SweetUserName
Member
I get your theory, but I think its been a couple more than three.
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Do violent video games actually cause violence?
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I get your theory, but I think its been a couple more than three.
purbeast0
No Lifer
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great point. its comparing grapes to watermelons. smoking is something thats portrayed as "cool" in ads and society. killing someone is not.
i voted nay. i've been playing violent games (MK1 on Genesis, I had to get the one with blood 🙂) and all that crap since it first came out, and i have no intention in killing anyone, nor do any of my friends. same with movies, i've been watching R movies since I was probably 7-8 years old and i'm fine in that sense too. those sex scenes with the parents in the room really were wierd though when i hit like 12 years old heh.
40Hands
Diamond Member
Honestly I don't really care about the cigarette ads. I was just pointing out the difference.
Yes parents can control what their children see. Does it really matter? No. Like I said before, I watched horror movies and played violent video games as a kid. Did that cause me to be violent? No. It's either the parents fault or some kind of mental problem that is to blame for violence. You could also argue that its the parents fault for not noticing that something was wrong with their kid.
ElMonoDelMar
Golden Member
I did a research paper on this last year for a freshman level english class. Almost everything I read said that in normal people, video games do not cause violence. Some people with underlying mental conditions can be affected more so by the violence.
Nothing?!? That's a pretty broad term. So if I owned a newspaper and ran a story stating Doboji was a known child molester (I'm guessing that's not actually true), there should be no legal way to stop me? I can think of lots of examples which might make you think otherwise.
Just out of curiosity, but if a game was released which gameplay was mainly to go around raping and molesting children, would you have a problem with it? Why, it's only a game. It won't cause people to do it.
Studies have been done on this countless times, and games DO increase aggression. Does it CAUSE violence? Will playing a game about car theft make you go out and steal a car? Of course not. But if you've just played a violent game, you're more likely to be in an aggressive mindset... that's not that after playing Doom, you're going to be seeing red and be on the brink of some violence if somebody pisses you off. But there's been studies done on children AND adults, that if you let the children watch a violent movie, then leave them alone to play with dolls or each other, they play is more aggressive. Have adults watch a violent movie, and then put them in a stressful situation (such as how they would respond to a malfunctioning computer on a test), and they're more likely to react more aggressively.
EVERYTHING influences our moods and behaviors (that's different than CAUSING a behavior). What we smell, what we hear, even the color we see can influence our mood, and our mood can influence our reaction to an event. Listen to elevator music in the gym, and your workout will be pretty lame... listen to something that can excite you, and your workout will be intense.
Studies have been done on this countless times, and games DO increase aggression. Does it CAUSE violence? Will playing a game about car theft make you go out and steal a car? Of course not. But if you've just played a violent game, you're more likely to be in an aggressive mindset... that's not that after playing Doom, you're going to be seeing red and be on the brink of some violence if somebody pisses you off. But there's been studies done on children AND adults, that if you let the children watch a violent movie, then leave them alone to play with dolls or each other, they play is more aggressive. Have adults watch a violent movie, and then put them in a stressful situation (such as how they would respond to a malfunctioning computer on a test), and they're more likely to react more aggressively.
EVERYTHING influences our moods and behaviors (that's different than CAUSING a behavior). What we smell, what we hear, even the color we see can influence our mood, and our mood can influence our reaction to an event. Listen to elevator music in the gym, and your workout will be pretty lame... listen to something that can excite you, and your workout will be intense.
It should be legal to create so long as it doesn't actually use children in it's creation. I think it's sick and disgusting, and would never play it. However the game itself should not be illegal.
As for your ascertion about violent video games increasing aggression.... I dont see how this is true, as many people in this forum will verify most people here have played significantly larger quantities of violent video games than the rest of the population. Would you then also assume that we are more violent than the rest of the population? I would argue no.
Sure.... why not. Even hardcore sex on TV. How does that hurt children? The error is in thinking that we can prevent our children from seeing these things. You're far better off talking to them about it, so they understand what they're seeing. And then changing the channel.
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