Poll: Do video games cause violence?
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Maybe doesn't cause it. It certainly would reinforce violence in an already violent person though.
I don't know if "poll from a videogame website forum" is going to provide any sort of solid information.
Maybe a more important question is, how necessary is violence in videogames?
I don't know if "poll from a videogame website forum" is going to provide any sort of solid information.
Maybe a more important question is, how necessary is violence in videogames?
No. violence is caused by emotions like anger or hatred. video games cant be blamed for what you do.
I only would've used the poll if a decent number of gamers would've voted "yes". And of course i wouldn't have used it to scientific proof.errorfied said:
Most important thing to know about this subject: Most people do not have basic knowledge about how statistics work. They confuse correlations with cause and effect (which can be excused for math laymen). Second important thing: Most people have no idea that video games are an integral part of culture for most younger people. If any violence crime happens and investigators find the offender played violent video games they jump to conclusions because they do not know that playing violent video games is not an exception, today, it's the rule.
For the Love of GOD! Will this arguement EVER end!? Videogames dont hurt people! Crazy people and douchebags hurt people!
I voted no because a violent game does not nescessarily affect you.
Like me, I'm still the same non violent person as I was for several years ago, and I've brutally murdered people in God of War I & II and other brutal games. The only reason I can think of that makes people turn violent because of what news channels etc. consider to be a side effect of gaming is because they have a weak personality or a little psychotic killer or something inside of them.
I know a lot of people that play violent games and are perfectly normal. So no, violent video games in regular does not make you violent.
Like me, I'm still the same non violent person as I was for several years ago, and I've brutally murdered people in God of War I & II and other brutal games. The only reason I can think of that makes people turn violent because of what news channels etc. consider to be a side effect of gaming is because they have a weak personality or a little psychotic killer or something inside of them.
I know a lot of people that play violent games and are perfectly normal. So no, violent video games in regular does not make you violent.
If you have to give credit, I wouldn't say "Some guy on the internet going by the name of KillerMidget". You'll lose credibility if you say you found information from forum-dwellers.RadioActiveChimp said:
OMG, You're right! When I was 10, I punched my little sister because I wanted to get on the computer to play Red Alert 2. She was playing Barbie Horse.Mr_Paisley said:
The main problem when it comes to child gamers is that while the increase in aggression and violent behavior are certainly an issue, there is always a media field day whenever a young gamer is involved in a violent crime. This article is a fairly good example...Matt_LRR said:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1509536/Boy-13-fired-shotgun-into-cousins-face-after-playing-gangster-game.html
While the article initially tries to tie the crime to violent video games, it also gives details that paint the true picture. Instead of being influenced by Grand Theft Auto, this is a case of a father who leaves loaded firearms in an unlocked gun cabinet while not teaching his son about gun safety. It's a gun accident, not a video game influenced violent crime. Video games weren't the cause, but the media spun it as such. If anything I'm questioning who thinks Grand Theft Auto is appropriate for 13 year-old kids...
i think that if it has anything to do with people being violent, than the person must already be mentally unstable in the first place. if a video causes you to be violent, then check into the nearest mental hospital, cause your crazy. most of the time video games are the only reason we're not violent. and when ever a game comes out, the media focuses on the sexual part of it, but no one cares about it being violent until a nut job has killed a few people. not to mention when people become whores, it's blamed on daddy issues, not games so the media needs to pick on thing to pick at and stick with it the bastards. i'm nearly positive that the most serial killers out there started before video games, and they were more fucked than today's killers so does that say something or not. what a bunch of retards.
People stupid enough to become violent from video games are already going to become violent. Otherwise video games are just a convenient outlet for all your murder and gore.
also, saying video games cause aggression in children is true, but it's because they're playing the ones that are rated mature. there's a reason for that isn't there. don't blame the game, blame the parents for letting the kid play the game. also, though i may be a little more aggressive now later in my life, i don't blame games, i blame reality for all the shit it has thrown at me in such a short amount of time. games help me forget, not increase the anger levels.
well, if it's 8-year old spoiled brats playing games they are to young to play, maybe. but i have never met anyone that became violent because of a video game. that's just an excuse to get people to stop playing them.
I was confused about the level in the violence chain it would lie at, but I voted no once I saw the word "directly".
Video games are, just like all forms of media, designed to invoke many different emotions in its players, including anger. All violence stems from anger, but not all anger will sprout into violence, persay.
The next step in this line of thinking is the degree that video games can incite anger. This is one of the reasons I do not like the online multiplayer age, because it is inherently capitalist in nature and by definition, will screw over a lot of players. It is easier to cause frustration in video games than in most other forms of media, and frustration is a large cause of anger. But video games also provide one of the better methods of treating frustration, and this is particularly true for games like GTA. Face it, when you can take out 50,000 random people with a giant arsenal strapped to your back and you got the army after you in your pickup truck, and you're still shooting, it's hard not to laugh at the sadistic humor of it all.
Above all, however, I feel that the reason some people simply go out and take their anger out on others, is simply because they don't have the mentality to take it out in the form of challenge. You see this other characteristic in boxers, soldiers, mountain climbers. Only recently did I start taking out the frustration of my life in the weight room, and my growth has been phenomenal since then. The people who use their low moments to push themselves are the ones society admires the most, we simply love the coming-up-after-falling-down stories. Unfortunately, it's becoming increasingly harder to teach that quality. Are video games a cause of this? Yes, but not to the extent that the media makes it out to. Music, movies, etc. are all guilty of the same crime.
Video games are, just like all forms of media, designed to invoke many different emotions in its players, including anger. All violence stems from anger, but not all anger will sprout into violence, persay.
The next step in this line of thinking is the degree that video games can incite anger. This is one of the reasons I do not like the online multiplayer age, because it is inherently capitalist in nature and by definition, will screw over a lot of players. It is easier to cause frustration in video games than in most other forms of media, and frustration is a large cause of anger. But video games also provide one of the better methods of treating frustration, and this is particularly true for games like GTA. Face it, when you can take out 50,000 random people with a giant arsenal strapped to your back and you got the army after you in your pickup truck, and you're still shooting, it's hard not to laugh at the sadistic humor of it all.
Above all, however, I feel that the reason some people simply go out and take their anger out on others, is simply because they don't have the mentality to take it out in the form of challenge. You see this other characteristic in boxers, soldiers, mountain climbers. Only recently did I start taking out the frustration of my life in the weight room, and my growth has been phenomenal since then. The people who use their low moments to push themselves are the ones society admires the most, we simply love the coming-up-after-falling-down stories. Unfortunately, it's becoming increasingly harder to teach that quality. Are video games a cause of this? Yes, but not to the extent that the media makes it out to. Music, movies, etc. are all guilty of the same crime.