Survey: Videogames and Violence (for a class)

[SideburnsPuppy]

1. Age: 15
2. Gender: Male
3. How often do you play videogames? Very often. Probably eight to ten hours a week or more.
4. What genres? JRPGs and Action/Adventures (e.g. Jak and Daxter, Ratchet and Clank), mostly.
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? I'm more prone to anger than most I guess, but I can keep myself in check pretty well.

 

[duktapeman90]

1. 20
2. Male
3. More than I probably should
4. RPG, FPS, Action/Adventure... I don't really play by genre
5. Rage quit: No, Swearing: Fuck yeah
6. Occasionally I'll bruise my knuckles punching my monitor if something really B.S.-y happens (like crappy controls or something)
7. No
8. No
9. Not very often and if I do I'm usually just messing around

 

[Squirrel1328]

1. 16
2. Male
3. 10 - 12 hours a week
4. FPS, Sports, Stealth
5. Yes, Swearing
6. No
7. No
8. No
9. Only when someone starts it, not that often

 

[TheWwwizard]

1. Age: 19
2. Gender: Male
3. How often do you play videogames?At least once a day.
4. What genres? I'll play almost anything it just depends weather or not I find it fun.
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing) Most of the time when I get pissed at a game I turn it off.
6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? (ex. harming the controller) I kicked my PS2 once because of a stupid hard boss fight. (Broke the game but not the PS2, and I freggin loved that game.)
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? Last time I got into anything violent was at least three years ago, if not more. (As little as possible)

 

[Tim_Buoy]

19
male
dependent on amount of free time usually 10-15 hours a week
rpg fps rts mmo beat em up fighters action adventure simulation mostly all of them
yes but never to a large degree
no
no
no
considering that i practice different forms of martial arts mostly 6-7 times a week

 

[swolf]

1. 24
2. M
3. Eh...that varies wildly. Sometimes 4 hrs a day...other days none. I got a wife, kid (she recently turned a year old), a job and other hobbies Just look at my avatar...cute, huh?
4. RPG or FPS mostly
5. Swearing (though I am not angry...it just...relaxes me. Not online btw)
6. No
7. No...the only affect on my actions would humming a song ex. Mario or (recently started) carving the characters
8. No
9. Rarely...like 1 every 3-4 years and that has been in defense of myself or someone else. I'm rather calm. EDIT: Oh...wow, we're not a bunch of psychos being trained to harm /sarcasm...go figure.

 

[ninjajoeman]

1. Age:
17
2. Gender:
male
3. How often do you play videogames?
1-2 hours a day
4. What genres?
fps,sandbox,rpg,rts
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing)
It wasn't the game itself but the computer that would minimize the game. so kinda? *was 12*
6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? (ex. harming the controller)
same thing basically except I would punch the wall. *again 12*
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)
I can honestly say no which is surprising for me.
9. How often do you engage in violent behavior?
maybe once a year if roughhousing but other wise never.

 

[Zedayen]

1. Age:25
2. Gender: Male
3. How often do you play videogames? Every other day
4. What genres? Anything I can get into?
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing) Games, yes, people, no.
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? Excluding roughhousing with friends, rarely to not at all.

 

[Mr. Eff_v1legacy]

1. Age: 19
2. Gender: Male
3. How often do you play videogames? 10-20 hours a week.
4. What genres? Survival horror, RTS, first person shooters.
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? Yes.
6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? Yes.
7. Have games ever made you angry when not playing them? No.
8. Have games ever made you physically violent when not playing them? No.
9. How often do you engage in violent behavior? Once or twice a week. Never towards people.

 

[Josdeb]

1. Age: 17
2. Gender: Male
3. Once a day
4. JRPG/RPG, 3rd Person shooters, Pokemon, Platformers

5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing)
Sometimes, but not seriously (Like, "Damn, I fell off again! Crap!" not "ARGGGGGGHHHH ********")
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

 

[kickyourass]

1. Age: 18

2. Gender: Male

3. How often do you play videogames?
Fairly regularly (A bit less so at the moment since my Xbox died on me)

4. What genres?
For the most part I enjoy any genre except for auto racing, and sports titles

5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing)
Sometimes, but only when I think they're being unreasonably difficult

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

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, unless you count arguing with siblings, then fairly often.

Thank you very much!
Glad I could be of sevice.

 

[Agathore]

1. 19
2. Male
3. 4-10 Hours a day
4. Shooter's, Survival Horror, RPG, JRPG, Sandbox, Hack-and-Slash, Stealth, Fighter's
5. Yes
6. Yes
7. No
8. No
9. Not vary often

 

[Snotnarok]

1. Age: 24
2. Gender: Male
3. How often do you play videogames? Often, varying amounts per day. (even on the toilet, better than a magazine.)
4. What genres? FPS, RPG, Racing, Platforming, action adventure
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? Yes
6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? No
7. Have games ever made you angry when not playing them? No
8. Have games ever made you physically violent when not playing them? No
9. How often do you engage in violent behavior? Haven't been in a fight since middle school.

 

[Skitty_McFluffernut]

1. Age 23
2. Gender Female
3. I'm a seasonal gamer, law school only allows me 1 or 2 a week, in the summer I can rack up 4 or 5 hours a day
4. FPS, Action Adventure, puzzle/strategy, survival horror
5. Yes, I'm a sore loser
6. Only to the controller, and only every once in a while
7. Nope
8. Nope
9. Never
I researched this as an undergrad. The best predictors of violent behavior have to do with socio-economic status, relationship to parents, and peer groups. Its an interesting thing to study. Enjoy.

 

[mklnjbh]

1. Age:
18
2. Gender:
Male
3. How often do you play videogames?
About 5-20 hours a week, depending on circumstances.
4. What genres?
FPS, RPG, RTS, Fighting, Stealth
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing)
Yes. Often, in fact just swore while playing an hour ago
6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? (ex. harming the controller)
Yes. Punched a wall a week ago, but uncommon.
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?
Very rarely. I can't remember the last time I struck someone.

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

1. Age: 20

2. Gender: Male

3. How often do you play videogames?

As often as possible, which generally boils down to two or three short sessions a week -- maybe five hours a week in total. College is not conducive to gaming. Even when I'm not taking classes, I don't spend too much time playing -- maybe 10 hours a week, if I have absolutely nothing important to do.

4. What genres?

Mostly FPS, but I also play RPGs, platformers, flight sims, and basically whatever else catches my fancy. The only genre I really don't like is RTS, but I happen to love TBS games, and if I were to play an RTS that fixed the problems that I've had with the genre since playing Warcraft II, I would probably reconsider my stance on that genre as well.

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

Only once, while playing I Wanna Be the Guy. I couldn't get past the third screen, and it was frustrating enough that I wound up quitting, because at that point I obviously wasn't enjoying myself.


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

No, never. As a matter of fact, it always annoys me when I see people throwing their controllers because they aren't doing well at a game. Those suckers are expensive, not to mention fragile.

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

No, and I'd be surprised if that was true of anyone.

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

No, and I'd be shocked if this was true of anyone, unless we're talking about, say, a person robbing a game shop because the inventory was valuable.

9. How often do you engage in violent behavior?

For all intents and purposes, never. I'm not exactly a pacifist, but I managed to make it through school without getting in a single fight; I'm not a violent person.

 

[Jekken6]

1. Age:
1. Age
2. Gender:
3. How often do you play videogames?
4. What genres?
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing)
6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? (ex. harming the controller)
7. Have games ever made you angry when not playing them? (ex. thinking about them affected your actions)
8. Have games ever made you physically violent when not playing them? (ex. thinking of them affected your actions)
9. How often do you engage in violent behavior?

Thank you very much!

1. 14
2. Male
3.Lots, according to steam, 20 hours in the past 2 weeks
4. RPG, FPS, RTS, Action Adventure, etc.
5. Definitely, mostly on games like CoD: WaW on Veteran and many mp games
6. Used to, but not much anymore
7. Only angry when people say MW2 is best game ever, wii version better for games, things of that nature, simply because it is untrue.
8. Not really
9. Not alot, this is discounting martial arts training and joking around with friends

 

[Captain Epic]

1.14
2.male
3.around an hour more or less, depending on what I'm doing that day.
4.shooters, 1st and 3rd person, sandbox, action-adventure.
5.very foul laguage sometimes.
6.I've thrown the controller a couple times on rare occasions and broke a DS in half once.
7.no
8.no
9.Only in self-defence.

 

[LooK iTz Jinjo]

1. 19
2. Male
3. Lots, 30+ hours a week, depends on work, friends, money etc.
4. RPG's, Shooters, JRPG's, Sports, Action/Adventure, Music/Rhythm (e.g Guitar Hero), Survival Horror.
5. Yes, though generally during online shooter (Gears, Cod, Halo etc)
6. I may throw my controller to the floor in frustration (maybe anger?) but never caused any damage.
7. No, Never.
8. No.
9. Rarely if ever, generally during sports. I use fairly colourful language on a regular basis though.

 

[ikey]

1. Age:
15

2. Gender:
Male

3. How often do you play videogames?
Several hours, only over weekends.

4. What genres?
fps, rpg, sandbox, and most everything else.

5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing)
Very often, and very much so. (MW2)

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)
They (as in MW2) do make me more morose afterwards, but it doesn't really affect my decision making.

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

9. How often do you engage in violent behavior?
Never. I'm a very mellow person, although you would think the opposite if you only ever saw me playing games. In the game, I'm a sadistic psycho, although I do let people live If it will be fortuitous for me.

Fallout: New Vegas:
I was very happy when I found out that the Silver Rush leaves all their weapons on display for me to carry off to a dark corner and steal. They were also polite enough to leave all their personal ammo and weapons behind locked doors that I could pick.