Videogames Really Are Linked to Violence 204
ahoehn writes "Amanda Schaffer has written a refreshingly balanced piece about the connection between video games and violence. Instead of regurgitating the typical reactionary voices in this debate, she looks at what scientific studies suggest about the issue. From the article: 'Pathological acts of course have multiple, complex causes and are terribly hard to predict. And clearly, millions of people play Counter-Strike, Halo, and Doom and never commit crimes. But the subtler question is whether exposure to video-game violence is one risk factor for increased aggression: Is it associated with shifts in attitudes or responses that may predispose kids to act out? A large body of evidence suggests that this may be so ... Given this, it makes sense to be specific about which games may be linked to harmful effects and which to neutral or good ones. Better research is also needed to understand whether some kids are more vulnerable to video-game violence, and how exposure interacts with other risk factors for aggression like poverty, psychological disorders, and a history of abuse.'"
maybe violent people like violent video games (Score:5, Funny)
In other news, my butt is linked to my nose (Score:5, Funny)
with the fantastically loose relation-establishing logic of this article, correlation between snooker, billards and 3-pool and violence can be established too. But, we then need to discern which of these billards game types are a major factor in committing violent crimes.
Re:In other news, my butt is linked to my nose (Score:5, Funny)
Well, conventional wisdom suggests that "he who smelt it, dealt it" so I'd say the nose plays a pretty important role.
Re:Hmmm.. maybe... (Score:3, Funny)
WHAT??? (Score:2, Funny)
New study (Score:4, Funny)
Yay, I saved billions in research, someone send me a new gaming rig, my old P4 is showing it's age.
(If you don't, I'll play a few levels of Doom at you.)
Re:Hmmm.. maybe... (Score:4, Funny)
It's quite a puzzle.
Furthermore... (Score:4, Funny)
This can mean only one thing! Video games are at fault! Down with teh gory bits! Er.. wait...
TLF
Re:In other news, my butt is linked to my nose (Score:1, Funny)
Clearly, he who denied it supplied it.
Re:Furthermore... (Score:2, Funny)
Even Tetris... http://sphere.sourceforge.net/flik/images/2007100
Re:In other news, my butt is linked to my nose (Score:2, Funny)
Not again.
Not after last time.
<.<
>.>
And Babies kill people! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:In other news, my butt is linked to my nose (Score:3, Funny)
Ya said the rhyme, ya did the crime...
Re:In other news, my butt is linked to my nose (Score:2, Funny)