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RE: Violent video games increase aggression.
May 6, 2013 at 6:23 am
I would be angry too if I had to play video games for three days straight.
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RE: Violent video games increase aggression.
May 6, 2013 at 6:38 am
(May 6, 2013 at 6:23 am)MysticKnight Wrote: (May 6, 2013 at 6:23 am)Dragonetti Wrote: I would be angry too if I had to play video games for three days straight.
The people that played non-violent video games reacted differently though.
Understood, but I cant play videos games that long... any of them!
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RE: Violent video games increase aggression.
May 6, 2013 at 6:39 am
What video games are non violent?
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RE: Violent video games increase aggression.
May 6, 2013 at 8:35 am
Huh.. I don't play that many aggressive games (though almost all I play do contain some kind of violence). For me it's therapeutic, I get to grind and kill in game so that I don't feel the need to do it IRL. I cannot read through the study atm, but does it take into consideration those with an inclination towards aggression are violent already before even playing and that those kind of games attract a certain clientele?
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RE: Violent video games increase aggression.
May 6, 2013 at 8:39 am
I guess this follows on the trend of how media turns us into mindless killing machines. I'm sure there was a time when "lurid books and stories" were the downfall of civilization, soon followed by cartoons, comics, rock music, TV, heavy metal music, TV, music videos, TV, porn magazines, TV, violent movies, TV, and TV.
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Seems to work in reverse for me. I've actually banned myself from ever buying another Fifa football game after breaking 3 controllers playing it over a month. I also go absolutely nuts when I fuck up on a Tiger Wood's game.
