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Another Study Decries Violent Games

Posted by Zonk on from the where-are-the-studies-that-say-games-are-good dept.

FST writes "CNN.com is reporting on a study which found that those 'who play violent video games show increased activity in areas of the brain linked to emotional arousal and decreased responses in regions that govern self-control.' The Reuters article goes on to discuss the study's details, which is fairly typical for these types of inquiries. After playing games, young people were required to do tasks requiring 'processing of emotional stimuli', and concentration. Their brains were monitored for activity, and the findings were presented at a recent meeting of the Radiological Society of North America." The article then gets a little preachy. From the article: "The $13 billion U.S. video game industry, with revenue rivaling Hollywood box office sales, is at the center of a cultural battle over violent content. Lawmakers' various attempts to ban the sale of violent video games to children have been blocked by courts in Louisiana, Illinois, California, Michigan, and Minnesota... Numerous behavioral and cognitive studies have linked exposure to violent media and aggressive behavior." Numerous studies have said just the opposite, too.

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  1. So? by Kim+Jong+Ill · · Score: 2, Funny

    The same has been said of sex.

    Is it even worth asking on Slashdot if anyone has had sex and can verify this for me?

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  2. Re:wrong game genre studied by suparjerk · · Score: 2, Funny
    Yeah... I remember back when I first got into the original GTA3, I'd play for hours and then go outside and see a cop car. My first thought would automatically be "Sweet! Steal it!".

    And sometimes after I play Pac-man I find myself running around trying to eat random spherical things while yelling WAKKA WAKKA WAKKA.

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  3. Re:wrong game genre studied by spyrochaete · · Score: 2, Funny

    You should go to the local K-mart after a raid marathon and start yelling "WTS underpants, bind on equip!"

  4. Re:wrong game genre studied by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    People still run around trying to eat random spherical things while yelling WAKKA WAKKA WAKKA. They are called raves.

  5. Re:Another Study can kiss my butt by Bemopolis · · Score: 3, Funny

    I totally agree -- if one more person puts out a study saying how playing HALO is making me violent I WILL FUCKING KILL THAT ASSHOLE!

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  6. Jazz music causes brain damage by Parafilmus · · Score: 2, Funny

    Scientists have discovered that jazz causes brain damage. Seriously.

    "While regular rhythms and simple tones produce a quieting effect on the brain... the effect of jazz on the normal brain produces an atrophied condition on the brain cells of conception."The ladies' home journal has the rest of the story here.

    This is scary stuff. We need to protect our kids before it's too late.