Study Says Kids Like 'M' Rated Games

Ars Technica's science blog, Nobel Intent, has a post up on a study done by the Journal of Adolescent Health. The report attempted to gauge usage levels of violent videogames among young people in the US. The results are unsurprising to anyone who's ever worked in a second-hand game store: "Most boys, and many girls, played games that the ESRB had rated M, signifying that they were for mature audiences only. Of the games played by the boys, Grand Theft Auto and Halo were both in the top three, and GTA was also the 2nd most played game by girls, according to the data. Over half of all boys agreed with the statement 'I play electronic games because I like guns and weapons.' On the other hand, over 60 percent of boys and girls agreed with the statement 'I play electronic games because there's nothing else to do.'"

Breaking news.....!

[tanveer1979]

It was also discovered at 15 year olds love 18+ rated movies!

They also like

[iminplaya]

Playboy Magazine. I doubt it's for the weapons and violence though. They just like to read the articles. What am I missing here?

Re:They also like

[ozphx]

In short:

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Now my good man...

[kryogen1x]

What do you like to play?
Pokemon!
Pokeymon? Pokeymon! With the Pokey and the Mon and the thing with a guy comes out of the thing and makes a fwagwagwahah!

Re:They like R-rated movies too

[Seumas]

Kids like anything that makes them feel/look more grown-up. Did we really need a study for this?

Paying the mortgage and rolling over IRAs is totally all the rage in teenagers these days.

Has Psychology Today weighed in?

[Glowing Fish]

Maybe Psychology Today can write an article [slashdot.org] finally explaining why kids are naturally rebellious.

Re:They also like

[empaler]

I combined the power of the M rating with the power of Playboy - my first self-purchased PC software was a Playboy CD-ROM, rated M.

Ah, those were the days.

Guns & Weapons

[ultrabot]

Over half of all boys agreed with the statement 'I play electronic games because I like guns and weapons.'

Over *half*? What's wrong with the rest of them?