http://www.tetromino.net/blog/2005/10/13/msu-gaming-aggression-study/ random links, random thoughts, easier than maintaining a flat text file Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:13:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.10 http://www.tetromino.net/blog/2005/10/13/msu-gaming-aggression-study/#comment-219 Wed, 19 Oct 2005 12:40:01 +0000 http://www.tetromino.net/blog/2005/10/13/msu-gaming-aggression-study/#comment-219 I totally agree!!! That is a case of pseudo science. I also tend to think that most people let their anger out while they are playing and they are a lot less aggressive afterwards. However what one should be studying is the psychological effect of vilonce in games and other media on immature minds. I.e. do they get used to the idea of violence being ok if there is something you realy want. If you are 13 and you kick people's brains out on a regular basis for some it may have an effect later in a situation when there's choice of resorting to violence or not resorting to violence. The kids who do the above, in my opinion, are more likely to chose the former. That's something that we really need to look into. But that ain't that easy. A lot of other factors play a role (including genetics) and you have to have a very broad base. I totally agree!!! That is a case of pseudo science.
I also tend to think that most people let their anger out while they are playing and they are a lot less aggressive afterwards.
However what one should be studying is the psychological effect of vilonce in games and other media on immature minds. I.e. do they get used to the idea of violence being ok if there is something you realy want. If you are 13 and you kick people’s brains out on a regular basis for some it may have an effect later in a situation when there’s choice of resorting to violence or not resorting to violence. The kids who do the above, in my opinion, are more likely to chose the former.
That’s something that we really need to look into. But that ain’t that easy. A lot of other factors play a role (including genetics) and you have to have a very broad base.

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