Videogames = Violence? Think Again!

[Bboy94]

I inhale everything I see and gain its abilities! And I'm PINK!

[saria..]

I belive video games can make a person violent only if the  person in question is either  extremely  stupid or is some sort of psycho.
Either way people like that should to be  kept away from all forms of media , even saturday morning cartoons after alll we wouldnt want them to drop anvils on people, would we? :)

EDIT: But i do belive playing too much video games  can be a bit unhealthy(like an addict with no life)
I am  a casual gamer ( i play video games for usually no more than  1  hour a day)
It's not a good  Idea to let video games control  your life.
It's important to establish a balance between the  real world and gaming

[MagmarFire]

However, a study has shown that people that play video games as well as people who are Internet users (on average) score higher on IQ tests than average.

Still, this makes me wonder what Jack Thompson's IQ is if he's as much of a video game hater as he makes himself out to be. :P

[Twilight Wolf]

You know something else? According to Popular Science magazine, playing video games can make your eyes stronger, and the people they tested that played video games did better during scavenger hunt type things. People who play video games also make better surgeons: video gamers made 35% fewer mistakes on written surgical exams and also made 35% fewer mistakes duing actual surgeries.

Maybe I should become a surgeon...

[MasterKeyX]

Video games do actually have many helpful side effects, like TW said. However, unfortunantly, for those who stick to the theory that they make us violent beasts, then there is no convincing them, no matter how strong the evidence.  :(

[Mysterious F.]

Once again, the flaw of the world: People only believing what they want to believe.

[Zoratunic]

Another flaw of the world: People only hearin the bad side of the story. Just watch the news for an example.

[MagmarFire]

Next, I bet people will start saying that it's the smart people who are the violent ones. :-*

[MasterKeyX]

Then id be pretty damn violent, wouldnt I? In fact we'd all be violent. We're all geniuses! :D

[Zoratunic]

I guess I would be doubly violent since I'm both smart and I play video games! C'mon, lets go light the neghborhood on fire! ;D

[Rinku]

Am I right in assuming Zoratunic was one of the people who voted to run around whacking everyone with a metal pole?  ;)

[MagmarFire]

To quote Joey Wheeler: There is a slight possiblity... :P

Still, I wouldn't be surprised if people selected that choice out of sarcasm. I know I would, if that's a choice.

Anyway, there WAS quite a bit of violence in the world to being with. They'd have to have a PRETTY good argument in order to convince everyone that the media is the sole source of it.

[Mysterious F.]

One that would unlitmately fail. Lawyers usually rely on big, gigantic words people don't understand to make a point. Of course, they'll have to bring this case up to other smart people (judges, for example) who will most likely know most of these words, so that plan fails all-together. And any self-respecting person should know that violence was already in the world LONGGGGG before any invention involving electricity existed, although now the news of crime gets around much quicker. If they think that the world suddenly got violent the day ping-pong was invented, then they are idiots. (for those who don't know, ping-pong was generally the main inspiration for video games due to its popularity)

[Bboy94]

Still, I wouldn't be surprised if people selected that choice out of sarcasm. I know I would, if that's a choice.

I wasn't sarcastic... >.>

One that would unlitmately fail. Lawyers usually rely on big, gigantic words people don't understand to make a point. Of course, they'll have to bring this case up to other smart people (judges, for example) who will most likely know most of these words, so that plan fails all-together. And any self-respecting person should know that violence was already in the world LONGGGGG before any invention involving electricity existed, although now the news of crime gets around much quicker. If they think that the world suddenly got violent the day ping-pong was invented, then they are idiots. (for those who don't know, ping-pong was generally the main inspiration for video games due to its popularity)

So you are saying we should all go play Pheonix Wright to understand lawyers.

[Zoratunic]

Am I right in assuming Zoratunic was one of the people who voted to run around whacking everyone with a metal pole?  ;)

No, I chose the sane option, however, that post was completely sarcastic.