If Video Games Make People Violent, So Do Pictures of Snakes

New submitter phenopticon writes with this nugget from an intriguing piece at Gamasutra that adds another voice to the slow-burn debate on the psychological effects of video games: "For nearly thirty years we've been having this discussion, asking the question: do violent movies, music or video games make people violent? Well according to Brad Bushman and Craig Anderson of Iowa State University, yes. Based on the results of their research they concluded in 2001 that video games and violent media can make people aggressive and violent. Based upon their data and their conclusions, however, it's safe to say that photos of snakes, crispy bacon, or a particularly rigorous game of chess can also make people aggressive and violent."

Comments

Motherf**king snakes!

[cashman73]

Obligatory: "Enough is enough! I have had it with these motherf**king snakes on this motherf**king plane!"

Crispy bacon

[Anonymous Coward]

I fucking hate it when my bacon's burnt.

No shit

[Nidi62]

I'd get mad too if someone wasted good bacon by burning it. Hate crispy bacon.

Bacon claim unsupported! News at 11!

[__aaltlg1547]

I checked the original article. It doesn't support the claims about bacon. I guess it's still safe to eat breakfast. At least, safe for my family and friends. Maybe not so safe for my heart.

Interesting correlation.

[Sique]

90% of all violent perpetrators ate carbohydrates the day before their killing spree. And 95% of all violent perpetrators consume caffeine at least once per week. 99% have been moving on public roads recently.

Re:Interesting correlation.

[Anonymous Coward]

And most of them had high levels of dihydrogen monoxide in their body.

Oblig.

[Psicopatico]

"If Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music."
(Kristian Wilson - Creator of Pac-Man - 1989)

[I know this quote is a comedina joke and not an original one, but whatever it expresses exactly my tougths on the subject.]

You're mixing it up

[rsilvergun]

with Communism. Again that's where complexity comes in. You're free to own the means of production, but you will pay to maintain a society that can use and enjoy that production.

You're also using a personal attach on Keynes to discredit his economic theories. That's is actually a very sophisticated rhetorical technique for a silly message board like /.. Are you an Astroturfer?