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[sheepmage]

What the Fuck? When did the government start getting involved with video games anyway? From what I hear, those ratings are now being enforced by government (supposedly, the penalty for selling mature games to underage kids is worse than selling cigarettes for the shopkeepers, but I'm skeptical). And now, I read on my front page Google news that

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[draconella]

"I'm somewhat surprised that people still hold the belief that violent games can cause violence. Or even encourage it. They look at the statistics, say, hey, look at that, among violent children, violent games are more popular than with nonviolent children. That must be what's causing this who mess. Not us, of course."

Wow, I'm surprised you don't believe it. It's not about statistics, but about psychology. Personally, I've held the belief that violent movies, shows, and games all increase violent tendancies for years, based on observations of myself and others. After playing GTA I actually felt myself thinking running down pedestrians, and had strong urges to do so. Some of my friends' younger siblings, very calm and well behaved kids, started to attack people with kicks and punches after watching power rangers. But if you're disinclined to believe my personal experience, go and look at the actually psychological studies that have been done before you go and say "well, their statistics aren't well supported, so there's no way

Games and the people who play them

[sheepmage]

I didn't actually expect anyone to reply, given the ridiculous that I took in the original entry, but I'm glad you did