Poll: Video Games and Violence WTF
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Saying video games cause violence is like saying using a knife in everyday life will cause you too chop off your own fingers. (I'm probably going to get flamed for this 
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Sure, it happens, but only an extremely small fraction of the time, so small that it is barely noticeable.
EDIT: And those who do use violence because of video games were probably already lunatics to start with.
)Sure, it happens, but only an extremely small fraction of the time, so small that it is barely noticeable.
EDIT: And those who do use violence because of video games were probably already lunatics to start with.
which games are considered violent most seem to be war based FPS's and yet nobody claims that military training should be abbolished because of an increase of aggression upon leave from the miltary.
Well the poll is in a forum for gamers, so the answer is probably going to be biased to 'no'. Those who answered yes is probably trying to be scientifically correct (i.e. media influences us bit by bit, so yes, games do influence us).
It doesn't take more than one lunatic to say that he did something bad because he saw it in a video game before the media watchdogs jump all over it like a starving pack of hyenas on a dead horse.
THEN the public thinks games create violent behavior. As some posters had said: video games are the new rock music and D&D.
I'm actually quite interested in what will be the next scapegoat in 30 - 40 years.....heck make that 10 years.
EDIT: OK I just read the paper that was linked. The theory part says:
1. Aggressive thoughts increase, which in turn increase the likelihood that a mild or ambiguous provocation will be interpreted in a hostile fashion. 2. Aggressive affect increases. 3. General arousal (e.g., heart rate) increases, which tends to increase the dominant behavioral tendency. 4. Direct imitation of recently observed aggressive behaviors sometimes occurs.
If what they say is true, won't competitive contact sports be EXACTLY like violent video games? "My son got into a bar fight because he's been playing American football/practicing karate/boxing."
It doesn't take more than one lunatic to say that he did something bad because he saw it in a video game before the media watchdogs jump all over it like a starving pack of hyenas on a dead horse.
THEN the public thinks games create violent behavior. As some posters had said: video games are the new rock music and D&D.
I'm actually quite interested in what will be the next scapegoat in 30 - 40 years.....heck make that 10 years.
EDIT: OK I just read the paper that was linked. The theory part says:
1. Aggressive thoughts increase, which in turn increase the likelihood that a mild or ambiguous provocation will be interpreted in a hostile fashion. 2. Aggressive affect increases. 3. General arousal (e.g., heart rate) increases, which tends to increase the dominant behavioral tendency. 4. Direct imitation of recently observed aggressive behaviors sometimes occurs.
If what they say is true, won't competitive contact sports be EXACTLY like violent video games? "My son got into a bar fight because he's been playing American football/practicing karate/boxing."
Going from my personal experiance, no, games have never made me or anyone I know violent.
IMO, games can never be more than a catalyst. The sort of sick freaks who shoot up their parents because they have to come off for dinner were probably going to lose it later in life anyway. If you get 'em young, they're easier to treat.
IMO, games can never be more than a catalyst. The sort of sick freaks who shoot up their parents because they have to come off for dinner were probably going to lose it later in life anyway. If you get 'em young, they're easier to treat.
Someone might have already said this but, I think video games can only make people blind to the difference of what real violence is and what fake violence is, and I think that most people just want to pin violence down to one area, how come I havent seen anyone blame violence on movies? Movies are usually more violent and have more gore than games at the MA15+ rating (Australia) yet there are R18 movies and no R18 games, that just makes no freaking sense.
