Survey: Videogames and Violence (for a class)

[siddif]

1. Age: 22

2. Gender: Male

3. How often do you play videogames: depends - on a busy week not at all, other weeks could be 20 hours

4. What genres: RPG, MMORPG, some FPS, Platformer, Puzzle

5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them: Rarely - usually when game mechanics are broke.

6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them: Nope

7. Have games ever made you angry when not playing them: Nope

8. Have games ever made you physically violent when not playing them: Nope

9. How often do you engage in violent behaviour: almost never, not even swearing

 

[Archwright]

1. Age: 26
2. Gender: Male
3. How often do you play videogames?
Daily
4. What genres?
Basically everything except MMOs and JRPGs.
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing)
Yeah.
6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? (ex. harming the controller)
I used to spike the controller when I was a teenager, but I've gotten over my testosterone enhanced rage years.
7. Have games ever made you angry when not playing them? (ex. thinking about them affected your actions)
Can't say that they have.
8. Have games ever made you physically violent when not playing them? (ex. thinking of them affected your actions)
See above.
9. How often do you engage in violent behavior?
Basically never. I'm actually a pacifist.

 

[Glademaster_v1legacy]

1. Age: 18
2. Gender: Male
3. How often do you play videogames? Roughly once a day when I get time. If I had time I could play around 20-30 hours a week.
4. What genres? All and every genre bar realistic sports games and racing games. Only Racing type games like Wipeout and Sports games like SSX, Tony Hawx and Mario ones for a laugh.
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? Yes, yes they have. Although mostly really in competitive play or from people spawn camping not from general play.
6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? No not physically.
7. Have games ever made you angry when not playing them? No.
8. Have games ever made you physically violent when not playing them? No.
9. How often do you engage in violent behavior? Well not at all but if a sport like Karate counts twice a week.