Survey: Videogames and Violence (for a class)

[Magicman10893]

1) 17
2) Male
3) About 20 hours a week
4) Shooters and RPGs mostly and Madden when it comes in season.
5) Swearing (although that is naturally me), and quit because of anger
6) Throwing controllers at my pillow
7) Not that I can recall
8) Not that I can recall
9) Fights with my friends on a daily basis and playing tackle football from spring to winter as well as practicing martial arts.

 

[Starke]

1. 28
2. Male
3. +40hr/wk
4. FPS, RPG, Action, Strategy, RTS, Driving
5. Swearing? Yes. Angry, very rarely (Usually intermittent controller issues, or the like).
6. No
7. No
8. No
9. Very rarely (4 or 5 possible incidents in the last decade, all provoked by a third party)

Thank you very much!

I would warn you, this method of data collection suffers from self selection, and insufficient population to render results with a reasonable margin of error. You may also have validity issues with 8. What 8 actually samples is individuals who view violence provoked by games as acceptable, and as such, you're probably going to have to discard the question. 5 may have validity issues if it is answered unilaterally because of variance based on social acceptability of profanity. That is to say you'd probably get a strong Pearson's R correlation off of use of profanity and nationality. 5 should probably have been broken into multiple questions, one for profanity, and one for anger, with a third non-game related profanity control question.

 

[jaketheripper]

1. Age:15
2. Gender:male
3. How often do you play videogames? 5-8 hrs a day
4. What genres?pretty much all
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing)call of duty lol
6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? (ex. harming the controller)nope
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?eh sometimes

 

[cainx10a]

1. 24
2. M
3. according to steam 32.7 hours over 2 weeks
4. Mainly action games
5. If the game is buggy, or the difficulty is a bit too much
6. never
7. Nope
8. Nope
9. I beat my teddy bear on a weekly basis (also my lucky charm)

 

[DarthFennec]

1. Age:
19

2. Gender:
Male

3. How often do you play videogames?
Every day.

4. What genres?
Survival horror, action/adventure, platformer, sandbox, a couple others.

5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing)
Very rarely. A couple of times per year, at the most.

6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? (ex. harming the controller)
Nope.

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 don't.

 

[Zyphonee]

1. Age: 15
2. Gender: Male
3. How often do you play videogames? In a daily basis. This can go from half an hour to a whole evening, depending on the day, my mood and the game.
4. What genres? Mostly, Adventure, Role-Playing, Horror and Action
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them?I have become frustrated and at times even caught myself becoming a little bit irritated when playing, but never irrational rage
6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? Never; my frustration induced antics are just me cussing at worst
7. Have games ever made you angry when not playing them?Games have taught me things about life in general, but if you mean reacting violently or desiring to do so, then no, never
8. Have games ever made you physically violent when not playing them? Not at all
9. How often do you engage in violent behavior? Never. In fact, I am an anti-war pacifist.

 

[Polyg0n]

1. 19
2. Male
3. Almost daily usually 1-4 hours at a time.
4. Mainly FPS, sometimes RPG's as well.
5. Some games can make me angry but I never even say anything out loud.
6. Never
7. No
8. No
9. I don't engage in violent behaviour. I've never even punched a person with a hurting intent in my mind.

 

[Triscut900]

1. 17
2. Male
3. An hour or two a day.
4. Any and all, except sports.
5. I swear, but more out of habit then anger I'd say.
6. No
7. No
8. No
9. Never, unless you count rugby.

this almost exactly
Just replace 17 with 14

 

[Sexbad]

1. 16
2. Male
3. At least 1 hour per day.
4. Shooter, adventure, horror. I enjoy lots of atmosphere, too, so often I enjoy very gritty, gory games, at least when stylized. For instance, Metro 2033 over Gears of War.
5. Yes, normally when I was faced with ridiculous pixel hunting or unfair fake difficulty, such as the final level of Perseus Mandate.
6. No.
7. No.
8. No.
9. Rarely, if at all. I'm an incredibly physically peaceful person. I, of course, enjoy arguing instead.

 

[agentironman]

1. Age: 35
2. Gender: Male
3. How often do you play videogames? 3-5 hrs a week
4. What genres? Shooters, sports, RPG, Racing
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing) yes
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? never

 

[ModReap]

1. 19
2. Male
3. Every day
4. It would be easier to list that I don't play sports games or horror games.
5. Yes, swearing during truly painful moments, no otherwise.
6. No.
7. No.
8. No.
9. Never unless severely provoked.

You're welcome.

 

[Hawgh]

1. Age:
2. Gender:
3. How often do you play videogames?
4. What genres?
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing)
6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? (ex. harming the controller)
7. Have games ever made you angry when not playing them? (ex. thinking about them affected your actions)
8. Have games ever made you physically violent when not playing them? (ex. thinking of them affected your actions)
9. How often do you engage in violent behavior?

Thank you very much!

1. 22.
2. Male.
3. On a daily basis.
4. Primarily RPGs, arcade games, strategy and first persons.
5. Yes.
6. No.
7. The sheer variety of "Truck Driver Simulator" games I recently happened opon caused me considerable anguish.
8. No.
9. Very rarely.

 

[Larmo]

1. Age: 22
2. Gender: female
3. How often do you play videogames? 4hs a day on average
4. What genres? FPS, RPG, casual, adventure, puzzle, mutliplayer
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? If the level or activty is frustrating or the game glitchy, but i don't rage quit much
6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? No
7. Have games ever made you angry when not playing them? No, but i do think back in the day and think if i should have done something different
8. Have games ever made you physically violent when not playing them? No
9. How often do you engage in violent behavior? Not often, I'm not a violent person

 

[FirstOne617]

1. 18
2. Male
3. A couple hours a day, unless I'm really busy with schoolwork or something.
4. FPS, RPG, Fighters, Action
5. I've been frustrated by games sometimes, usually when I get stuck, but never really angry.
6. No.
7. No.
8. No.
9. Never.

 

[The Unworthy Gentleman]

1. 16
2. Male
3. 2-4 hours weekdays, 4-7 weekends. Vary depending on mood, work, social life and whether my brother is playing.
4. RPG, F/TPS, Sandbox, Action-adventure, Arcade, Browser
5. Yes, quite often. Usually caused by dis-satisfactory game mechanics.
6. Yes, on occasion. Only ever due to dis-satisfactory game mechanics.
7. No, never.
8. Also never.
9. Again, never.

You are very welcome.

 

[Weemulator]

1. 19
2. Male
3. Daily
4. Pretty much anything (I tend to get bored of playing one genre a lot) but mainly RPG's
5. Yes when I get into really difficult areas I can't beat or the dreaded autosave just before dying I tend to swear.
6. Occasionally slam my fist on the couch but that's about it
7. Nope
8. Nope
9. Never

 

[OldAccount]

1. Age:
18

2. Gender:
male

3. How often do you play videogames?
An hour or two a day.

4. What genres?
FPS, Music, Beat em' ups, Action, Puzzlers, platformers

5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing)
Multi-player games have left me frustrated on occasion. Perhaps a bit of cursing. Nothing major.

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?
Never (I'm more of the passive-aggressive type)

Thank you very much!

Happy to oblige!

I'm interested to read some of these responses myself =)

 

[dark-amon]

1. Age: 22
2. Gender: Male
3. How often do you play videogames? Often. Probably more than 4 hours 6 days a week.
4. What genres? Platformers, RPG, Action adventure etc.
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing) Only at high difficulty or when insulted at multiplayer.
6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? (ex. harming the controller)I punch a pillow when situation mentioned over ocur.
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 the past 4 years.

 

[leon3789]

1. Age:17
2. Gender:male
3. How often do you play videogames? Very often
4. What genres? Shooters, RPGs, almost any of them
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing) Yes
6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? (ex. harming the controller) Yes
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? Outside of videogames? Never

 

[The_Echo]

1. Age: 17
2. Gender: Male
3. How often do you play videogames? Often. At least a little bit everyday. Usually more.
4. What genres? Doesn't really matter, as long as it's a good game.
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing) Yes.
6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? (ex. harming the controller) No. I don't want to break my controller.
7. Have games ever made you angry when not playing them? (ex. thinking about them affected your actions) No. What kind of logic is that?
8. Have games ever made you physically violent when not playing them? (ex. thinking of them affected your actions) No./b]
9. How often do you engage in violent behavior? Not often. I've only ever actually harmed my little sister, but never in a major way, and only ever when she irritates me past my limit, which is relatively extensive.