Survey: Videogames and Violence (for a class)

[mklnjbh]

1. Age:
18
2. Gender:
Male
3. How often do you play videogames?
About 5-20 hours a week, depending on circumstances.
4. What genres?
FPS, RPG, RTS, Fighting, Stealth
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing)
Yes. Often, in fact just swore while playing an hour ago
6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? (ex. harming the controller)
Yes. Punched a wall a week ago, but uncommon.
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?
Very rarely. I can't remember the last time I struck someone.

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

1. Age: 20

2. Gender: Male

3. How often do you play videogames?

As often as possible, which generally boils down to two or three short sessions a week -- maybe five hours a week in total. College is not conducive to gaming. Even when I'm not taking classes, I don't spend too much time playing -- maybe 10 hours a week, if I have absolutely nothing important to do.

4. What genres?

Mostly FPS, but I also play RPGs, platformers, flight sims, and basically whatever else catches my fancy. The only genre I really don't like is RTS, but I happen to love TBS games, and if I were to play an RTS that fixed the problems that I've had with the genre since playing Warcraft II, I would probably reconsider my stance on that genre as well.

5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing)

Only once, while playing I Wanna Be the Guy. I couldn't get past the third screen, and it was frustrating enough that I wound up quitting, because at that point I obviously wasn't enjoying myself.


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

No, never. As a matter of fact, it always annoys me when I see people throwing their controllers because they aren't doing well at a game. Those suckers are expensive, not to mention fragile.

7. Have games ever made you angry when not playing them? (ex. thinking about them affected your actions)

No, and I'd be surprised if that was true of anyone.

8. Have games ever made you physically violent when not playing them? (ex. thinking of them affected your actions)

No, and I'd be shocked if this was true of anyone, unless we're talking about, say, a person robbing a game shop because the inventory was valuable.

9. How often do you engage in violent behavior?

For all intents and purposes, never. I'm not exactly a pacifist, but I managed to make it through school without getting in a single fight; I'm not a violent person.

 

[Jekken6]

1. Age:
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. 14
2. Male
3.Lots, according to steam, 20 hours in the past 2 weeks
4. RPG, FPS, RTS, Action Adventure, etc.
5. Definitely, mostly on games like CoD: WaW on Veteran and many mp games
6. Used to, but not much anymore
7. Only angry when people say MW2 is best game ever, wii version better for games, things of that nature, simply because it is untrue.
8. Not really
9. Not alot, this is discounting martial arts training and joking around with friends

 

[Captain Epic]

1.14
2.male
3.around an hour more or less, depending on what I'm doing that day.
4.shooters, 1st and 3rd person, sandbox, action-adventure.
5.very foul laguage sometimes.
6.I've thrown the controller a couple times on rare occasions and broke a DS in half once.
7.no
8.no
9.Only in self-defence.

 

[LooK iTz Jinjo]

1. 19
2. Male
3. Lots, 30+ hours a week, depends on work, friends, money etc.
4. RPG's, Shooters, JRPG's, Sports, Action/Adventure, Music/Rhythm (e.g Guitar Hero), Survival Horror.
5. Yes, though generally during online shooter (Gears, Cod, Halo etc)
6. I may throw my controller to the floor in frustration (maybe anger?) but never caused any damage.
7. No, Never.
8. No.
9. Rarely if ever, generally during sports. I use fairly colourful language on a regular basis though.

 

[ikey]

1. Age:
15

2. Gender:
Male

3. How often do you play videogames?
Several hours, only over weekends.

4. What genres?
fps, rpg, sandbox, and most everything else.

5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing)
Very often, and very much so. (MW2)

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)
They (as in MW2) do make me more morose afterwards, but it doesn't really affect my decision making.

8. Have games ever made you physically violent when not playing them? (ex. thinking of them affected your actions)
Not at all.

9. How often do you engage in violent behavior?
Never. I'm a very mellow person, although you would think the opposite if you only ever saw me playing games. In the game, I'm a sadistic psycho, although I do let people live If it will be fortuitous for me.

Fallout: New Vegas:
I was very happy when I found out that the Silver Rush leaves all their weapons on display for me to carry off to a dark corner and steal. They were also polite enough to leave all their personal ammo and weapons behind locked doors that I could pick.

 

[sinsfire]

1. 31
2. Male
3. 3-4 days per week, a few hours per day
4. fantasy, role playing, action adventure, platformer
5. occasionally I get frustrated at difficult sections but I have yet to throw/break a controller or injure myself, others, or my property
6. see above ie no
7. again, sometimes i get frustrated and that has carried with me for a bit, but it has never to my knowledge affected my real life
8. no
9. other then a little wrestling with my wife and frustration at clients (usually involves throwing a pen or shooting a rubber band) then never

good luck with your project

 

[TheMadTypist]

1. Age: 19
2. Gender: Male
3. How often do you play videogames?
4-6 hours a week
4. What genres?
RPG, RTS, FPS, (all subsets) preferably with Sci-Fi or Fantasy setting.
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. Reload, start again, make 'em suffer for it. Or walk away/play something else.
7. Have games ever made you angry when not playing them? (ex. thinking about them affected your actions)
Nah. thinking about certain people can sometimes, but games, never.
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?
Almost never. Unless you count in-game behavior. I tend to just start spewing things along the lines of "Incompetent, brainless, useless" when I get really angry. Not in chat though, just to myself.

 

[General Torg]

1)21
2)Male
3)30 hours a week
4)Shooting, Strategy, Racing, RTS, Simulation.
5)All of the above
6)When I was younger
7)When I was younger, not as extreme as #5
8)No
9)Hardly ever.

 

[Ignatz_Zwakh]

1. Age: 20

2. Gender: Male

3. How often do you play videogames?: Usually at least an hour a day.

4. What genres: Rpg's, Fps', Fighting games, Beat-em up's, adevnture games...a variety really.

5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them?: Oh boy, you better believe it. A good example was fighting Dullahan in Golden Sun 2, I actually freaked out and bit my GBA SP at one point.

6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them?: See above answer.

7. Have games ever made you angry when not playing them?: Not really per se. I mean, I've spent a moment or two feeling frustrated after some particular ordeals, but I usually turn this frustration into creative thinking regarding why I lost and whatnot.

8. Have games ever made you physically violent when not playing them?: Not that I can recall.

9. How often do you engage in violent behavior?: Rarely. I don't necessarily pursue violence IRL.

 

[zehydra]

1. Age:
20
2. Gender:
Male
3. How often do you play videogames?
Around 4 hours a day, if I have no work. Sometimes less than half an hour.
4. What genres?
FPS's, RPG's, Sandboxes
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing)
Only a few, and that was because opponents hacking/cheating online
6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? (ex. harming the controller)
not at all.
7. Have games ever made you angry when not playing them? (ex. thinking about them affected your actions)
not at all.
8. Have games ever made you physically violent when not playing them? (ex. thinking of them affected your actions)
not at all.
9. How often do you engage in violent behavior?
very very rarely.

 

[Makon]

1. Age: 20
2. Gender: Male
3. How often do you play videogames? Couple hours every day.
4. What genres? Action and Adventure games, Shooters, and Strategy games mostly, some racers in there.
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing) Some swearing, but otherwise no.
6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? (ex. harming the controller) No, never.
7. Have games ever made you angry when not playing them? (ex. thinking about them affected your actions) Not once, ever. I use this time for recreational, productive things.
8. Have games ever made you physically violent when not playing them? (ex. thinking of them affected your actions) Again, not once. Never.
9. How often do you engage in violent behavior? Very rarely. I believe that the proper application of violence can disarm some scenarios, but only as a last resort.

Hope that helps ya.

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

1. Age: 16
2. Gender: Male
3. How often do you play videogames? Every day
4. What genres? All
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? Of course
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? Almost never

 

[infohippie]

1. Age:
34
2. Gender:
Male
3. How often do you play videogames?
Pretty much daily for several hours at a time
4. What genres?
RPGs mostly; sometimes Flight sims, FPS, puzzle games, anything a little bit weird and quirky
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing)
To some degree, usually when an NPC has just pulled some shenanigans move or I've died in the exact same spot FOR THE HUNDREDTH GODDAMN TIME!
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 fight with sword, dagger and kama as a sport, does that count? Otherwise never.

 

[cannot_aim]

1. Age:

19

2. Gender:

male

3. How often do you play videogames?

every day

4. What genres?

rpg, rts, fps, tbs, tps, action-adventure, platformers

5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing)

swearing often, everything else almost never

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

maybe once or twice

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

 

[Eliam_Dar]

1. Age: 30
2. Gender: Male
3. How often do you play videogames? around 1-2 hours a day
4. What genres? RPGs, RTS, Adventure
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? Yes, specially MP games, when kids play.
6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? Nope
7. Have games ever made you angry when not playing them? nope, once I finish playing it is in the past
8. Have games ever made you physically violent when not playing them? Nope
9. How often do you engage in violent behavior? When I was younger I trained Full Contact, black belt, but lately, never.

 

[Crow T. Robot]

Age: 20

Gender: M

How often do you play videogames?
Once a day, generally. Ranging from half an hour to about 15 hours if school and work allows.

What genres?
FPS, Strategy, Racing (Arcade and Simulation), Action/Adventure, RPG's, JRPG's, Music/Rhythm, Fighting

Have games ever made you angry when playing them?
Legitimately angry, kinda rarely. When it happens, it's from getting obliterated online. If I get fed up with it, I finish out the round and quit. Swearing come solely from Mario Kart, but that's just getting caught up in the moment.

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

Have games ever made you angry when not playing them? (ex. thinking about them affected your actions)
Nope

Have games ever made you physically violent when not playing them? (ex. thinking of them affected your actions)
Narp.

How often do you engage in violent behavior?
Never.

 

[Nicarus]

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. 24
2. Male
3. Whenever I know I'm not busy.
4. Quite a few
5. Definitely (especially when I played Halo 3)
6. Again, when playing Halo 3
7. Nah. I feel better getting away from the rage.
8. Nope
9. I'm not all that violent.

Mainly it's just a lot of frustration, not really outright killer rage. I've been pwned every which way PvPing on WoW, and I don't get angry as I did playing Halo 3 online.

 

[velcrokidneyz]

1. Age: 21

2. Gender: Male

3. How often do you play videogames? 15 or so hrs a week

4. What genres? FPS, RTS, Puzzle, Racing, Fighting

5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing) Yes :3

6. Have games ever made you physically violent when playing them? (ex. harming the controller) haha yes, i am like a woodchipper but with 360 controllers, im better about it now

7. Have games ever made you angry when not playing them? (ex. thinking about them affected your actions) no, maybe if im playing with friends and we hang out later i might tease but no

8. Have games ever made you physically violent when not playing them? (ex. thinking of them affected your actions)
no, the game is a game

9. How often do you engage in violent behavior?
almost never

 

[AstylahAthrys]

1. Age: 18
2. Gender: Female
3. How often do you play videogames? 4-5 days a week
4. What genres? RPG, FPS, Music, Action
5. Have games ever made you angry when playing them? (ex. Rage quit, swearing) Sometimes I swear, but not that angrily.
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

Happy to help