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Violent video games increase aggression.

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Violent video games increase aggression.
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RE: Violent video games increase aggression.
August 8, 2014 at 12:44 pm
(August 8, 2014 at 12:16 pm)Rhythm Wrote: I tried to punt a chicken into a stack of crawdad traps - fucking angry birds.

Shit, kids love that. My 4 y.o nephew just loves to smash pigs with birds with a slingshot. Nothing like teaching them ballistics from an early age I guess Big Grin

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RE: Violent video games increase aggression.
August 8, 2014 at 2:40 pm
(August 8, 2014 at 11:53 am)Esquilax Wrote: I'm pretty much the reverse version of this claim: a quick perusal of my dvd and game collection will show that I do love violence and gore in my media. In real life, I'm a strict pacifist who utterly abhors any form of violence. I've never even been in a fight, never thrown a punch, certainly never felt any need to emulate my games, and I've been playing them since way before they were age appropriate for me. Tongue
Same here. If games and movies turn us into violent rage-beasts, they should give me back my money. But, uh... I won't make a fuss if they refuse. :/
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RE: Violent video games increase aggression.
August 8, 2014 at 4:13 pm
You guys should get acquainted with the ant smashing game for smartphones... such fun! Big Grin
Really makes you want to stomp the world and eat squashed babies!
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RE: Violent video games increase aggression.
August 9, 2014 at 4:42 am
(August 8, 2014 at 4:13 pm)pocaracas Wrote: Really makes you want to stomp the world and eat squashed babies!

So just like normal then?
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RE: Violent video games increase aggression.
August 9, 2014 at 5:10 am
(August 9, 2014 at 4:42 am)Insanity Wrote:
(August 8, 2014 at 4:13 pm)pocaracas Wrote: Really makes you want to stomp the world and eat squashed babies!

So just like normal then?
It's a communist/atheist creation to turn our children into baby-eating people!
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RE: Violent video games increase aggression.
August 11, 2014 at 4:53 am
I just play Starcraft. You know, because I'm literally training to defeat the rebels and maintain stability in the colonized districts.
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