Violent video games affect 'unstable' youth

God forbid any of these "unstable" kids had parents took an active interest in how their kid is doing in life and attend to their needs instead of lazy lumps that that turn over parenting to Sony's "PSNanny3".

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Why cant these people go and cure AIDS or help the poors in Africa...

ffs they should do something usefull!

When society starts putting the blame for those unstable kids where it should be we can start to find a solution for some of them. Divorce rates at too high today. Adults dont realize how much stress a divorce can put on a child and their development when they are young. On average a child from a single home is not as stable as a child from a traditional household. Adults act like children when it comes to marriage not being willing to comprimise and putting their own life or feelings ahead of their children who did not ask to be brought into this world. Not saying that a child from a single home cannot be a success but statistic show that child is more likely to end up in trouble or in jail. Second, stop blaming all the worlds problems on rap music and videogames. If a parents raises a child and is overly strict, they increase the chance of the child making bad decisions later in life. The world is real and if you shelter a child too much instead of talking with him about reality then they dont know how to react when they come face to face some of the hard to make decisions in life. I have a few preachers in my family that are strict on kids and it seems that their kids made a lot of bad choices in life. Pregnant at early ages, single with 2or 3 kids, let men hit them, cousins that are lesbians, sell drugs, incarcerated, and just make poor decisions in life etc...all because they were not exposed to the real world and talked with about it by an adult who either was too overprotective or too busy spending time with another individual outside of their marriage and not spending enough time with their spouse and neglecting their kids. That is a good blame for some of our problems today in society.

the 22 that had higher anger levels were probably the ones that were losing

i agree with mark5hs the 22 probably sucked and were really bad at it.

i get no anger problems

I'd be in the group of 8. I'm 14 and Rockstar makes my favourite games. I play the GTA series all the time, and it's great for sress :P

If you ever really hate someone, just go on a killing spree and pretend that everyone is that guy. Or just get a rocket launcher and blow up everything. It's a little odd but it's better then fighting with people in public. Just playing any game like that makes me forget about whatever.

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the 22 that had higher anger levels were probably the ones that were losing

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Paying taxes makes you mad
your girl cheating on you makes you mad
waiting in line makes you mad
annoying moskitoes makes you mad

I suppose politicians are also working on these problems

First of all why use games like Quake 2 with "kids". Irresponsible indeed.

Secondly, the scientists "discovered" that the unstable kids become even more unstabled after running around wasting everything that moves.

AND THEY GET PAID TO FIND THIS STUFF OUT? WTF!?!?

Everything effects "unstable" kids and adults. If things did not effect them then they would be considered "stable". another pointless study by people without any life of their own, trying to restrict other peoples freedoms and pursuits of happiness. When they (children and adults) are inside playing video games they are not outside getting into trouble. Nothing is going to remove violence from our society but things like video games lets people vent their violence in a way that doesn't infringe on other peoples freedoms and pursuits of happiness. In other words, when they cant sit around the house playing games, they most likely will be on the streets making their own "fun". IMHO

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Scapegoating has always been on of societies favorite pass times,to blame books or fiction instead of the real issues makes them feel better and lets them control the lower masses better.

Originally posted by alphabit:

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Everything effects "unstable" kids and adults. If things did not effect them then they would be considered "stable". another pointless study by people without any life of their own,

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wut i want to know is how you can test anger levels. What is an "anger level" anyway? And maybe the kids were already mad at something else. Maybe they got stuck with a crappy controller.

I'd be pretty pissed that they're making me play quake 2 instead of Unreal 2k4...or something a bit more up-to-date.

good point, i bet itd be pretty hard to even find quake 2 w/ downloading it or something

Originally posted by JNagy129:

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good point, i bet itd be pretty hard to even find quake 2 w/ downloading it or something

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[quote=ZIppyDSM]prehaps these tweens have not found the relaxation that masturbation brings

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prehaps these tweens have not found the relaxation that masturbation brings

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Maybe they should redo this test with a games like "Biko 3" or "Battle Raper"...some of Japan's finest. Then again, it might just be better to encourage them to find real girlfriends. :)

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Touche! I get so tired of hearing parents complain about this crap. It's not that difficult to be engaged with your kid. I play video games with my son all the time. We have a Gamefly account, he tells me what he wants and I - being the owner of the account - determine if its acceptable. It's not that difficult and, if you have a modicum of hipness left in you as a parent, it can actually be quite fun.

hmm ya and i guess that means they shouldn't play sports either b/c u no if they lose their anger levels might go up then too, and who knows wut else might need to banned from kids.

The problem always was and still is one thing: stupid and/or incompetent parents.

Zippy, I agree with you. At least to get a drivers license you have to pass tests. But any 2 people, just smart enough to figure out how to f*ck,-no test required- can reproduce and become parents.

The way I see it, you have 'parents' and 'people with kids' and unfortunately the latter seem to vastly outnumber the former nowadays.

Hell, I would be pissed if I had to play Quake II for twenty minutes. Why not use a newer game for this test? All of these tests don't mean Jack. I'm sure that a large percentage of our little community here are gamers. If you all were violent people, then you would not be members here, you would be guest of the state.

If video games make kids violent, then how come the sales numbers of these consoles are so high?

These people will never learn.

Originally posted by Nephilim:

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The way I see it, you have 'parents' and 'people with kids' and unfortunately the latter seem to vastly outnumber the former nowadays.

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alphabit
ya but havign a goverment chose who can reproduce and who cant thats not a healthy governmental plan :X

Its a no win situation.

Does anyone really take any notice of these surveys, other than those looking to fill their empty lives by looking for some brush with the public eye .. ??

Perhaps "Psychology, Crime & Law" (who initiated the above research), should 'study' films like "Spirit Bear", then fill their lives explaining the 'dangers to the public' of films suggesting that killer bears are 'timid', protective and 'almost friendly', towards those who wish them no harm .. ;)

Or alternatively, studying the 'Mind Reading Ability' of wild bears (just as logical), would get them out of our way for a while .. :D

Procode ..

Originally posted by Pride1:

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Paying taxes makes you mad
your girl cheating on you makes you mad
waiting in line makes you mad
annoying moskitoes makes you mad

I suppose politicians are also working on these problems

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