Survey: Videogames and Violence (for a class)

[ShadowsofHope]

1. Age: 18

2. Gender: Male

3. How often do you play videogames? Everyday I can.

4. What genres? RPG, Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi Fantasy, Final Fantasy XIII (Yes, it is it's own genre in this list. Deal with it!)

5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing) Many

6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? (ex. harming the controller)

I punch a wall occasionally or squeeze a stress ball, but that is about it.

7. Have games ever made you angry when not playing them? (ex. thinking about them affected your actions)

No.

8. Have games ever made you physically violent when not playing them? (ex. thinking of them affected your actions)

No.

9. How often do you engage in violent behavior?

I've never been in a serious physical confrontation in my life.

 

[robotam]

1) 17
2) Male
3)Daily, usually for a few hours
4) I like 'em all
5 and 6) I think when I was younger (around 10ish) I would, but I haven't really in a while. Sure annoyed, but not angry.
7) Never
8) No way
9) Are you saying that I engage in violent behavior? I will attack you up for saying that! ....kidding, never.

 

[Biosophilogical]

1. 17
2. Male
3. A few hours a day
4. Normally RPGs, though FPSs/Stategies on rare occassion
5. Frustrated? Yes. Angry? Very rarely because I normally stop once I realise I'm not enjoying it
6. No. The worst I've had is breaking a PS3 controller by stepping on it (completely accidental I swear)
7. No.
8. No.
9. Never. I'm a de-facto pacifist, for lack of a better term.

 

[BlastedTheWorm]

1. 20
2. Male
3. Can vary between hours every day to only a couple a week.
4. Shooters, fighting games, action-adventures, RPGs, RTSs...whatever tickles my fancy.
5. I suppose, but I'd put the blame on the bellend on the opposite end.
6. See 5.
7. No...
8. See 7.
9. Not very often at all.

 

[MetaKnight19]

1. Age: 21
2. Gender: Male
3. How often do you play videogames? Around 30 hours a week, if not more.
4. What genres? Pretty much anything except for Sports Sims and Real Time Strategy.
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing) Not very often.
6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? (ex. harming the controller) No.
7. Have games ever made you angry when not playing them? (ex. thinking about them affected your actions) No.
8. Have games ever made you physically violent when not playing them? (ex. thinking of them affected your actions) No.
9. How often do you engage in violent behavior? Can't remember the last time I did...I'm really quite mellow

 

[DuttyDawn]

1. 35
2. female
3. every day
4. Action/RPG/Shooters
5. Just a random curse if I die to much
6. Not since I was 9
7. No
8. No
9. Never. Once in a while I'll pound on a punching bag, but that's more for exercise.

 

[silver wolf009]

1. 15
2. Male
3. Every day
4. Shooter, RPG, Strategy
5. Yes but mostly from the community.
6. No
7.) No
8. No
9. Define please? I dont go around mugging people every once in a while if thats what your asking.

 

[Sinclair Solutions]

1. Age:
17
2. Gender:
Male
3. How often do you play videogames?
1-2 hours a week
4. What genres?
First and Third Person Shooters, Survival horror
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing)
Rarely. I have said "fuck" a few times while playing a game, but that was more frustration at a difficult puzzle or battle than anger.
6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? (ex. harming the controller)
No. Controllers cost money.
7. Have games ever made you angry when not playing them? (ex. thinking about them affected your actions)
No. Games calm my nerves to a great extent, but they do not make me angry by thinking about them.
8. Have games ever made you physically violent when not playing them? (ex. thinking of them affected your actions)
No.
9. How often do you engage in violent behavior?
Almost never. I'm too much a pussy to harm anything.

 

[Magicman10893]

1) 17
2) Male
3) About 20 hours a week
4) Shooters and RPGs mostly and Madden when it comes in season.
5) Swearing (although that is naturally me), and quit because of anger
6) Throwing controllers at my pillow
7) Not that I can recall
8) Not that I can recall
9) Fights with my friends on a daily basis and playing tackle football from spring to winter as well as practicing martial arts.

 

[Starke]

1. 28
2. Male
3. +40hr/wk
4. FPS, RPG, Action, Strategy, RTS, Driving
5. Swearing? Yes. Angry, very rarely (Usually intermittent controller issues, or the like).
6. No
7. No
8. No
9. Very rarely (4 or 5 possible incidents in the last decade, all provoked by a third party)

Thank you very much!

I would warn you, this method of data collection suffers from self selection, and insufficient population to render results with a reasonable margin of error. You may also have validity issues with 8. What 8 actually samples is individuals who view violence provoked by games as acceptable, and as such, you're probably going to have to discard the question. 5 may have validity issues if it is answered unilaterally because of variance based on social acceptability of profanity. That is to say you'd probably get a strong Pearson's R correlation off of use of profanity and nationality. 5 should probably have been broken into multiple questions, one for profanity, and one for anger, with a third non-game related profanity control question.

 

[jaketheripper]

1. Age:15
2. Gender:male
3. How often do you play videogames? 5-8 hrs a day
4. What genres?pretty much all
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing)call of duty lol
6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? (ex. harming the controller)nope
7. Have games ever made you angry when not playing them? (ex. thinking about them affected your actions)nope
8. Have games ever made you physically violent when not playing them? (ex. thinking of them affected your actions)nope
9. How often do you engage in violent behavior?eh sometimes

 

[cainx10a]

1. 24
2. M
3. according to steam 32.7 hours over 2 weeks
4. Mainly action games
5. If the game is buggy, or the difficulty is a bit too much
6. never
7. Nope
8. Nope
9. I beat my teddy bear on a weekly basis (also my lucky charm)

 

[DarthFennec]

1. Age:
19

2. Gender:
Male

3. How often do you play videogames?
Every day.

4. What genres?
Survival horror, action/adventure, platformer, sandbox, a couple others.

5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing)
Very rarely. A couple of times per year, at the most.

6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? (ex. harming the controller)
Nope.

7. Have games ever made you angry when not playing them? (ex. thinking about them affected your actions)
Nope.

8. Have games ever made you physically violent when not playing them? (ex. thinking of them affected your actions)
Nope.

9. How often do you engage in violent behavior?
I don't.

 

[Zyphonee]

1. Age: 15
2. Gender: Male
3. How often do you play videogames? In a daily basis. This can go from half an hour to a whole evening, depending on the day, my mood and the game.
4. What genres? Mostly, Adventure, Role-Playing, Horror and Action
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them?I have become frustrated and at times even caught myself becoming a little bit irritated when playing, but never irrational rage
6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? Never; my frustration induced antics are just me cussing at worst
7. Have games ever made you angry when not playing them?Games have taught me things about life in general, but if you mean reacting violently or desiring to do so, then no, never
8. Have games ever made you physically violent when not playing them? Not at all
9. How often do you engage in violent behavior? Never. In fact, I am an anti-war pacifist.

 

[Polyg0n]

1. 19
2. Male
3. Almost daily usually 1-4 hours at a time.
4. Mainly FPS, sometimes RPG's as well.
5. Some games can make me angry but I never even say anything out loud.
6. Never
7. No
8. No
9. I don't engage in violent behaviour. I've never even punched a person with a hurting intent in my mind.

 

[Triscut900]

1. 17
2. Male
3. An hour or two a day.
4. Any and all, except sports.
5. I swear, but more out of habit then anger I'd say.
6. No
7. No
8. No
9. Never, unless you count rugby.

this almost exactly
Just replace 17 with 14

 

[Sexbad]

1. 16
2. Male
3. At least 1 hour per day.
4. Shooter, adventure, horror. I enjoy lots of atmosphere, too, so often I enjoy very gritty, gory games, at least when stylized. For instance, Metro 2033 over Gears of War.
5. Yes, normally when I was faced with ridiculous pixel hunting or unfair fake difficulty, such as the final level of Perseus Mandate.
6. No.
7. No.
8. No.
9. Rarely, if at all. I'm an incredibly physically peaceful person. I, of course, enjoy arguing instead.

 

[agentironman]

1. Age: 35
2. Gender: Male
3. How often do you play videogames? 3-5 hrs a week
4. What genres? Shooters, sports, RPG, Racing
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing) yes
6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? (ex. harming the controller) no
7. Have games ever made you angry when not playing them? (ex. thinking about them affected your actions) no
8. Have games ever made you physically violent when not playing them? (ex. thinking of them affected your actions) no
9. How often do you engage in violent behavior? never

 

[ModReap]

1. 19
2. Male
3. Every day
4. It would be easier to list that I don't play sports games or horror games.
5. Yes, swearing during truly painful moments, no otherwise.
6. No.
7. No.
8. No.
9. Never unless severely provoked.

You're welcome.