God of War 4 blamed for violence in Sociology Textbook

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Have video games made you more violent/aggressive?
NO! Don't make me hit you.	41	54.67%
Yes, now I find aggressiv...	6	8.00%
I'm gonna hit to see the...	28	37.33%
Total:	75

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Wright on 03 March 2014

This would be an awesome way to leak a new entry in the franchise xD

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arcane_chaos on 03 March 2014

LOL!!! dammit! games from the future are destroying the minds of people today!!!

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JustThatGamer on 03 March 2014

A game that hasn't even been announced is influencing violent behaviour, brilliant!

https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread/173867/ps1-vs-ps2-vs-ps3-vs-ps4-90-exclusives/1/

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JustThatGamer said:

A game that hasn't even been announced is influencing violent behaviour, brilliant!

Such is the power of the God of War franchise.

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Time travel has that affect on people.

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osed125 on 03 March 2014

There's a game called School Shooter?

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pokoko on 03 March 2014

Interesting. I wonder if the text book mentions that the aggressiveness fades almost immediately after playing? Or that sports make people far more aggressive, sometimes even extending to the people watching? I mean, how many parents have been charged with assault over a video-game match compared to a football match?

It's also curious that video-games get tagged as causing aggression, yet the last few decades in the US have seen a definite drop in violent crime, a time period which coincides with the rise of video-games.

Interesting stuff, when you think about it. People jump on video-games because they think it's safe to do so, even if it makes them look like hypocrites.

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Porcupine_I on 03 March 2014

Beta tested in the Future

“It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it.”

- George Orwell, ‘1984’