrs straight is putting yourself at high risk for a heart attack. You need sleep a bit more often.

Compare to the way that console sales can monopolize an IP or attempt to be anti-competitive. Obviously all consoles have their exclusive titles, but third party game exclusivity is less common. In general Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft cannot force a third party developer to make a title...