No strong link between violent video games and aggression?

Unknown Neo

Yeah of course not but this study http://www.physorg.com/news5758.html deals in online games but we so all know it's the same with all games don't we.

RikkusRukkus · Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 6:39 pm Post subject:

In two weeks, a report will come out that will state the exact opposite. :< The "it has no effect"-reports are not what the average parent wants to hear.
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**Core** · Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 8:18 pm Post subject:

Some parents and groups need something to blame, and video games are one of them. Just a fact that people rather blame anyone other then themselves for a problem in their lives.
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Shadow.EXE · Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 8:23 pm Post subject:

I think there's no good link between violent games and agression. You see, if a kid that sits down and plays a violent game and has a hard time telling the difference between real life and fantasy, he'll probably become more agressive in real life. But, if a kid that sits down to play a violent game has a good sense of what's right and wrong, he won't become agressive nearly as easy. Take the Grand Theft Auto games for example. The kids that shot people in real life said they were influenced by the games, which means they thought that if you could shoot a person in a game, it would be okay to shoot a person in real life. Which is wrong. Also, parents need to take a role in this. If their kid is, say, 13 years old, and he wants GTA: San Andreas, the parents must look at the ESRB rating to see if it's okay for the child to buy it.

Unknown Neo · Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 1:42 pm Post subject:

And that ladies and gentlemen is the entire point.

Kupo.EXE · Darkloid Joined: 24 May 2005 Posts: 537

It doesn't matter what you think, your parents just want you to stop playing video games, so by letting you only play E games means you play alot less. This is my opinion feel free to counter it.

Pitchums · Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 2:36 pm Post subject:

It's all really a matter of people escaping the blame when it comes to this bogus pile of crap. Kids will blame video games for something because while it won't entirely get them outta trouble, at least it'll cover their whiny little asses a little. Then Parents will eat that up and spread it all over, as though video game ratings are something NEW(when in reality they've been around since the old Sega vs Nintendo days, if not before then(they came about in like 94 or something, right?)). And this is of course because the parents in question are more scared to be wrong than their children are.

The conclusion: People who believe that Video Games have negative effects on children or on themselves are dumbasses. Let's laugh at them. Laughing

Of course, in my most humble opinion, all the excess violence in today's video games is as much bs as the studies are but that's another story for another topic.
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AngelfanA16 · Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 12:45 pm Post subject:

Parents just blame it on video games because most parents hate video games, and that's what they want to get rid of.
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Unknown Neo · Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:43 pm Post subject:

They have also hated rock music and comic books so pointless hate of things just keeps going.

CrossFusionStarman · Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 3:55 pm Post subject:

Luckily there are some parents who don't do that. Mine don't, at least. no, they blame comedy central instead Razz

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