Another Study Attacks Violent Video Games, Claims To Be "Conclusive" 587
Killer Orca is one of many to tell us about a new study on the effects of violent video games on kids. The latest meta-study that analyzed research from 130 different reports claims to have "conclusively proven" that violent video games make more aggressive, less caring kids. "The team used meta-analytic procedures — the statistical methods used to analyze and combine results from previous, related literature -- to test the effects of violent video game play on the behaviors, thoughts, and feelings of the individuals, ranging from elementary school-aged children to college undergraduates. [...] Anderson says the new study may be his last meta-analysis on violent video games because of its definitive findings."
I'll shoot anyone in the face who says that I'm vi (Score:5, Funny)
I'll shoot anyone in the face who says that I'm violent.
Maybe he's right. (Score:5, Funny)
So does living in New York (Score:5, Funny)
You know what else makes people indifferent and uncaring... living in New York city. Nobody can ignore a bum on the street nearly as well. Should we ban living there too?
Let me at 'em (Score:3, Funny)
I'll pummel them I tells ya! How dare they! Video games don't make me more violent! I'll rip their throats out!!!!
Re:Uh... no. (Score:1, Funny)
How does one double-blind a video game violence study? The subject pretty much has to know whether or not he/she has been playing a violent video game. Unless you've got funding to include NOXIOUS AMNESIA GAS in the protocol.
Re:"not huge effects" (Score:5, Funny)
I would assume by killing all the dissenters.
Re:Maybe he's right. (Score:5, Funny)
Death's been around for a while now, an POPULATION CONTINUES TO INCREASE.
Ergo, Death doesn't decrease population.
Re:I'll shoot anyone in the face who says that I'm (Score:5, Funny)
Reading your comment turned me into a violent criminal.
And that's conclusive.
Re:Just like porn "conclusively" creates rapists (Score:5, Funny)
I'm waiting for the meta study that shows that studies on video games leading to anger make video gamers angry.
Re:Maybe he's right. (Score:3, Funny)
Maybe if Al Gore said so we'd know the debate was over.
Re:Just like porn "conclusively" creates rapists (Score:4, Funny)
There's only one thing for it - we need to do a metastudy on this serious issue!
Re:I'll shoot anyone in the face who says that I'm (Score:5, Funny)
You're vi? Nice to meet you, vi, I'm emacs.
Re:I'll shoot anyone in the face who says that I'm (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Just like porn "conclusively" creates rapists (Score:5, Funny)
Re:As always... (Score:4, Funny)
It really depends on the game though. Everytime I see road kill now I have the urge to pull over and loot the body.
"Damn raccoon, I need a new helm!"
Re:As always... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Just like porn "conclusively" creates rapists (Score:5, Funny)
No no no, don't you know anything? You stop, drop, and roll!
Re:Or maybe (Score:2, Funny)
I love metastudies (Score:3, Funny)
Unlike most papers, where you have to read them to discern whether they cherrypicked their evidence, with metastudies you know right away.
Re:Maybe he's right. (Score:3, Funny)
Wow, I think you have just conclusively proven that idea once and for all. ONCE AND FOR ALL!
Re:As always... (Score:3, Funny)
A good example would be Mike Tyson.
That sentence contradicts itself. Why should I believe any conclusions that follow such a premise?
Re:As always... (Score:4, Funny)
That's just because no one has activated you yet with the secret code words. Just you wait....
Re:As always... (Score:1, Funny)
Another day, another "lies, damn lies, and statistics" bullshit study.
Yeah, why do these guys keep trying to tell us this bullshit. We know that games can't make people violent, because of freedom of speech!
It makes me so angry when these pussies publish shit like this. I wanna go out and fuckin KILL THAT ANDERSON JERKOFF!!!
Re:As always... (Score:1, Funny)
Please don't confuse psychology with science. Scientists certainly don't.
Re:Violent videogames do not cause violence - BUT (Score:3, Funny)
"Yeah, I make ridiculous analogies, but it's not like I'm RevWaldo or anything." ;-)
Re:As always... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:As always... (Score:3, Funny)
The media's also going crazy popping stories about how that raving lunatic professor who shot up her campus was a "fan" of Dungeons & Dragons.
It's also a clear and unmistakable fact that over 90% of all heroin users started out drinking milk.
Post hoc, ergo propter hoc.