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Do First Person Shooter Gamers Enjoy Getting Killed?
from the anti-video-gamers-will-love-this-one dept
It's no secret that there are ongoing arguments between those people who believe video games incite violence and those who believe it doesn't (or even those who believe it acts as a release valve). Despite claims to the contrary, there's little real evidence linking violent video games to violent acts. At most, it's been shown that playing such games makes people emotional (as it should) -- not that it leads to actual violent acts. A recent study may probably get folks on both sides of the debate claiming it supports their position. Apparently, when people are playing first-person shooters, they actually enjoy getting killed in the game. Well, perhaps "enjoy" is the wrong word. It sounds like it's more a sense of relief. Basically, the study found that in the process of trying to "kill" others in the game, it does increase stress level for the players (similar to what studies have found), and getting killed yourself, takes away that stress, providing some "relief." For those who don't believe violent video games leads to violence, this could be used to support that claim -- showing that while people are playing, they're still rather stressed out at the idea of killing even virtual characters. Of course, those who dislike violent video games will probably now claim that it promotes suicide as well.
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I'm gonna kill you.
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So, you're playing you're "stressed," you're ducking and weaving, and all of sudden BOOM! You're dead. Fist of all, sometimes the manner in which you die is funny or entertaining, and second, the pressure is off, you're responsibilities are done, and you're looking at some variable amount of downtime (usually only 10-15 seconds, but still). So yeah, you relax a little, take a deep breath, and prepare for next go. It's less "stressful" the way the chair lift is compared to moguls, not cuz you're somehow relieved you don't have to kill people.
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English is horrible
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So...
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I'm the opposite
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Frankly I find the sort of attitude expressed above as a little sad.
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A: Because it feels so good when I stop.
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Promotes suicide?
http://www.collisiondetection.net/mt/archives/2008/02/larouche_report.html#001743
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What is your sample set?
Besides that, playing FPS has given me super-human reflexes.
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The "stress" isn't from trying to kill people. It's from trying not to be killed.
When the death finally comes, you relax a bit because hey, what are you going to do? Respawn?
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Re: latin
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Stupid science.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7LhYFqgQ8w
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Re: killed
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Let me count the ways
The Hundred Years War, the War of the Roses, WWI, the Spanish American War, WWII, Korea and Vietnam, were carried out on behalf of some form of nationalism.
Pretty darn sure that video games didn't exist for any of those. So tell me again how video games make us violent? Tell me again how it was all sweetness and light before video games?
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Re #16 & 17
(You know, the one thats in 50 million places around the net, all claiming it was for a different reason, and some subtitled with different captions)
If it is that one, Hellsvilla, that is the funniest comment I have seen in awhile. Sooo funny, I love it.
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darfur
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What do scientists know about games ???
Why ???
Because Gamers understand that it "IS" a game ...
People that go on ragers in Real Life and kill real people had something wrong with them mentally anyways, and something would have eventually set them off ...
All these so called "social experts" are (starts with W and rhymes with Anchors) ...
Stop blaming Games or Movies for a failing social system you morons ...
/end rant
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