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Quote by: Mark I wouldn't even start with that BS, |
No doubt. I mean, what's does several controlled scientific studies mean when compared to a gamer's or the gaming industry's opinion?
Head to Head -- Let's see.,. one game industry expert who says pretty much exactly what I did --
--"A cyberterrorism expert has found that games such as [THQ's] Full Spectrum Warrior, or Full Spectrum Command as it's known in the military, is being used by al Qaeda to train their troops. These games don't just teach skills—they break down the inhibition to kill. We've been trained by society and our parents not to kill another person, so the way you break that down is to put a soldier in a VR setting, which will be far more effective in the long run."--
The other who says only that none of the studies suggests that video games will transform a
"normal kid into an antisocial menace, someone who can be involved in a school shooting." Well, Duh!! No one said Global Warming's going to flood the globe tomorrow, either. What the research says is...
--"One study reveals that young men who are habitually aggressive may be especially vulnerable to the aggression-enhancing effects of repeated exposure to violent games," said psychologists Craig A. Anderson, Ph.D., and Karen E. Dill, Ph.D. "The other study reveals that even a brief exposure to violent video games can temporarily increase aggressive behavior in all types of participants."--
This also applies to violent television...
--"In one study, scientists at the University of Michigan recorded the TV-watching habits of hundreds of first and third graders in 1977. Fifteen years later, the researchers looked at what kind of adults these kids had become.
By the time they were in their early twenties, women who had watched violent shows as kids were four times as likely to have punched, choked, or beaten other people as were women who didn't watch such programs as kids. Boys who watched violent TV grew up to be three times as likely to commit crimes as boys who didn't watch such programs."--
What your source does say is...
--"The contributing factors are mental illness, kids going off mood-altering meds, domestic violence, broken families, poverty—these are much bigger factors that can cause school shootings."--
America has always had mental illness, domestic violence, brokenhomes and poverty. Combine these with enhanced aggression and decreased inhibition for killing and you have a formula for combustion. And even with normal, well adjusted kids, added aggression and reduced inhibitions to violence can affect behavior.
--"Three kinds of research link violent video games to increased aggression. First, there are studies that look for correlations between exposure to these games and real-world aggression. This work suggests that kids who are more immersed in violent video games may be more likely to get into physical fights, argue with teachers, or display anger and hostility. Second, there is longitudinal research (measuring behavior over time) that assesses gaming habits and belligerence in a group of children. One example: A study of 430 third-, fourth-, and fifth-graders, published this year by psychologists Craig Anderson, Douglas Gentile, and Katherine Buckley, found that the kids who played more violent video games "changed over the school year to become more verbally aggressive, more physically aggressive," and less helpful to others."-- BrookBrown's Blog -- Oh goody, a video game junkie's blog vs. the American Pschological Association. Let's see... whose unbiased opinion should I trust?
And Brown's observation?...
--"But the terrifying thing? 11 year olds. Yup - if anyone is going to bring down our game world, it's you little bastards.
My dad said it was the most disgusting thing he'd ever seen. His face was red. Seem like an overkill reaction? nah - you see, i was on xbox live and some little kid called me a ni**er jew who should be raped, burned, etc. he was ranting. (forgive the language - but if you've played halo 2 on live, you've heard worse). You all have seen it happen. a little kid who doesn't have his parents around decides to be big man and yell at everyone obscenities that make all of us embarrassed to be gamers."--
Yeah, that sounds encouraging. Those kids should be real pillars of civility when they get older.
GamePolitics.com -- And even more unbiased expert opinion from...the Entertainment Consumers Association??? The gamers lobby????
Great call, Mark. Their case?
One recent shooter wasn't even allowed to play video games. Wow, there we are... case closed.
Yep, you really know how to advance an argument, Mark.
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