Monday, April 24, 2000

Video Games and Violence -- 12:32 pm CST, Update by A.T. Hun

This study in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology seems to indicate a link between violent video games and violence in society. I read through the whole article, and my summary of it would be twofold:

1. If you play video games too much, your grades will drop and you may become more antisocial
2. If you are aggressive to begin with, violent video games will probably make you worse

To both I say, "Duh!" If you just sit in the flickering glow of a monitor playing games all day, it will be kind of hard for you to practice your social skills or study for class. Read the forums on some gaming sites that allow anonymous posts for proof of that. If you are particularly aggressive to begin with, hearing ABBA on the radio might set you off as much as a quick game of Doom. Thanks Slashdot.

J.t.Qbe comments: Hearing ABBA on the radio sets me off, and I'm not particularly violent to begin with!

News for 04/24/2000

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