Computer Games Make Players Less Violent

Stony Stevenson writes "A new study of computer gamers has found that a session in front of World of Warcraft can make players less stressed and more calm. The study questioned 292 male and female online gamers aged between 12 and 83 about anger and stress. They then played the game for two hours and were retested. "There were actually higher levels of relaxation before and after playing the game as opposed to experiencing anger, but this very much depended on personality type," said team leader Jane Barnett from Middlesex University."

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[edwardpickman]

They obviously didn't test some one killing and skinning rabid wolves for days at a time trying to get enough experience to move to the next section of the land. After that you're ready to kill the real thing barehanded.