Stable people unaffected by violent games

Mark Dygert · Apr 2007

Or so says a new study, about time.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/200...lent-games.html

I also liked the article they linked about why society finds it comforting to blame games for violence.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070301-8959.html

Thegodzero · Apr 2007

sadly kids are not mentally stable. Just a part of growing up...

On the other hand this is a "duhh" kind of article, as we all already knew that was true.

Asmuel · Apr 2007

I guess I shouldnt be playing them then

J/K

flaagan · Apr 2007

Kids are perfectly stable... it's the parents that worry me.

HonkyPunch · Apr 2007

Parents tend to ruin good children.

aesir · Apr 2007

sometimes prefectly good parents just have fucked up children. I'd know...

CheapAlert · Apr 2007

woah, I read that as "stab all people unaffected by violent games". Kinda ironic :S

EarthQuake · Apr 2007

It would be interesting to see a study like this applied to something that is *actually dangerous* like driving a car, i would bet the stresses of that or any other brain stimulating activity would produce similar results.

This just in: Crazy people are fucking nuts!

[Edit] It really is refreshing to see something like this that isnt just a blatant *for games* *against games* arguement tho.

Nilium · Apr 2007

It goes like this...

PC:
Hi, I'm stable.

Mac:
And I'M GONNA STAB ALL THOSE FUCKERS.

Linux:
I'm gonna stand by and watch you two duke it out while I debate the politics of open source software. Might masturbate to a kernel build, too.

(Edit: Hm, I should note that you can swap around PC and Mac as you like. Linux stays, though, as it's completely un-fucking-necessary. It's just a familiar setting to point out the differences between groups of people.)

(Edit 2: Could even change it to the US and Germany, with Linux being some neutral country or something.)

Toomas · Apr 2007

This study is not a good thing imho. Soon they will link it to some study that sais that 75% people are unstable..

Stable people unaffected by violent games

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