Research Finds Violent Games Relieve Stress and Depression
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No you're completely right, i guess all these [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/view/The-Escapist-Fitness-Club] people will have to just continue pretending...just for you.igissx said:
Frankly these tests never work because they try to generalize.
Yes there are a portion of society that enjoy violent games as a way to de-stress and generally calm down, and it's fair to say a great number of them read the escapist. There's also a load of people who can't deal with it and use it as an excuse/catalyst to do stupid stuff in real life, in between us and them are all the other people.
If you set up a survey to find something you can generally tend to find it. Although this one says stuff I prefer to hear so it must be right.
Yes there are a portion of society that enjoy violent games as a way to de-stress and generally calm down, and it's fair to say a great number of them read the escapist. There's also a load of people who can't deal with it and use it as an excuse/catalyst to do stupid stuff in real life, in between us and them are all the other people.
If you set up a survey to find something you can generally tend to find it. Although this one says stuff I prefer to hear so it must be right.
"Studies show that violent videogames make people more agressive"
"Studies show that violent videogames don't make people more agressive"
"Studies show that violent videogames relieve stress"
Would you make up your goddamn minds already?!
"Studies show that violent videogames don't make people more agressive"
"Studies show that violent videogames relieve stress"
Would you make up your goddamn minds already?!
Counter-arguments and counter-studies will go back and forth forever about stuff like this. I do fully support these kinds of studies, though.
At the end of the day, blood violence and gore have been part of human entertainment... forever. There have been extremely violent plays in Victorian or other times that used pig's blood to simulate human blood in appearance, for instance. This happened all the time.
Moral Guardians can raise as much noise as they like, but they are misinformed.
I will say that the 'desensitised to violence' arguments are total bullshit, though.
At the end of the day, blood violence and gore have been part of human entertainment... forever. There have been extremely violent plays in Victorian or other times that used pig's blood to simulate human blood in appearance, for instance. This happened all the time.
Moral Guardians can raise as much noise as they like, but they are misinformed.
I will say that the 'desensitised to violence' arguments are total bullshit, though.
HISSSSS!RangerSERE said:
as for the paper i am not suprised i use games to de-stress from uni keep telling my class mates who freak out and wounder why i am not that the best way to blow off stress is to blow a zombies faces off
why a zombie because in most games zombies have no ablity to hide they just run right up to you makes them easyer to hit
Ive known that for awhile but its going to make the liberals REALLY pissed at Texas now. Not only are people still allowed to play violent video-games but they may actually be beneficial!
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Oh whats even MORE interesting, I'm not seeing any bitching about Texas. But whats REALLY going to burn is when a debate starts up and one of the few scientific studies you can use is from Texas, the state you've always berated as being filled with ignorant red necks.
(TA&M Article) http://www.tamiu.edu/newsinfo/7-08-10/article5.shtml
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Oh whats even MORE interesting, I'm not seeing any bitching about Texas. But whats REALLY going to burn is when a debate starts up and one of the few scientific studies you can use is from Texas, the state you've always berated as being filled with ignorant red necks.
(TA&M Article) http://www.tamiu.edu/newsinfo/7-08-10/article5.shtml
"Ferguson cautioned that these results were correlational, however, and more research is needed. However, he suggested that video games could increasingly be used in therapy with young adults and teens. Violent games may help people work through their frustrations with real life and calm down without increasing aggressive behaviors in real life."dochmbi said:
http://www.tamiu.edu/newsinfo/7-08-10/article5.shtml
Im not trying to be a smart ass or anything
(The guy who made the article for the escapist should prolly have linked up the original website)
I think this will be ignored by news stations especially one's that make rash decisions on things they know nothing about (I'm looking at you fox). I think people will still say that violent games lead to crime because criminals get arrested and they will have game consoles (which properly they have bought using money that they got from the crimes) and people will balm the games not his background or people that he befriended or a teenager kills someone and the parents will say we got him a "xbox" when he was 13 then we got him "grand theft auto" when he was 14 and soon he got very violent and wouldn't talk to anyone. they will properly also say he is a single child showing that the parents haven't got experience raising children. but if you think about it he is about to go through puberty and so therefore will be emotionally unstable if he's not talking to you it's either you not trying or something is wrong in his live like he made what you think a friends but actually are bullies or he has done something he feels guilty off. Then stuff like that starts building up then he gets to a point were has tried everything talking to solve the problem fighting someone or getting someone else to help (if murder is his first attempt to solve the problem it's properly something wrong with him not the games he is playing). now he is in a situation were he fells like murder is the only solution so he goes and murders the person(if he gets a gun without you knowing he knows people he shouldn't and if you give him a gun what are you thinking).
I play violent video games all the time and I'm a pacifist so I don't believe in violence as a solution to a problem(I know I posted that in a video game I would still act like a bad-ass if I was the character I'm playing but that's normally because they are in a situation where they need to be violent to live, and I put living above avoiding violence) so I take special offence when they say playing violent video games leads to violence.
I play violent video games all the time and I'm a pacifist so I don't believe in violence as a solution to a problem(I know I posted that in a video game I would still act like a bad-ass if I was the character I'm playing but that's normally because they are in a situation where they need to be violent to live, and I put living above avoiding violence) so I take special offence when they say playing violent video games leads to violence.
I could see using a difficult game as part of anger-management therapy. Set it to 'Dante Must Die' and then help the player learn to cope with the stress that induces, in a controlled, safe setting.
But you get the idiots saying, "play a violent game, makes you violent", seriously, does our world have to be so hypocritical?
But it is true, i relieve much stress using the force to blow away about 10 Storm Troopers into another 10 Storm Troopers, or driving around on mars and blasting through an EDF building.
But it is true, i relieve much stress using the force to blow away about 10 Storm Troopers into another 10 Storm Troopers, or driving around on mars and blasting through an EDF building.