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Feelings of aggression after playing video games are more likely to be linked to gameplay mechanics rather than violent content, a study suggests.

"There's a need for researchers who are interested in these questions not just to pull two video games off the shelf from the high street," said Dr Andrew Przybylski from the Oxford Internet Institute, who carried out the research along with colleagues from the University of Rochester in the US.

"We need to have a more sophisticated approach so we're all reading from the same experimental methods."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26921743

Cybargs wrote:

Feelings of aggression after playing video games are more likely to be linked to gameplay mechanics rather than violent content, a study suggests.

"There's a need for researchers who are interested in these questions not just to pull two video games off the shelf from the high street," said Dr Andrew Przybylski from the Oxford Internet Institute, who carried out the research along with colleagues from the University of Rochester in the US.

"We need to have a more sophisticated approach so we're all reading from the same experimental methods."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26921743

So video games do cause aggression?

I didn't say say anything about banning stuff. I said consuming violent media normalizes violence. I provided links that back up my statement. Your point about aggression being caused by difficultly isn't relevant at all to what I said.

It doesn't help that we, like the Sith, enjoy speaking in absolutes. Violence isn't inherently "bad", and it happens with any animal species. It's literally been a part of our lives for all the time we've existed, and to suggest that were are better than it is ludicrous.

It's reminds me how a lot of the gamergate people are shocked that people are dicks and that threats exist on the internet. It's always been that way.

SuperJail Warden wrote:

There is a world of difference between two teenagers fighting after school over a girl and people advocating dropping massive amounts of bombs on any vague security or political threat. Teens fighting over girls is normal and has always happened in human history. Drone strikes are new and seem like a great solution to any crisis when you do it for 3 hours a day in battlefield 4.


Do you think publicizing the names and photos of mass shooters encourages mass shootings?

Actually I think video games don't make you any more or less aggressive at all.  Think about this statement from Cybargs linked article:

Games modified to have counter-intuitive, frustrating controls - leading to feelings of incompetence - produced more aggressive reactions.

It's the game mechanics, NOT the content, that leads to more aggression.  I've been riled up from driving to work before, due to what could be deemed as "counter-intuitive, frustrating controls".  The article clearly mentions the study itself removes the violence but artificially creates the mechanics that leads to frustration - to prove it's the mechanics.

To me there is a clear separation between art/video/music and real life.  People that listen to angry rap and then go beat people up are fucked up in the head - predisposed through heriditary/environmental factors to commit acts of aggression.  Maybe (MAYBE) an event like an angry song or a violent movie or video game could trigger an event of violence, but surely it's not the cause, and surely that aggression lies dormant until something pushes them over the edge.  Don't be stupid macbeth.

Violent video games and aggresion =/= video games normalizing violence.

I'm not trying to pretend I know more about it, but I don't put much weight into any of those studies.  Without being able to read the studies, it seems like they focus on short term aggression - which kind of goes back to my point about certain activities or situations riling someone up.

no i don't agree with that any more than I agree porn normalizes promiscuity.  And the tangent about aggression is actually relevant, because as I said, aggression is not equal to normalizing violence - essentially saying that the studies YOU linked were related to aggression, not the normalization of violence.

Does porn set unrealistic expectations of what sex is or should be? Yes, maybe if you're 14 years old and your first exposure to sex is hardcore porn, it could set unrealistic expectations.  Is that the same as normalizing promiscuity?  Of course not.  It's two distinctly different arguments...much like the argument that video games normalize violence.

Can people become aggressive and agitated after playing video games? No doubt.  Does that mean video games are impacting the way people view violence?  NO fucking way.

On a serious note, I mostly believe the cop's story in Missouri and think the grand jury made the right choice. The NYC choke death decision is bullshit though. The cop clearly unjustly killed the guy. Selling loose cigarettes shouldn't even be illegal.

Joe Biden is going to be president in 2016. Calling it now.

I await the clown-car cavalcade of Republican nominees.

Dilbert_X wrote:

I await the clown-car cavalcade of Republican nominees.

As do I. I am sure they will be riveting and stimulating and lying through their teeth as most politicians do.

pirana6 wrote:

Canin wrote:

Dilbert_X wrote:

I await the clown-car cavalcade of Republican nominees.

As do I. I am sure they will be riveting and stimulating and lying through their teeth as most all politicians do.

Thanks for fixing my typo.

I say we start a grass-roots campaign to get the Green Party candidate elected.  It's a bit sad that so many people are upset with the 2 party fake stupid political environment we have yet the same shit keeps happening.  Posting a FB update on the follies of the electoral college and 2 party system isn't going to change it, friends.

On a side note, I had a good hearty chuckle when I read something about Anonymous or whatever stupid "hacktivists" were behind the release stating they are fighting back against terrorism by DDOS'ing the websites of Islamic Fundamentalists.  I just want to meet one of them and pat them on the head and let them know they are truly fighting for the cause!  Go forth and deface the website! You'll show them.