Recent content by The Dark Canuck

Precisely. While I can't say that they're not right, I can say that I won't take their word for it. This study loses all credibility since it employs people who are involved in the issue.

Yeah, I fixed the first one so that it doesn't require you to be at MY university (oops), but the studies themselves aren't really the point. They're just a smattering of studies by Bushman on video games, to illustrate the point that he's an interested party. He's not going to go out there and...

Bushman himself has authored several studies claiming video games cause violence. He's hardly a disinterested party here. See: http://www.psychology.iastate.edu/faculty/caa/abstracts/2000-2004/02BApspb.pdf http://lol.medieraadet.dk/upload/mulige_aasager_social_hensynsloeshed.pdf...

Wait, is Mr. Steyer's claim about liquor stores true? Do 12-year-olds buy games at liquor stores in California? And really, what are they doing in the liquor store in the first place?

Nah, you have it slightly wrong. A stormtrooper can't hit anyone -important- with their blasters. They're plenty good against everyone else (See: the beginning of A New Hope). Your Red Shirt doesn't stand a chance.

Um, sorry Straying Bullet, but no. From Wikipedia: By Area Size of Ottoman Empire (1595): 19.9 million square km. (#5 overall) Size of Alexander's Empire (323 BC): 5.2 million square km (#24 overall) Size of British Empire (1923): 33.7 million square km. (#1 overall) None of those are 2/3...