Survey: Videogames and Violence (for a class)

[sinsfire]

1. 31
2. Male
3. 3-4 days per week, a few hours per day
4. fantasy, role playing, action adventure, platformer
5. occasionally I get frustrated at difficult sections but I have yet to throw/break a controller or injure myself, others, or my property
6. see above ie no
7. again, sometimes i get frustrated and that has carried with me for a bit, but it has never to my knowledge affected my real life
8. no
9. other then a little wrestling with my wife and frustration at clients (usually involves throwing a pen or shooting a rubber band) then never

good luck with your project

 

[TheMadTypist]

1. Age: 19
2. Gender: Male
3. How often do you play videogames?
4-6 hours a week
4. What genres?
RPG, RTS, FPS, (all subsets) preferably with Sci-Fi or Fantasy setting.
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. Reload, start again, make 'em suffer for it. Or walk away/play something else.
7. Have games ever made you angry when not playing them? (ex. thinking about them affected your actions)
Nah. thinking about certain people can sometimes, but games, never.
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. Unless you count in-game behavior. I tend to just start spewing things along the lines of "Incompetent, brainless, useless" when I get really angry. Not in chat though, just to myself.

 

[General Torg]

1)21
2)Male
3)30 hours a week
4)Shooting, Strategy, Racing, RTS, Simulation.
5)All of the above
6)When I was younger
7)When I was younger, not as extreme as #5
8)No
9)Hardly ever.

 

[Ignatz_Zwakh]

1. Age: 20

2. Gender: Male

3. How often do you play videogames?: Usually at least an hour a day.

4. What genres: Rpg's, Fps', Fighting games, Beat-em up's, adevnture games...a variety really.

5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them?: Oh boy, you better believe it. A good example was fighting Dullahan in Golden Sun 2, I actually freaked out and bit my GBA SP at one point.

6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them?: See above answer.

7. Have games ever made you angry when not playing them?: Not really per se. I mean, I've spent a moment or two feeling frustrated after some particular ordeals, but I usually turn this frustration into creative thinking regarding why I lost and whatnot.

8. Have games ever made you physically violent when not playing them?: Not that I can recall.

9. How often do you engage in violent behavior?: Rarely. I don't necessarily pursue violence IRL.

 

[zehydra]

1. Age:
20
2. Gender:
Male
3. How often do you play videogames?
Around 4 hours a day, if I have no work. Sometimes less than half an hour.
4. What genres?
FPS's, RPG's, Sandboxes
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing)
Only a few, and that was because opponents hacking/cheating online
6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? (ex. harming the controller)
not at all.
7. Have games ever made you angry when not playing them? (ex. thinking about them affected your actions)
not at all.
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?
very very rarely.

 

[Makon]

1. Age: 20
2. Gender: Male
3. How often do you play videogames? Couple hours every day.
4. What genres? Action and Adventure games, Shooters, and Strategy games mostly, some racers in there.
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing) Some swearing, but otherwise no.
6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? (ex. harming the controller) No, never.
7. Have games ever made you angry when not playing them? (ex. thinking about them affected your actions) Not once, ever. I use this time for recreational, productive things.
8. Have games ever made you physically violent when not playing them? (ex. thinking of them affected your actions) Again, not once. Never.
9. How often do you engage in violent behavior? Very rarely. I believe that the proper application of violence can disarm some scenarios, but only as a last resort.

Hope that helps ya.

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

1. Age: 16
2. Gender: Male
3. How often do you play videogames? Every day
4. What genres? All
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? Of course
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? Almost never

 

[infohippie]

1. Age:
34
2. Gender:
Male
3. How often do you play videogames?
Pretty much daily for several hours at a time
4. What genres?
RPGs mostly; sometimes Flight sims, FPS, puzzle games, anything a little bit weird and quirky
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing)
To some degree, usually when an NPC has just pulled some shenanigans move or I've died in the exact same spot FOR THE HUNDREDTH GODDAMN TIME!
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 fight with sword, dagger and kama as a sport, does that count? Otherwise never.

 

[cannot_aim]

1. Age:

19

2. Gender:

male

3. How often do you play videogames?

every day

4. What genres?

rpg, rts, fps, tbs, tps, action-adventure, platformers

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

swearing often, everything else almost never

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

maybe once or twice

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

 

[Eliam_Dar]

1. Age: 30
2. Gender: Male
3. How often do you play videogames? around 1-2 hours a day
4. What genres? RPGs, RTS, Adventure
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? Yes, specially MP games, when kids play.
6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? Nope
7. Have games ever made you angry when not playing them? nope, once I finish playing it is in the past
8. Have games ever made you physically violent when not playing them? Nope
9. How often do you engage in violent behavior? When I was younger I trained Full Contact, black belt, but lately, never.

 

[Crow T. Robot]

Age: 20

Gender: M

How often do you play videogames?
Once a day, generally. Ranging from half an hour to about 15 hours if school and work allows.

What genres?
FPS, Strategy, Racing (Arcade and Simulation), Action/Adventure, RPG's, JRPG's, Music/Rhythm, Fighting

Have games ever made you angry when playing them?
Legitimately angry, kinda rarely. When it happens, it's from getting obliterated online. If I get fed up with it, I finish out the round and quit. Swearing come solely from Mario Kart, but that's just getting caught up in the moment.

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

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

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

How often do you engage in violent behavior?
Never.

 

[Nicarus]

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. 24
2. Male
3. Whenever I know I'm not busy.
4. Quite a few
5. Definitely (especially when I played Halo 3)
6. Again, when playing Halo 3
7. Nah. I feel better getting away from the rage.
8. Nope
9. I'm not all that violent.

Mainly it's just a lot of frustration, not really outright killer rage. I've been pwned every which way PvPing on WoW, and I don't get angry as I did playing Halo 3 online.

 

[velcrokidneyz]

1. Age: 21

2. Gender: Male

3. How often do you play videogames? 15 or so hrs a week

4. What genres? FPS, RTS, Puzzle, Racing, Fighting

5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing) Yes :3

6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? (ex. harming the controller) haha yes, i am like a woodchipper but with 360 controllers, im better about it now

7. Have games ever made you angry when not playing them? (ex. thinking about them affected your actions) no, maybe if im playing with friends and we hang out later i might tease but no

8. Have games ever made you physically violent when not playing them? (ex. thinking of them affected your actions)
no, the game is a game

9. How often do you engage in violent behavior?
almost never

 

[AstylahAthrys]

1. Age: 18
2. Gender: Female
3. How often do you play videogames? 4-5 days a week
4. What genres? RPG, FPS, Music, Action
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing) Sometimes I swear, but not that angrily.
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

Happy to help

 

[havass]

1. Age:
16
2. Gender:
Male
3. How often do you play videogames?
Every day nowadays, since it's my holidays and I just finished my GCEs. Time is what I have.
4. What genres?
Everything, actually. Platformers, Racing, RPGs, Fighting, Shooters, etc. Mostly Action-Adventure.
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing)
Rage quit only when my teammates are idiots, my team is severely outnumbered, or the other side is hacking. Apart from that..only the occasional curse when I do something stupid that I otherwise could have avoided.
6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? (ex. harming the controller)
Ah..nope. Not that I can recall. I'm not a very violent person, even though I spend most of my time playing rather violent games. Irony, no?
7. Have games ever made you angry when not playing them? (ex. thinking about them affected your actions)
Nada. I do sometimes curse again when recounting it to my friends though, but that doesn't make me angry.
8. Have games ever made you physically violent when not playing them? (ex. thinking of them affected your actions)
Zilch.
9. How often do you engage in violent behavior?
When the situation calls for it, ie. Telling idiots to go away. And using progressively more colourful words if they don't. Actual physical violence, on the other hand..almost never.

Thank you very much!
Benvenuti. *bows*

 

[WanderingFool]

1. Age: 22
2. Gender: Male
3. How often do you play videogames? 2-3 hours every few days.
4. What genres? All kinds, recently FPS
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? More than I would admit online... Nah, hardle ever, mostly never.

 

[MoD1212]

1. 22
2. Male
3. Usually once a day up to from 1 to 4 hours
4. RPGs, Fighters, action adventure, puzzle and tower defense
5. I curse at everything that pisses me off including losings in video games
6. I haven't thrown a controller since i was like 10
7. No
8. No
9. rarely ever

 

[Arkhangelsk]

1. 16
2. Male
3. Used to play several hours a day, now plays ten hours a week maybe. More if I buy new games.
4. All genres, from shooters to puzzle games to horror to JRPG's to RTS. Although I don't play western RPG's.
5. Yes, a little.
6. When I was a kid, yes, I would throw the cartridges against the wall. Not as of late though.
7. No.
8. No.
9. Never