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mornelithe said:

Yeah, but she's a fuckin moron, given the volume of men who die in the games she 'covers', you could just as easily say they cause misandry.

It's really entertaining when AlphaOmegaSin, MrRepzion, and Thunderf00t rip her "arguments" apart.



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How do you know that violent people aren't seeking video games that are violent?
How do you know that violent movies and books don't cause violence?
How about video games that leave positive impressions...that the game could leave a person more empathetic? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fftjo1CepQE
How do you know that humans aren't already hardwired for violence, even without society? Where is the control group for that study?

Just make sure you that you don't title your paper "video games and violence, a causation study." Correlation =/= causation.



This thread is almost a little too good to be true. He creates a thread on a video game site that says that he's writing a thesis on "The effect of violence in the media on human psyché" with it's focus on video games then says that he pretty made up his mind but wants us to give him reasons to change his mind. Plus his name is Psychotic.....



Yes, it probably can ;---p the UK blokes playing GTA V all day, shooting it up with call of duty, drinking beer all night.. Are probably more suspectible to a drunken fight... But then again, footbal has caused biolence too..

Id say the hardcore gamers are much less likely to commit violence, than the casual... Dnt know why, but that is what i believe :---)



No. However I do think that they can inspire impressionable crazy fucks to do the things that they do.

Though it's not just games, music and movies are the same. There's tons of stories on how certain music inspired teens and adults to commit suicide and massacre people. There was even the controversy surrounding Taxi Driver. Video games are the latest scapegoat.



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Whenever there is some spree killing, it seems like the media always drags video games through the dirt. From the way they act, you would assume that an enormously high percentage of school shootings were perpetrated by someone who plays video game. However, if you look at the actual statistics, you would find that video games are among the least consumed mediums among school shooters. Only 12% of school attackers showed interest in played violent video games, compared to 27% showing interest in violent movies and 24% showing interest in violent books and 37% showed interested in violence through their own writings.

I think there is evidence for days that shows video game violence does not have any meaningful contribution to real world violence

Citation:
http://www.secretservice.gov/ntac/ssi_final_report.pdf



Aura7541 said:
mornelithe said:

Yeah, but she's a fuckin moron, given the volume of men who die in the games she 'covers', you could just as easily say they cause misandry.

It's really entertaining when AlphaOmegaSin, MrRepzion, and Thunderf00t rip her "arguments" apart.

And then she posts their pictures (not their vids; heaven forbid she confront their counters) on Twitter and says they are "straw-manning" her to stir up harassment.  Basically telling her fans and any media dumb enough not to check their sources to "sick 'em." It's pathetic.  Remember the guy who said video games can't be art?  He would retweet counter points made by people who opposed him.  He welcomed dialogue.  Anita?  Nope.  



Nuvendil said:
Aura7541 said:

It's really entertaining when AlphaOmegaSin, MrRepzion, and Thunderf00t rip her "arguments" apart.

And then she posts their pictures (not their vids; heaven forbid she confront their counters) on Twitter and says they are "straw-manning" her to stir up harassment.  Basically telling her fans and any media dumb enough not to check their sources to "sick 'em." It's pathetic.  Remember the guy who said video games can't be art?  He would retweet counter points made by people who opposed him.  He welcomed dialogue.  Anita?  Nope.  

So, basically, all her fans, and all of the media lol.



Nuvendil said:
Aura7541 said:

It's really entertaining when AlphaOmegaSin, MrRepzion, and Thunderf00t rip her "arguments" apart.

And then she posts their pictures (not their vids; heaven forbid she confront their counters) on Twitter and says they are "straw-manning" her to stir up harassment.  Basically telling her fans and any media dumb enough not to check their sources to "sick 'em." It's pathetic.  Remember the guy who said video games can't be art?  He would retweet counter points made by people who opposed him.  He welcomed dialogue.  Anita?  Nope.  

I lol'ed at AlphaOmegaSin's "Senpai noticed me!" reaction to Anita's tweet. My hope was restored when I looked at the like to dislike ratio on ABC's video on YouTube. Thank goodness the overwhelming majority saw the BS.



Ive killed half a million men in Total war games.



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