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GTA Played By More Than 70 Percent Of Teens

Posted by simoniker on from the rockstar-getting-good-market-penetration dept.

cdneng2 writes "This Yahoo!/Reuters article indicates that more than 70 percent of American kids have played Grand Theft Auto. The study also indicates that those who played are more likely to be in fights. It's a good thing the authors cautioned that this study did not prove a link between game violence and real-life behavior." The Gallup poll editors specifically and sensibly advised: "The data can't demonstrate causality - boys who are more prone to fighting may simply be more attracted to violent video games."

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  1. Makes sense by green.vervet · · Score: 5, Funny

    This explains the sharp rise in carjackings, gun rampages, and drownings in shallow water we've seen recently.

  2. Re:punk kids by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I hate when adults assume to know what i am thinking. It really bothers me when some egghead who has never gotten any tail or lived when he was a teen can tell me how I think and feel.

    I hate it when some punk-ass kid assumes he knows what an adult's frame of reference is. You're making assumptions that:
    1) they're eggheads
    2) they haven't gotten any tail
    3) they didn't "live" when a teen

    Gee, maybe you're right. You are the very first generation whose elders "just can't understand what it's like to be a kid these days". Aren't you special and unique in this universe. All of history served no other purpose than to prepare the way for your coming.

    Stop thinking you are so special and start to realize that yes, you do fall into a demographic, you do fit into trends, and you are a tool. Then you might be able to do some really original thinking.

  3. Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics by I+am+Kobayashi · · Score: 5, Insightful
    The survey found that 34 percent of boys who admitted to being in a physical fight over the last year have played "GTA," while 17 percent who were in a fight have not played the game.


    Shouldn't this number add up to 100? Of all the boys who admitted being in a fight, aren't the only two possibilities that they either (1) have played GTA, or (2) have not?
    I am sure I am missing something....
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    --Kobayashi--