Violence in Video Games - SESSLER'S ...SOMETHING

In light of Obama's proposal this week to study the impact of media on violence, Adam examines what exactly it is about video game violence that attracts us, and how those unfamiliar with new media have a tendency to misconstrue it.

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[SaraJP20]

my co-workers make me feel violent. can we outlaw them?

[AptCreep]

It isn't even violence, it's aggressive behavior, I mean sports or even a jar of pickles can cause aggressive behavior. For it to turn into violence there has to be different factors.

[0Letten0]

nah

It is not about shooting and killing, it is about the satisfaction of overcoming the enemy/obstacle. You are happy that you finally beat the game not because you murdered bunch of mushrooms.

[zippL0ck]

i just want to beat cops to death with a big pink dildo .. is that so wrong ?

[MrKolsyrad]

Only thing that makes me feel violent are these FUCKING slow buffering times on youtube... Lets ban youtube?

[mrtisahotdog5]

Most games are violent because even though we are more civilized we still have sports which resemble violence in some way. It's a humans instinct we are all animals.

[Brickman274]

Awesome, needed this for my research essay project, thanks... (not quotes, but things to write about...)

[Sami Manzur]

When is kingdom hearts 2.5 hd remix coming out? Lol

[TheSeraver]

Sess I'm Flemmish and from Belgium. The very notion you mentioned that specific language blows my mind xD

[mafiacat88]

i feel that violent video games are attractive to people as it is a oppertunity to test yourself againsed ( sorry about the spelling) other things, and come out on top. teh violent bit i think is just enjoyable as it adds that exitement, a sort of substitue of adreniline, but without any real danger. also was there not that study/ cencus about how the places with higher concentations of video games have lower youth volent crime rates. taking out anger on fake things, not real things is good.

[tubertomp]

the purpose of auditing is break the person down so they can turn him into something else, which involves the self fulfilling prophesy. the selfulfilling prophesy was explained to me as follows: a class of 4th graders were all given IQ tests, and were told that group A was smarter than the other group, B. But the groups were really split up equally by score, A was probably encouraged to outperform B throughout the academic year, that it was inherent in them do get better grades, and they did.