Violence in Videogames

[ShinuXIII]

i think it really depends on the person and how there mind works
cuz with me i know the difforence between reality and fiction.
but my cousin... doesnt
he shot me with my brothers paint ball gun cuz he wanted to be like gangsters on GTA
so i got my BB gun and shot him back sure he cried but he learned a lesson
so it really just depends
btw me and my cousin are the same age

[heartless person]

violence in video games sometimes make people due crazy things

[_Nadie_]

no, i don't believe video games cause violence, but i do believe GTA does.
my cousin, he's 14 yrs ago, already playing that game.
and now he's a wanna be gangster.
I'm like, "WTF, man?! are you stupid?"
well, i blame it one his mom for buying him that game.
I don't blame VG's for causing violence. but I believe GTA does.

[Joaxshu]

i think someone did a study showing that VG increase violent thoughts but nothing on actions
if you choose to act on that its ur fault not the video game
i mean that this never happens

[Axel Owns]

Do you believe violence in video games is the cause of crimes nowadays?
No, i do not. We've always had crime, and people are always looking for things to blame. Video games have just become the scapegoat for crime.

Do you believe violence in video games is causing aggression in teenagers?
Nope, nope, and nope. Most of the people i know that play video games never (or very rarely) get in fights. Let's just say that the video game players aren't the ones causing the violence problem in my school.

[Square Ninja]

Violent video games actually do bring out aggressive behavior. Video games are largely competitive in nature, which often requires aggression of some form to win. It works in the same way contact sports can make people act more aggressively. The thing is that "aggressive behavior" is not always violent. To simply say that video games don't affect the player in any way is retarded, because if they had no effect on us, they'd be boring as ****.

[Yunq Jay]

Violence in games are not that baddd -__-

[Dexel]

Violence in video games can affect a few, but most are not influenced by it an any way, shape, or form.

You'd have to be extremely wrong, or extremely prune to changing your ways at the slightest obstacle.

I played an M rated game at age 3 and am still playing it, yet here I am, acting better then some people of my age on here and at my school.

The government is just looking for something to pin the blame on that appeals to parents.

The truth is, the thing that seems to influence most people I know is music, among many other things.

Half of my class had probably never played video games and have always spent their time outside playing and listening to music.

The one that seems most effective is rap or any other category of song that involves sex, lyric-wise or not, thus leading, to, well, we all should know the answer to this.

And, of course, let's not forget about behavior that they can pick up from their parents.

[Fangking93]

i see vidoegames as a way to release stress from my life and not hink about problems so they dont make me go physotic somethng

[Square Ninja]

ITT: nobody reads my post.

[bubbles]

i don't think it is because videos games cannot make you act aggressive maybe to some it can like little kids but most people it can't it's just the way they act.

[Fangking93]

Im sorry for square ninja for not reading your post otherwise i wouldnt have posted . Yes they bring out competive natures and emotions but after i play im not going to beat the shit out some random old guy because i played GTA 4 .

[Zoidberg!]

Originally Posted by Square Ninja

Violent video games actually do bring out aggressive behavior. Video games are largely competitive in nature, which often requires aggression of some form to win. It works in the same way contact sports can make people act more aggressively. The thing is that "aggressive behavior" is not always violent. To simply say that video games don't affect the player in any way is retarded, because if they had no effect on us, they'd be boring as ****.

I mostly agree for the most part somewhat.

Originally Posted by _Nadie_

no, i don't believe video games cause violence, but i do believe GTA does.
my cousin, he's 14 yrs ago, already playing that game.
and now he's a wanna be gangster.
I'm like, "WTF, man?! are you stupid?"
well, i blame it one his mom for buying him that game.
I don't blame VG's for causing violence. but I believe GTA does.

I played it a bit on my brother's psp when I was twelve. I thought that it was fun, but it didn't cause violence for me.

Really, the only people that play video games and then go on a rampage in a mall or something(Like, major, like that) are that ones that were mentally "challenged", and, therefore, should not have been playing video games in the first place.

[Square Ninja]

Originally Posted by Fangking93

Im sorry for square ninja for not reading your post otherwise i wouldnt have posted . Yes they bring out competive natures and emotions but after i play im not going to beat the shit out some random old guy because i played GTA 4 .

An extreme example, but a point nonetheless. You may be able to control this rise in aggression, however others may not. Many things factor into the reaction of the subject.