Do Violent Video Games actually make people Violent?

[Lusk]

Ive been played Video Games for as long as I can remember, and I have no desire to go kill someone. So, not really, as far as I can tell

[Ad Bot]

[lolz??]

Which was caused by many of the video games, in many of the cases. It isn't healthy emotionally for anyone to game for over 10 hours a day. It is abnormal as well, no matter what excuses are said. It's unhealthy physically too because all you do is sit on your tucus and don't even move a muscle. I was an addict for 2 years to games.

Video gamed were an outlet for their problems not a cause, all your examples of this theory most likely had mental disorders.
Also op dont expect a poll on a gaming forum to not be biased lol

[SeventhSandwich]

I am doing a quick survey here to see everyone's opinion.

Do Violent video games (ex: Call of Duty, Battlefield, Grand Theft Auto, etc.) make people really violent?

This isn't a question you can answer by a questionnaire given in a survey. It's not even an accurate representation of the public opinion on videogames and violence, seeing as how you're sampling from a forum dedicated to videogames populated by people who play videogames.

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratified_sampling

[Jaxx]

doubt the teacher's going to be doing measures of scientific rigor. most other kids probably didn't even as large a sample, just went to their friends and asked.

[SeventhSandwich]

doubt the teacher's going to be doing measures of scientific rigor. most other kids probably didn't even as large a sample, just went to their friends and asked.

This thread isn't for a school project. I'm just telling OP so that he can be prepared for his engineer/rocket-scientist parents to peer-review his work and reject it for publication.

[Night Fox]

that means you care quite a bit

actually no it doesn't
it's just incredibly vague
it could mean that he's only one tiny step over the minimum amount of caring, which is still really low
but it could also mean he cares as much as is possible for someone to care

[Nickelob Ultra]

FYI there is an extreme bias using this forum as your population for the survey

also there's no link to long-term behavioral change and violent video games.  the short-term violent behavior is often from an addiction, not the game itself, unless an undeveloped/developing mind is playing.

[Nal]

I say its medias way of blaming something that's an easy target

[IkeTheGeneric]

Yes, I do think so. People who play violent video games excessively are more prone to becoming violent in the real world, it is an encouragement.

Violent video games act as a medium for violent tendencies, they don't cause violent tendencies. If somebody can't differ between a video game and reality, that's because of a borderline mental disorder, not because of the video game.

If you argue that young children are impressionable, one could say that there's somebody else at fault for allowing a young, impressionable child to play a violent video game. Even still, when I was very young I could tell the difference between what happens in a video game and what happens in real life.

If you noticed this too, almost all American massacre shooters were hardcore gamers to violent video games.

I'm curious about this, do you have anything on this?

[Zalot]

yes
i just got done playing skyrim
afk gonna go get drunk and kill people to steal their glass boots

[ChexGuy331]

All of that DOOM from my childhood has manifested itself as a lack of exercise and a dislike of (real) blood. Comical amounts of fake blood are hilarious, though.

That's not exactly a positive effect, but it's a hell of a lot better than a rampage.

If you noticed this too, almost all American massacre shooters were hardcore gamers to violent video games.

u wot m8, we all know Rebdomine and VoDKa played DOOM almost obsessively, but they were forgeted up from the start.

[|Orange|]

actually no it doesn't
it's just incredibly vague
it could mean that he's only one tiny step over the minimum amount of caring, which is still really low
but it could also mean he cares as much as is possible for someone to care

It means I don't get mad if someone calls me a name or insults me.

[Dequire]

To those that think this forum would be biased, I can understand that. However, it's also a pretty good idea to sample the gaming community. Because we play video games, a LOT. Yet very few, if any of us are violent to others or ourselves. It's better to interview the person rather than the person watching them.

In another way, this is also a game that isn't entirely focused on violence. It's a game of creation.

[WooIysRevived]

Yes, I do think so. People who play violent video games excessively are more prone to becoming violent in the real world, it is an encouragement. If you noticed this too, almost all American massacre shooters were hardcore gamers to violent video games.

No, murderers play games that involve murderers.

Just like the military plays military simulators

Just like aero pilots play FSX


Playing a game that involves murder does not make you a murderer

Playing a military simulator does not make you a soldier

Playing FSX does not make you an aero pilot

It's simple guys, adults just need something to stuff on. People need to stop with the slipper slope fallacy i.e. "Because he plays violent games he will murder the whole country side!".... No.

[TristanLuigi]

"Murderers wear shirts; I wear shirts; therefore I must be a murderer!"
This kind of logic doesn't work.

Violent Games ≠ Insanity + Killings
Insanity + Violent Games = Killings

Violent games only cause violent behavior in insane (mentally unstable) people, and video games don't make you insane.