Link Between Online Gaming and Violence Killed Off

April the 2nd 2008 at 03:31:04 PM

Those people who think gaming makes people violent just makes me want to go and chainsaw them to death and then shoot up a school, rob a McDonalds and sleep with a hooker after to regain my health and vitality. I am glad someone respectable has come out in favor of games.. heck with out games I would be a mass murderer... or an accountant

April the 3rd 2008 at 01:14:12 PM

This entire news article is off. First of all the title "Link between online gaming and Violence killed off" is entirely misleading. The study didn't 'kill' anything. The study was based on WoW, which is not exactly the type of GTA/Manhunter/Hitman/Postal type of violence that most people are referring to when having a discussion on gaming and violence. It is an illogical leap to assume that playing WoW would cause a person to feel the same way or cause their brain to react in the same way as playing some of the other truely violent games out there. At best the few paragraphs quoted in the story show that some video games can be a relaxing form of entertainment. A far cry from what the title would imply. Second the story background on the main page shows a guy with his head exploding. Seriously. That had nothing to do with the story, and only exacerbates the misleading title of the article. While it certainly appears to be an interesting paper and definitely worthy of coverage on a gaming website such as this, it really it simply that - an interesting paper. I would like to encourage the owners/reporters/creators of this website to not exaggerate stories, even in what I assume is a good faith(though misguided) effort to support our gaming cause. As a side note, we as gamers need to realize that violent games *DO* have an effect on certain segments of the population, namely kids and teenagers. This isn't really up for debate. They've done brain studies showing what happens to the brain when playing games, the changes are rather shocking. Please notice I said 'certain segments of the population'. This mainly does not refer to adults who by and large are not so affected. The problem is is that in this particular discussion those of the 'games are bad' crowd tend to not separate the kids from the adults, while the 'games are good' crowd tend to take offense at *any* suggestion that violent games are bad. Thanks to Fale for suggesting this site to those of us over at 2old2rpg. - Raider30

April the 3rd 2008 at 01:42:51 PM

[quote="Raider30"1ot34e8f] Thanks for your comments! By the way, the title was "cutted and pasted" from the OFFICIAL Press Release from Middlesex University! So, as a gaming news site, we're reporting exactly what the medias say. Regards, Jay

April the 3rd 2008 at 02:23:48 PM

[quote="AnodaJay"3q7z211w] In that case I retract my comment about exaggeration and instead place the blame on the original news outlet that concocted the title. Thank you for the additional information. I would however suggest that you guys change the backgroung on the story to one that reflects the true nature of the article, something WoW related maybe. - Raider30

April the 3rd 2008 at 02:30:31 PM

Noted for next time! But remember, we're running a media business. Jay

April the 3rd 2008 at 07:58:49 PM

[quote="AnodaJay"1rfqn9wi] Then it is of extreme importance for you to report and educate, not falsely imply. Be honest, truthful and unbiased with your readers. - Raider30