New Study Finds Violent Games Do Not Desensitize Players
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There are plenty of studies like this, if people don't like games, they just ignore them.imperialreign said:
The UK government commissioned an independent study a year or two ago that came out and said there was no relation, and yet members of the press, and a few in government, still blame them for everything from the theft of some penny sweets, to the summoning of Cthulu.
This. So much this. Yes, the sample size is fairly small, and it may be difficult to generalise findings, but at least we know the method and sample size in order to make those criticisms. So often it's the case that only the 'results' from studies are printed in newspapers or mentioned on the news, with no way of knowing whether or not the study was inherently flawedDexiro said:
I'd say that therse findings are promising, and the fact that the researchers are looking into other aspects of the area and suggesting other potential studies is reassuring. Hope they find the same things then as well
Yea. I don't think video games are realistic enough to traumatize people. I've never had the violence in a video game make me react the same way I would to a movie like Saving Private Ryan or Schindler's List.Rainboq said:
I love those games where you can hack off limbs (remember Bloodrayne) but I would never be able to do those things in real life... not without vomiting profusely and probably crying a lot too.
I guess it really depends on who the person is.
I've been desensitized quite a lot by video games and reading other people's posts they haven't. I can look at a good amount of blood and gore in movies (watching the Lawnmower Scene made me feel more like a man somehow) so that's just me.
I've been desensitized quite a lot by video games and reading other people's posts they haven't. I can look at a good amount of blood and gore in movies (watching the Lawnmower Scene made me feel more like a man somehow) so that's just me.
This is pretty old news. But I guess this is relevant because of the recent "Gaimes ur baaaaad" thing fox news put out.
I'm sick of these studies. First one comes out that says "video games make people violent", then another says "no they don't", then another shoots back and says "video games linked to violent behavior", then another says "there is no link, shut up". I just don't care anymore. It's like every other week, some guy decides that he wants to run the "end all" study to determine what the truth is because he's apparently more credible than the hundreds of other people who came before him combied.
Can we all just agree that the majority of video game users don't go around beating people up and leave it at that?
Can we all just agree that the majority of video game users don't go around beating people up and leave it at that?
This study alone should completely prove that video games don't affect the minds of young people... But I have a feeling that bigots like Jack Thompson will continue with their crazy jobs of losing court case after court case.
Now what do I blame my socipathic tendencies on?
Society? Yeah, like they're gonna shoulder the blame.
Society? Yeah, like they're gonna shoulder the blame.
I've been playing Violent Video Games since I was a Kid and I must say Real Life Violence still effects me. I could never do any of things I've done in a game in real life.
Anyone Remember Blood Omen II when Kain punches through Sarafan Guards and drops their hearts on the floor? If I saw that in real life, I'd be puking over the floor or I'd faint. The reason I don't when playing Blood Omen II is because I know Its NOT REAL. It's just a game.
Anyone Remember Blood Omen II when Kain punches through Sarafan Guards and drops their hearts on the floor? If I saw that in real life, I'd be puking over the floor or I'd faint. The reason I don't when playing Blood Omen II is because I know Its NOT REAL. It's just a game.
I've noticed this, too. Some studies say yes, other say no. But each time one comes out, we act like it's the first time research has been done on the subject. I think if the game makers/players and those who have something against video games would just start an open dialog between each other, they could actually make some headway to solving their differences. It's more an issue of miscommunications and misconceptions than anything else--along with the media's exploitation of all this, using stories and studies like this to keep video games nice and juicy as a topic.gigastrike said:
I read a study once which said that people still produces the same amount of dopamine when around their loved ones no matter how long they've been around them. The conclusion of this study was that love doesn't diminish over time. I have read other studies which say that people produce the same amount of seratonin around the person they love for 3 years and then the amount of seratonin afterwards completely goes. I believe the latter study over the former considering what the study acually measures. Dopamine and seratonin are incredibly different neurotransmitters. Dopamine makes people happy and seratonin makes them more friendly and more prone to starting social relationships. People produce seratonin when they have an orgasm which is why people sometimes fall in love with the person they promiscuously have sex with. Dopamine is effectively used as a reward for making the relationship that is primarily activated by seratonin.gigastrike said:
You need to make up your own mind based on the evidence given and what has been biasedly omitted. The study which exclusively measured dopamine didn't mention how ridiculously rare it is for a sexual relationship to last for 50 years, but they only compared these couples specifically against new couples and didn't mention the dopamine levels of people who had been together for 10 years. I can only imagine that this is because the study was done by American Christians who believe that love can last forever so they made the study as propaganda to support what they believed over contrary evidence. It is actually very common for couples of 10 years to have barely any dopamine left in them.
Consequently, I have made up my mind that you can be with a sexual partner but your feelings for each other should diminish after 3 years and that it can last decades but this is rare and has been shown unpropotianally in the study.
Back and forth and back and forth and back and for--ENOUGH!!! Will someone just say whether or not video games will make us murderers, rapists, and everything in-between? I'm getting sick of all of these "Studies" defending/going against games and what they do to our mind.
This research tells me nothing new, but i guess it´s nice to see videogames getting credible support from scientific sources.