scapegoat. take the weapons the americans. give harsher penaltys to those who commit violent acts. absolute numnuts

yeah, it‘s much more lucrative to write BS blogs than to accept that humans are violent by nature. sigh.

I believe it guys. I have been playing video games for around 25 years. I found I am more easily agitated after playing COD, BF, sports games etc. It has been going on maybe for the past 5 or so years. But hell, I love them so I'll have to deal with my temperament.

These articles actually make me aggressive. Someone should do a study on how normal people react to Fugzi studies. I’m getting more angry by the second!

I love studies nowadays. Don't get the desired outcome just fudge the numbers or just keep trying until you prove your theory correct. though often they just skew the data and use it so it fits their ideal. Most of these studies are absolutely pointless and often times have no scientific basis.

Its true. Some doctor told me therefore its legit. Honest.

And yet 30yrs of other studies say the exaxt opposite. The story also doesnt link to the actual study anywhere.

Tell that to the 20 others that have confirmed the opposite.

“The effect is "relatively small, but statistically reliable. The effect does exist," Hull said.

While there's not research suggesting violent video games lead to criminal behavior, Hull's previous research suggests players may practice riskier behaviors such as reckless driving, binge drinking, smoking and unsafe sex.”

Hahahaha GTFO! What a complete joke. A “task force” made in 2011 when the Supreme Court ruled the ban of violent games unconstitutional? Their sole purpose is to prove violent behavior in adolesents. This isn’t a scientific study, it’s bullshit from partisan hacks with an axe to grind. “He got into fights at school? Did he own grand theft auto? Case solved screw you Scalia.”

Another article trying to get media attention.. here's the thing, I'm gonna be 40 this month and I actually use action games as an outlet whenever I get frustrated or angry in real life, so gaming is actually therapeutic for me, just saying...

These "studies" all have a fundamental flaw in that they have taken actual living people given them a questionnaire and come back a few years later or whatever the timeline is and gave them the same questionnaire it doesn't take into account other factors such as the persons close relationships with family or friends, diet, exercise or lifestyle.

If you are a person with a poor social life, not employable or hate your job, you smoke, drink etc you will probably be more aggressive. and this study in particular took 17,000 people living individual lives with the only common ground exposed being that they play gta without disclosing other potential lifestyle factors.

Additionally you need to establish where the fund to conduct this study came from and the implications of the funding. For example coke funds lots of studies to try and paint sugary drinks in a positive light and buries the research data when they don't support the ideology of coke being harmless.

I've been playing shooters for decades...... I have probably killed more virtual Nazis than there were in the entirety of WWII......

I'm a big ol softy

I have a better one.
A study has found playing games filled with microtransactions & lootboxes leads to physical violence & uncontrollable bursts of rage :)

Hold up, the study was for ages 9-19 playing gta and call of duty. I would hope that the 18+ were the only ones playing those games

Study shows that 100% of people who played Dark Souls will die.

Oh god not again

Hold up, the study was for ages 9-19 playing gta and call of duty. I would hope that the 18+ were the only ones playing those games "Those in the study who played violent games, whether frequently or infrequently, had an increase risk of aggressive behavior." Again, if they play infrequently how are they the same risk as those that play frequently????
"Hull's previous research suggests players may practice riskier behaviors such as reckless driving, binge drinking, smoking and unsafe sex."
The research from this clown is all over the place and seems straight bullshit to me.

what a lot of crap, I play violent games, i beat up the whores in GTA, i shoot people in the face in COD, I punch Yoshi in Super Mario World and I would not hurt a fly

I generally would read reports when I disagree with something, but I'm so fundamentally against videogames as a causal relationship I refuse to acknowledge it.

Anti-social personalities are fostered by nature or upbringing. Violence especially is one of those things that needs be hard-coded into someone.

Children can distinguish between videogames and real life - sure, I tried to do Mortal Kombat moves on my brother as a kid, but not with the intention of hurting him, I just thought it was cool.

It's quite sad because I thought we were well past this in media - let alone academia - at this point.

If you play violent video games, you'll be sent to the principal more often. Nice study...

If the extreme leftists that feel that they need to say they didn't get their way because they were a minority , gay /bi-sexual or tranny , use the didn't get their way because they were Muslim excuse , etc. would stop being a bunch of pussies & admit that they may not have gotten their way because they weren't qualified would actually think about what this is causing , they may actually realize that they are actually angering most people in this country because we keep dumbing everything down for those who complain that even the simplest of tasks are too difficult for them.

ok well, ii guess m a reaaaaaaal aggressive bloke then. been playing gta and cod for a long long time lol. this is so stupid. those studies are idiotic. wasted tax money imo.

So I'm a gamer and have been gaming for the longest time on all platforms and guess what so have my friends and colleagues, we all have stressful days at work or from home, but NONE of us have been effected, my daughters game too and they both are doing very well in there carers and I'm very content with there achievements, my nephew is young and he games too, but we made sure that the games he played are suited towards his age, video games don't make people or turn people towards violent, there is something wrong with that individual in the first place, but as i said video games is a escape from your everyday stressors, so STOP LOOK AT VIDEO GAMES AS PROBLEM, take a closer look the at environment that child is from, now away from the video games, what about movies why are you not looking closer at that too, because once again children can open there co sole and what a movies that's is rated adult and has adult content, but the bottom line is this, we have a history of murderous people in the world and no Video game are the do it, they are a choice to do so. Now let me tell how a video game saved my friend life, his relationship came to a end, this guy was feeling down depression kicked in he wouldn't go work over back home to mother and just lived in his bed, me and two other friends visited his got him out the home and went to watch a movie, but that day changed everything there was a trailer for GEARS OF WAR, this guy was like WOW, i want to play that, but because of his depression he has lost his job, so we as friends got him Gears and COD, we would play for hour then he said one night to us, i got my old job back, this was like 2-3 months after getting the console, this guy took us out to dinner and said now i understand what true friendship is big ass man made us cry he i was close to ending it all, but there is more to life, now he only plays on weekends and he has one child with another on the way, but video games brought him out of depression got him talking again, people always looking at the negatives and never see or hear of the positive and i believe we should start sharing them.

the fault is never the videogame, but the people;
if people pisses you off every day of you life, you start to hate them and violent thoughts can occur, if you lose 1000 times at a videogame nothing happen, it's just a videogame, you can stop and retry the next day.

what kids are playing manhunt in 2018? lol

That is like saying that because gay men listen to Cher that Cher turns men gay.Just ridiculous. There is zero evidence that the games themselves add any violent behavior to anyone. More so in the reply it was even said that it could simply be that people that tend to be more violent prefer violent games. This does not in fact confirm any such link to influencing violent behavior nor physical aggression. GTA V and COD both happen to be the most played video games around. So with that in mind then the millions that play and don't have any such aggressive tendencies shows a lack of any direct causation.

It's mental health that's the issue.

Any normal individual will understand the differences it's the small group who don't.

Are we going to punish everyone for someone elses mental health being unhinged or are we going to support those in need?

Lol, and the last study showed that there’s no link. So, who’s right and who’s wrong?

Take that you #%$@hes. How does it feel to get antagonized for enjoying your favorite type of FICTION?
Remember that next time before screaming at people after watching boobs in a game.

I blame KungFu on NES for me violently kicking everyone in the face and leg sweeping their ankles into dust in elementary school, rough times growing up in NY during the 80's...people never really appreciated the high pitched sound effects I added in either...wataaa!!

This is like that skit where Google was a guy in an office and a lady asks him to look up how vaccines lead to autism and he has a stack of papers that said it doesn't but a single report that says it does and she says "I KNEW IT" and takes the single paper that does. Thousands of reports of the last 20 years have proved this to be false but 1 single study is enough to give a bunch of morons their "smoking gun" so to speak.

These studies make no sense, all they show is that violent people tend to like violent media.

Comparing movies is to games is not even close to the same. Stories are in both yes. But you are controlling the game. Way more immersive experience. With that said I can see video games causing issues. Again it all is in the person though. Games are just another excuse to let that side of you out. Cars don’t cause people to act violent. But one driving and cutting you off with it can cause major anger issues. People are the problem. Not games. Not guns. Not anything outside of the person. All violent acts are from the person. Downvotes don’t bother me. I’ll live

There's a lot wrong with this.

That' they're even entertaining the farcical "summit" a few months back is one. That thing was loaded from the start, and no one took it seriously because of it.

"...who played violent games such as "Grand Theft Auto," "Call of Duty" and "Manhunt" were more likely to exhibit behavior such as being sent to the principal's office for fighting or hitting a non-family member."
-This is one if more of a joke, but who the fuck is playing Manhunt anymore? These people are reaching for examples from decades ago. They're, again, grasping at straws.

"While there's not research suggesting violent video games lead to criminal behavior, Hull's previous research suggests players may practice riskier behaviors such as reckless driving, binge drinking, smoking and unsafe sex."
-People do these things WITHOUT VIDEO GAMES. In fact, I'd wager that more often than not, those not playing video games are out doing this shit in the first place BECAUSE they're not gaming.

And then you get to the end of the article and read this ""A lot of people ask, do these games really cause these kids to behave aggressively? I would say that is one possibility,"

So...have you or have you not done the "research", you hacks?

Where is this study?

All I see in that article is anecdotes.

It's the opposite for me. Videogames calm my nerves* if I'm frustrated at life, work, family a good gaming session to take me away from the f'd things in life is a stress reliever. It's the person and upset personal life not the games. Gangsta rap calms me when I'm pissed however Rock makes me more rude or more prone to messing someone up lol it's all on the person.
*(Sometimes that boss you just can't beat can make you go ape sh** lol)

“A study found playing cooking video games such as "Cooking Mama" turns you into a chef."

Playing videogames for 40 years & never went psycho where I wanted to harm or kill anyone,though some games can get complex & frustrating sometimes but I know it's just a videogame.I've never thrown a controller knowing I'm not trying to ruin anything I value & payed for knowing it's just a game.I find playing videogames exciting,calming & relaxing most of the times.

I find it very interesting that all of a sudden that there is a link with video games and violence when a study performed by the University of Queensland in Australia in 2015 and a report done by The Entertainment Software Association (The ESA) in 2016 found that there was NOT a link between the two:

http://www.theesa.com/wp-co...
http://www.theesa.com/artic...

Furthermore, The ESA criticized the findings in 2015 as well:

http://www.theesa.com/artic...

I call BS on this USA Today article, and do not find it credible at all. I think they're clearly just trying to stir the pot.

It's not violence in games that make some gamers violent.
It's the idiocy of "studies" like these that make some gamers violent.
But let's be honest; can anyone with a good common sense compass really blame us for wanting to beat the stupid out of whoever takes "studies" like this seriously, or worse calls for them to be conducted at all?XD

All I got out of this was parents let their kids play adult games and then we blame the game.

Now I'm upset and angry that I can't play games right now.

Oh well, back to work.

Violent delights have violent ends

Oh this again LOL

ahah, yeah, i guess we have WWI and WWII (not to talk about all the other c enturies of death and destruction), that prove that... oh... wait a minute... they didn´t had videogames back then! Crap. Now what? I can´t argument...

A new study shows that drinking water, over time, will lead to drinking alcohol...which leads to aggression...which leads to a supreme court nomination.

I’m looking forward to the results of how
1. Joining military service,
2. Hunting down defenceless animals,
3. Watching movie/TV violence,
4. Listening to Any Rick & Roll to Death Metal,
5. Putting up with corrupt Politicians
Increases your own physical aggression levels 😡😡😡 Ooh the ANGER

Every time i see an article like this i want smash someones face in with brick, so i guess this is confirmed link to crap bs articles and physical aggression also

*cries*

But you don't know why somebody commits a violent act until they commit the act!!!!

Can't wait to see how many people get aggressively angry over this.

I think they are correct with this one, sorry guys...
I throw a lot off ppl over cliffs...thats what smash bros do to you

News flash cave men where violent, ancient civilizations where violent, every major power that has a risen has been violent. I'm going to go with logic here and say humans are violent and don't need external triggers to make them even more violent. I would argue that family, parents, friends and environment have way more influence over someone potentially coming more violent, studies have been done on animals that have been neglected when they are born and they tend to have more issues so I would say lack of nurturing has a way mored deep rooted psychological issues associated with negative outcomes than these external issues.

Not again...

Decided to read the whole article;

"While there's no research suggesting violent video games lead to criminal behavior, Hull's previous research suggests players may practice riskier behaviors such as reckless driving, binge drinking, smoking and unsafe sex" .
Right so gaming apparently also encourages us to not use a condom aswel and as for binge drinking and smoking we've been doing that for fucking years. WTF lol.

Games do increase aggression.

But it depends on other things to make people angry.

Lag,luck, if the person keeps losing, they will get angry.

Seen it enough times myself and I used to get angry when I was younger. As you get older you careless.

It's like we should have a rating system or something so parents could keep these mature games out of their kids impressionable minds.... NVM who parents nowdays lets just ban games that will fix it.

So what about music, movies, and watching the news nowdays? That can cause people to be violent too... Nature itself is violent. Human history shows how violent we are. It will never change. Our own pathetic government cant even get along. So its not just from video games.

Did Hitler have video games? No? ohhhhhhhhhh...so this is BS

And of course the usual knee jerk "Nuh Uuuuh!" from you guys. Sorry but interactive entertainment and movies/tv are 2 different mediums.

Of course another bullshit study.

I did a study and shockingly found that Politics made people way more violent than any video game.

Did a psychology paper on this subject during Jack Thompsons run against GTA. Every study I cited showed that violent people migrated towards violent games. Not one showed a rational person becoming violent without extreme life changes also being present (divorce, breakup, loss of a loved one, getting fired). The most important factor was always parenting. Lack of parenting is the greatest factor in predicting violence, but you cant say that to voters.

In related news, "Study confirms link between driving on California 101 leads to violent and physical aggression.”

Study also falls into the same trap very few of these studies are able to avoid, which is failing to consider the possibility that violent games are a confounding variable. I took a few courses on social research, and given what all these studies seem to find, I think it's highly likely that physically aggressive individuals are simply likely to enjoy violent games. Moreover, there are many non-aggressive individuals who also play the same games. I'm sure if the study was examined from another angle, a different conclusion could be drawn.

I personally find violent video games and aggressive music/movies to be therapeutic. I don't have an aggressive bone in my body but when anxiety hits hard god of war/eminem/goodfellas are good releases. Everyone's different.

Anyone else mad no sources are cited with links

Study confirms link between non video game playing journalists and clickbait articles

#fixed

Did another study confirm that people who like soccer and practice soccer have a . tendancy to play Fifa and PES ?

that's like saying study found guns cause violence, hmmmm

Look at the source, no further explanation needed.

LOL at everyone commenting without actually reading the study.

Its funny to watch everyone become science deniers when its not the science they want to believe in.

The results are interesting if you actually cared to read them. Most interesting was the ethnic breakdown. Kind of an eye opener.

Also most of you all with "I play games and never hurt anyone" dont understand how or what they measured but again you would have to read the study to understand the science. Which clearly almost none of you did. You read one news story and took it as if the journalists understand the science and didnt just pick and choose what to feed you all to get you all in a tizzy.

If it were true, I would be a mass murderer by now and I am not lol..

So terrorists play a sh!tload of violent videogames then?

surre...SMD!

Really? Because I feel a lot more violent, now that I don't have any time to play video games.

In other news....

"A study was concluded by Captain Obvious O'Boyle that social interaction, whether in person or through the internet, has been deemed unsafe for the public. The study dates back to prehistoric era where the findings show that when Raptors disagree violence tends to occur." - Presidential Alert

And how many studies have confirmed that there isn't a link? It's a far greater number that disproves this study

Time to find out what violent game influenced Ivan the Terrible.

Buuuuuuuuuuuuuullsnot.

Oh that must be why every time I play fortnite I want to go out and play overrated terrible games

Omg it’s true the games do influence us

If a person has violent tendencies, then yes, sometimes they may also enjoy rampaging in a violent video game. However there are tons of other people who also enjoy the rampant action and know how to handle themselves civilly.

I’ve never hit anyone in my life and I was raised on call of duty, halo, GTA, etc.

Simple case of correlation not causation.

Its so true. I was playing TLOU last night and today I decided to shiv someone in the neck! Dont tell anyone!

Most cultures are built on mass exploitation, alienation and genocide not "well-being" for all - that is the issue - not a fucking video game. It's really hard to believe people get paid to study this banal sludge instead of actually changing the myriad of systemic issues that are hardwired into almost every little patriot on earth.

This is completely false and proves the people doing the study are inept at what they do.
Use some common sense, if this was all true, you would see everyone that plays these games have this sort of aggression and violence, but they don’t.

The people that do have this type of aggression ALREADY have an issue or mental illness. It just so happens they enjoy video games like everyone else.

Blame the person who has the problem and not the video games. Stop looking to video games as the scapegoat and do something to help these people who already have a problem.

This is all just the usual politically-infused hogwash that seems to always center around violent video games, yet for some oddly convenient reason, it never seems to be concerned with violent films from the Liberal Establishment known as Hollywood. I wager that the curators of these "surveys" that supposedly confirms a correlation between video game violence and real-world violent tendencies are of the same political class that think women should Always Be Believed when making allegations of being sexual assault victims from over 36 years ago and Men of an opposing political class do not deserve the presumption of innocence.

To all the men in America today, always remember Kavanaugh, because what is happening to him now is what can happen to you.

We really back to this.

I can't imagine anyone who really thinks about this to disagree. Placing a brain in front of violence will lead to the behavior becoming normalized. It's why many children who were beaten end up abusing others in adulthood. We are products of our surroundings even video games.

Lies

Of course there's a link. Game's, TV, Movies and music all play a part in this. So does outside influence (other kids at school, work (forces) etc. I'm not a violent person myself and I've been a gamer since the 70's. As regard's kids though. Don't let them play games that have an 18 cert on them. They are there for a reason. When I was young movies were the only thing to have 18 certs on them. Video Games didn't need them back then.

Here's a thought. Maybe people who are more likely to exhibit aggression are more likely to play violent video games and not the other way around? The people studied cannot be properly assessed because they haven't studied the behaviour of those individuals if they developed without playing these games. The closest I could think to a valid test would be testing twins, one playing violent games and the other not throughout adolescence however individual personality traits mean this still wouldn't be be a definitive test.

TL;DR The test is bollocks.

Also, there was pretty much just as much violence around in the 70's (if not more) as there is today. Back in 1914-1918 and 1939-1945, there was violence all over the world on an unprecedented scale. We didn't have much in the way of violent Movies and TV back then and No Video Games of any form.

Whether we wanted it or not, we've stepped into a war with the Cabal on Mars. So let's get to taking out their command, one by one. Valus Ta'aurc. From what I can gather he commands the Siege Dancers from an Imperial Land Tank outside of Rubicon. He's well protected, but with the right team, we can punch through those defenses, take this beast out, and break their grip on Freehold.

That's B.S.! Now shut up about it before I pick up this 2x4 and beat you with it!

Oh.