Violence in games,does it influence people who play it or not?

No.

There been a study that show violent people play video games more violently.

It's probably a little of both.

People watch, play, read what they like; so an aggressive person will probably like aggressive media, but someone who's passive could also be holding in aggression and also be playing violent video games.

People just need to stop blaming others, or something else and blame themselves.

There been a study that show violent people play video games more violently.

wiouds

Everything that has ever been proven byneutral studies (as far as Im aware) shows that games can create violent tendensies while you play something violent, but no study ever showed that that violente tendency ever came out in real life. Which places gaming right next to: watching a violent movie, driving, being in a sports dicipline.

There ARE however studies which could support that violent people are attracted to violence, which could act as a stress-relief OR help supporting the violent persons persona.

oddly enough, like someone else stated, violence has falled pretty much year over year, while "gaming" has been around. Not meaning that it is gamings fault, I doubt that would be the case, but atleast it would suggest that games atleast not makes people violent.

Edit: Note that no studies sofar have been conclusive, and most of the studies leaning one way or the other, either had some flaws, or not with a big enough cross section of people, for long enough periods of time.

Depends on the person, I suppose. In my case, nope. I played Grand Theft Auto: Vice City at the age of 14 and look at how I turned out. I've only murdered like 3 people in the past 10 years since.

Depends on the person, I suppose. In my case, nope. I played Grand Theft Auto: Vice City at the age of 14 and look at how I turned out. I've only murdered like 3 people in the past 10 years since.

Amster_G

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Depends on the person, I suppose. In my case, nope. I played Grand Theft Auto: Vice City at the age of 14 and look at how I turned out. I've only murdered like 3 people in the past 10 years since.

Borrizee

Exactly. If I had continued my slaying and reached like 8 - 10 murders, I'd look at myself in the mirror, shake my head and tell myself I've lost control and that I should stop playing violent video games.

The thing is, that claim has no evidence. If they gave me some concrete and accurate statistics that showed that violent video games made 1000s of kids do violent things then maybe I'd believe it. But there isn't any concrete proof, so the argument mostly boils down to parents basically saying "Well violent video games MIGHT make kids violent. We have no proof but they should be banned and censored just in case!!"

Also, in the few instances where people tried to make a connection between violent video games and violent behavior, it just seemed fishy. In most cases its obvious that there was something wrong with that person way before they ever picked up a controller. To me, blaming your violent behavior on video games, or movies, or cartoons, or whatever just seems like a cop out to avoid taking responsibility for your actions.

As personal experiences go, I played many violent video games as a kid, and I've never gotten in any kind of trouble (No fights, no suspensions, hardly even any detention). But I realize I am only one person and that everyone is different.

Of course violent video games are damaging. Last week I ran over a prostitute with my vehicle and took my money back. This could have been avoided had I simply never played GTA.

I used to push other kids over and jump on their head in school, this also could have been avoided had I not played Super Mario Bros.

Yesterday I strapped a hunting rifle to the driver side door before making my daily commute, I killed an old man who cut me off. Once again, could have been avoided had I never played Twisted Metal.

I went on Vacation 6 months ago and killed all the minorities that I came across, this of course being the fault of Uncharted.

I was at Walmart during a Black Friday sale, and when all the customers burst through the doors I screamed "AMBUSH" and then chainsawed all of them. Gears Of War does terrible things to those who play it.

Was shopping a few hours ago and I kept trying to put buckets on the cashiers heads so I could steal everything they had on show. Skyrim is a terrible place to learn how to be a productive member of society.

Violent video games cause all of the worlds problems. :P But seriously, I think it can. But I don't believe this to be a problem with video games, but a problem with the individual who is influenced by games, movies, television or music in a negative way.

It's probably a little of both.

People watch, play, read what they like; so an aggressive person will probably like aggressive media, but someone who's passive could also be holding in aggression and also be playing violent video games.

People just need to stop blaming others, or something else and blame themselves.

Fightingfan

Are people with a short fuse going insane after playing to many shooters,does our view change if we play violent games? Borrizee

Playing violent games is a symptom of human violence, not a cause of such.

Only mental people, which is why they shouldn't play them, or be on the street for that matter.

Anybody interested in this should watch a video series here on Gamespot called the What If Machine done by Cameron Robinson. There was one called Violence in Video games and the whole series is a really good watch so give it a go.

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Yeah, I joined the military because of CoD

Yeah, I joined the military because of CoD

whiskeystrike

Probably to some extent, but nothing major for most people.

It does and it doesn't. It depends on the individual.

There have been studies that suggest that watching certain things such as TV shows, listening to certain music, and yes even playing games, can have a direct or indirect influence on their mood, which in turn can effect some of their actions. For instance after watching a very high intense action scene in a movie, or a scary scene, your body and brain will be in a more alert state.

However some people are more suspectibale than others, mainly teens who they showed that after watching shows such as Jersery Shore they can be inlfuenced by what they are seeing, but the teenage brain is different from the adult brain. A healthy person however will not harm anyone after watching a movie or a game etc...they are capable of discerning reality from fantasy. Much like we know SuperMan doesn't exist and you can't fly, a mentally healthy person knows the difference.

However in certain rare indviduals they can take things too far, but these people are already having mental issues long before they play games. In other words, games do have an influence on certain things, but not to the point to make someone commit violent actions. Those who do commit those acts already have issues.

You can read more about the studies here: Video Game Crime and Violence Studies

(Though bear in mind, many studies on the subject are biased and done by special interest groups with agendas)

Everything we do has an influence on us whether we want to believe it or not. It's simply a matter of choosing to act on those influences. MirkoS77

Every person in the world is capable of violence, it's in our nature.

Yep.

After playing GTA, my main source of income is provided by bat-beaten hookers after I use them to refil my health.

Yep.

After playing GTA, my main source of income is provided by bat-beaten hookers after I use them to refil my health.

ButaDujo