Survey: Videogames and Violence (for a class)

[Jawz 014]

1. Age:14
2. Gender:Male
3. How often do you play videogames?- On weekends about 10-20 hours
4. What genres?-Shooters, Sports about anyone
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing)-All the time
6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? (ex. harming the controller)- A few times
7. Have games ever made you angry when not playing them? (ex. thinking about them affected your actions)- No
8. Have games ever made you physically violent when not playing them? (ex. thinking of them affected your actions)- No
9. How often do you engage in violent behavior?- Never... Ive never been in a fight and not because i cant because im small... Im 6 foot and a freshmen i just don't see a need to go after people and beat them up

 

[newdarkcloud]

1. 17
2. Male
3. Daily
4. Western and JRPGs, Shooters, Fighting, Platformers, Action, Stealth
5. Lots of swearing (Fuck comes to mind)
6. No
7. No
8. No
9. I'm a pacifist. I don't fight.

 

[loc978]

1. Age:
29

2. Gender:
Male

3. How often do you play videogames?
A few times a week, generally an hour or two at a time.

4. What genres?
RTSes, RPGs, action, puzzle, casual flash games, the occasional FPS...

5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing)
Yes, though it tends to simply be a result of extreme frustration with a game mechanic I find silly.

6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? (ex. harming the controller)
No.

7. Have games ever made you angry when not playing them? (ex. thinking about them affected your actions)
No.

8. Have games ever made you physically violent when not playing them? (ex. thinking of them affected your actions)
No.

9. How often do you engage in violent behavior?
Fought in a war once. Does target shooting count? What about cutting practice with actual swords?
...aside from those things, pretty much never.

 

[floppylobster]

1. Age: 38
2. Gender: Male
3. How often do you play video games?
Twice a week
4. What genres?
Everything but sports.
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing)
Swearing. Frustration. Real anger at the game. Never quitting though.
6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? (ex. harming the controller)
No. (maybe once or twice back in the day when controllers were absolute shit and were the reason you lost a game).
7. Have games ever made you angry when not playing them? (ex. thinking about them affected your actions)
No. But some multi-player experiences have. Thinking about Trash talk from other players has made me angry when not playing.
8. Have games ever made you physically violent when not playing them? (ex. thinking of them affected your actions)
No.
9. How often do you engage in violent behaviour?
When I was younger (under 25), quite a lot. Now I've grown up. Never.

It would be interesting to ask people who play sports for answers to the same questions. Some sports players have problems with violence and can't seem to leave things on the field. I'm sure if those people played games, they'd answer yes to a lot of your questions.

My answers to your question 5, 6, 7 & 8 would be exactly the same for sports in my case.

 

[AwesomePeanutz]

1. Age: 15
2. Gender: Male
3. How often do you play videogames? At least 4 times a week
4. What genres? First Person Shooters
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? Occasionally (during multiplayer)
6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? No
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? Never

 

[Seneschal]

1. Age?
21
2. Gender?
Male
3. How often do you play videogames?
Irregularly, in binges of 4-8 hours per day, then months without touching them.
4. What genres?
All, with a preference for RPGs.
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing)
Yes, fighting games get a special mention.
6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? (ex. harming the controller)
I used to, but mid-90s games were unfairly hard and I was a little *****.
7. Have games ever made you angry when not playing them? (ex. thinking about them affected your actions)
Nope.
8. Have games ever made you physically violent when not playing them? (ex. thinking of them affected your actions)
Nope.
9. How often do you engage in violent behavior?
I haven't lifted a finger against another person in my life, except in self-defense when I was, like, seven.

Hope it helps.

 

[Xanadu84]

Alright, I have a Bachelors in Psychology, so in addition to answering your survey, I'm going to throw in a few basic suggestions that might help your grade (Putting suggestions in parenthesis (...).

1. Age: 26
2. Gender: Male
3. How often do you play videogames? Daily, a few hours.
(This is an unspecific question. For general, demographic data, Id give a 1-7 scale, defining 1 as never, 4 as regularly, 7 as constantly. For more detailed analysis, Id give either an Average hours/week (If your thinking of looking at long term effects of video games) or hours in the past week (For looking at short term effects)
4. What genres? All except sports and racing (Having a list to check off from would make data collection more easy and succinct)
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing) Frusterated, on rare occasions. (A better definition of angry might be needed. Are we talking angry at parents for asking to turn off a controller, or angry at the plight of starving children in Africa? Asking how angry you get might be better, since its quantitative instead of qualitative)
6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? (ex. harming the controller) No. (Id define violence a little more, but I think I know what you mean. Football is different from gang fights)
7. Have games ever made you angry when not playing them? (ex. thinking about them affected your actions) No
8. Have games ever made you physically violent when not playing them? (ex. thinking of them affected your actions) No
9. How often do you engage in violent behavior? Never (Id put a list or a scale, otherwise sifting through the data in a meaningful way will be either impossible or unnecessarily hard)

(If you want to impress your teacher with your scientific rigor, go look up Selection Bias, Participant bias, Experimenter bias, and the particularly strong dangers of Qualitative data on Experimenter bias. If you do want to use this information but can't find it, ask me, I'd love to explain. I'm sure that if you throw these things in, your teacher will be impressed)

 

[Eumersian]

I'll give it a go:

1. 18
2. Male
3. Typically daily
4. RPGs, Shooters, Strategy
5. When I was younger, a whole lot. Now, not so much.
6. No.
7. No.
8. No.
9. No. Unless verbal abuse is violence. I call most of my friends a jerkwad at least once a day. That way, they know who's boss.

You're welcome.

 

[Finnboghi]

1. 20
2. Male
3. Whenever I have time; 10 hours a day if I can - my record is 30 hours straight
4. RPG, JRPG, FPS, RTS, Puzzle, Time Management, Tower Defense, Minecraft, Misc
5. Moreso when I was younger; I do curse occasionally, but I never ragequit - you're ruining the experience for everyone when you ragequit
6. Again, when I was younger I used to get frustrated with some console games, but not for many years
7. Not in any significant way
8. Nope
9. My girlfriend and I play fight all the time, multiple times a day (it's good exercise); but very rarely do I engage in violent behaviour

 

[Royta]

1. Age
21

2. Gender:
Male

3. How often do you play videogames?
Atleast 1 to 2 hours a day. If I'm busy with work+school then it's usually half an hour. But I game everyday.

4. What genres?
RPGS, hack and slash, actionadventure, adventure, FPS, Puzzle, Platforming, Metroid (yes I consider that a genre), fighting games etc. I'm quite varried.

5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing)
I swear from time to time if something really annoying happens that wasn't my fault. A 'bullshit death' as I call them. Dying thanks to terrible camera's or unresponsive controls. If it's my fault, I just sigh.

6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? (ex. harming the controller)
I had a bad habbit of biting myself in my hand if I got reallllly pissed of with Fighting Games when I was like 15, and I have really sharp teeth so those would leave a mark for atleast 3 days.
Now I just switch the game of if I feel myself getting close to that level of anger.

7. Have games ever made you angry when not playing them? (ex. thinking about them affected your actions)
No.

8. Have games ever made you physically violent when not playing them? (ex. thinking of them affected your actions)
No.

9. How often do you engage in violent behavior?
I'm a pacifist, I don't approve of physical violence in 'rl'. It's simply a stupid man's way to act when he's proven he doesn't have the selfesteme or controle to win the discussion.
That aside, I get into a fight about once a month. Be it troublepeople in bars or simply people that hate me. I walk away when I can but it's not always that easy.

 

[Lionsfan]

9. How often do you engage in violent behavior?

1. 19
2. Male
3. Every Couple Days or so
4. Sports, FPS, Action, RPG's, Racing
5. Yes, Swearing and such, I don't Rage Quit though
6. Yes, I've thrown my fair share of controllers over the years
7. Nope
8. Nope
9. I've been in a couple fights here and there, and I play hockey, football and lacrosse all the time if your going to count sports

 

[Breadroller]

1. Age: 19

2. Gender: Male

3. How often do you play videogames?
Very frequently when that adequate hardware is available, which it usually is not.

4. What genres?
Mostly action games including First person shooters, tactical shooters, stealth, platformers, RPG's (Mostly Western), but occasionally strategy games when I am feeling patient, and casual games when I am procrastinating.

5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing)
But of course. Anything interactive can do that.

6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? (ex. harming the controller)
They have never made me physically violent. I don't like to break expensive things.

7. Have games ever made you angry when not playing them? (ex. thinking about them affected your actions)
Only if they put me in a bad mood prior to my non game related activities. The mood fades as always, and if I have not played recently, they do not affect me.

8. Have games ever made you physically violent when not playing them? (ex. thinking of them affected your actions)
This I have never done.

9. How often do you engage in violent behavior?
I never engage in actively violent behavior. I do like violent simulation sports such as fencing or trap shooting, however.

Best of luck with your psych study my friend.

 

[linwolf]

1.22
2.Male
3.1-3 hours per day, about two random day a week 10+ hours
4.mostly RPG, RTS, TPS and hack and slash
5.no, at rare times a curse word.
6.No
7.No
8.No
9.I resent years almost never, when I was a bit younger from time to time.

 

[Karma168]

1. 19
2. Male
3. average 1 hour a day
4. FPS, sandbox, stealth
5. constant swearing and rage, multiplayer especially
6. thrown controller
7. no
8. no
9. extremely rarely

 

[Arehexes]

1. Age:21
2. Gender:Male
3. How often do you play videogames? With college maybe 4-7 hours a week
4. What genres? RPG, FPS, Puzzle, Strategy game, Platformer
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing)? Only one to make me swear or hate it was Forced Unleashed and that's because of the bad gameplay.
6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? (ex. harming the controller) No
7. Have games ever made you angry when not playing them? (ex. thinking about them affected your actions) No
8. Have games ever made you physically violent when not playing them? (ex. thinking of them affected your actions) no, I don't like to fight
9. How often do you engage in violent behavior? I raise a voice but I don't like fighting.

 

[Aurora219]

1. 22
2. Male
3. Whenever I'm awake.. about 14 hours a day.
4. RPG, FPS mainly
5. Of course. I think if anyone says no they're a liar
6. only briefly - I feel ridiculous when I do start.
7. No. The feeling is momentary.
8. Never.
9. Hah, I need to see other people to be violent. Never.

 

[The Rookie Gamer]

1. 15
2. Male
3. A couple hours a day if I don't have work to do.
4. Anything that I find fun.
5. At hard levels, sometimes.
6. No
7. No
8. No
9. I used to get in fights at schools sometimes, but I'm resisting the urge to hit someone for being a jerk.

 

[Dr.Fantastic]

1.13
2.Male
3.3-5 hours a day
4.Open world, shooters, platformers, action, RPGs, Beat em ups, and sports
5.Swearing. But not too much. Just the once in a while goddamnit!! or Fuck!
6.Does shaking the controller count?
7.Nope. I actually play games as a stress reliever. And fun, dont forget about fun.
8.See above message
9.Me and my friends shove eachover and shit. Only got into one fight because the person took my mathbook from me and ripped 55 pages out of it(I counted),got suspended for three days and gave the douchebag a nice bloody nose and a fat lip.It was worth the 2 month grounding and the beating.

 

[Sauko]

1. Age:
18
2. Gender:
Female
3. How often do you play videogames?
2-3 times a week
4. What genres?
Action/Adventure, RPG, Multi-player (SSB Melee), Simulation (DDR, Rockband)
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing)
Never raged quit, but I do curse out of desperation from time to time.
6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? (ex. harming the controller)
No.
7. Have games ever made you angry when not playing them? (ex. thinking about them affected your actions)
No, but I do think about the mistakes I've done.
8. Have games ever made you physically violent when not playing them? (ex. thinking of them affected your actions)
No.
9. How often do you engage in violent behavior?
Maybe once every two months, but only if something really makes me angry and I need to vent.

 

[Flac00]

1: 15
2: Male
3: Sporadically (0-2 hours a day)
4:FPS, TBS, RTS
5:Yes
6:No
7:No
8:No
9:Never