Survey Finds Most Americans Believe Games Cause Violence

[Nouw]

Well of course people would believe this..because i can guarantee most of those who took the "Survey" were people who have no understanding of popular culture and only believe what the 15 news outlets they listen to/read tell them.

Most intelligent post.

They are uninformed of anything to be honest, looking at video games from the outside. I don't blame them for thinking that, but they should really think twice.

Emphasis on think twice, instead of blurting out their opinion and calling it fact.

 

[sosolidshoe]

We're talking about a country where half the population don't believe in one of the most well-founded, evidence-based scientific theories ever constructed: Evolution. Are we really surprised that facts have no bearing on other issues as well?

 

[Necromancer1991]

Why do they think correlation implies causality, if you need an example of what that kind of logic requires let me demonstrate, Pong came out in 1972, at the same time England was suffering from a rise in annual homicides, therefore Pong makes british people psycho...

 

[Infinatex]

Keeping in mind that there survey was of like 0.00032% of the total population...

 

[Iron Lightning]

...while 65 percent said they believe states should have the right to prohibit the rental and sale of violent videogames to minors.

So I believe we can conclude that these people would prefer that the government should be responsible for controlling the amount of racy content children are exposed to in videogames.

At the same time, however, only five percent of respondents said the government should be "chiefly responsible for limiting the amount of sex and violence children are exposed to in videogames," compared to the vast majority of 71 percent who believe it's the job of parents.

ಠ_ಠ

 

[Estocavio]

I wonder how they chose who to survey - Because im guessing it was a selected audience. Either way...

This sums it all up

 

[Something Amyss]

This just in: survey finds that 45% of American adults are complete morons.

When put that way, I'm surprised it's not higher. Much higher.

 

[SimuLord]

In other news, America continues to become a Mike Judge movie.

Eventually there's going to have to be a backlash---maybe after we've pulped the last of the Boomers into Soylent Green in order to fix Social Security.

 

[Brutal Peanut]

I'm an American (in California , no less. My god, the hate for my state has never been so great before , by the video game community) and I don't think video games cause violent tendencies amongst our youth. I firmly believe that it is the parents job to monitor their children, and take responsibility for the unit they've pumped out.


As to most of the thread posts:
Yes, we get it. "Americans are stupid war-hungry, pieces of shit." Thanks, can we move on now?

Every time there is an "Oh look what America has done now" thread (or a thread that's gone that way), whether it's actually accurate or not, I want to hide my face.

The hateful and snide comments that all Americans are a big fleshy mass entity with one mind and one asshole, will be plentiful. Currently, I can't change where I live or where I was born, but I shouldn't be made to feel so shitty about it either. Especially from posters who think pictures of retarded sharks, sum up everything about a country.

All I can do, as a middle class American in a small dusty town in the Mojave wasteland, is vote for the better,.......and hope a lone wanderer shows up and kills all these radroaches.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

pfft. Facts. The U.S. is a nation of BELIEF! We don't need facts debunking our strong belief! If you keep on bringing up statistics and, facts we may have to pray to our glorious Christian God to SMITE THEE

...

I really hope that doesn't ban me...anyway: perhaps if fake stats were to be released, stating that violent video games ARE dangerous, everyone will also switch their opinions. However, as was mentioned above, only 1,000 people were surveyed and it sounds like a very specific demographic at that.

And besides, the video games are a blessing in disguise! The violence they inspire has completely driven heavy metal, rock and roll and, dungeons and dragons out of everyone else's minds.

 

[RatRace123]

Well most Americans are idiots, that's what I gather from the survey.

 

[Mr. Gency]

only five percent of respondents said the government should be "chiefly responsible for limiting the amount of sex and violence children are exposed to in videogames," compared to the vast majority of 71 percent who believe it's the job of parents.

That and

69 percent of respondents say they are either "somewhat concerned" or "very concerned" about the levels of violence in videogames

are the only saving graces in this article.

 

[OptimisticPessimist]

I can't see why games would cause violence. I'm inclined to think it's the other way around. Indeed, violent games can be cathartic in the extreme. Then again, maybe I'm just talking outta my ass. I just know that I've been playing video games since I had functioning thumbs and basic comprehesion skills, yet I've never once felt the urge to do the more unsavory things that have occured whilst gaming. Furthermore, I'd sooner see the future of gaming left to GAMERS than the uninformed dipshits that usaually make the desicions.

 

[briankoontz]

Reading between the lines, what's going on here is that people are concerned about a culture in which 80% of mass-reviewed games (per Gamerankings.com) feature killing as the primary mode of gameplay. Hollywood is far less violent than the video game industry, yet is often cited for gratuitous violence.

Gamers are constantly on the defensive and never make a positive point regarding the frequency of violence in games - probably because they have no good argument for it. The best they manage is "killing (in games) is fun".

Gamers rarely take a step back and imagine what people would think if 80% of games featured dolphins, or lobotomies. Killing is never treated critically by gamers.

At best the frequency of killing in games is indicative of an industry creatively bankrupt. At worst this lack of creativity in games degrades the humanity of the gamer, stunting his development.

Because gamers are insecure and lazy, they only take on the easy, "durr"ish, "critics" of games and never anything serious.

 

[Horben]

Good opinion, or fun, controversial one?