Current Events > Can't believe Republicans are reviving the tired video game violence shit.

(+) Yeah! (+)

Haven't we been over this, many many times?
---

They scared of the 2018 Blue Wave
---

It's just because they want to blame anything else for gun shootings instead of guns.
---

the funny thing is that i think for the most part, video games have gotten less violent in 2018 than they were like 10 years ago
---

The NRA makes no money from video game sales, so why not just ban games?
---

i mean it makes sense. its like saying although a small minority of people misuse guns for mass shootings, we need regulations.

similarly, although a small miniority of people are inspired to violence by violent video games, we should cut down on people's access to them. we should have background checks and mental health screenings before people can buy violent video games. can't hurt to be safe

Theyre conservatives. They live in the past and you cant tell them differently.
---

They have no other arguments so they're hoping people are stupid enough to take that shitty bait once more.
---

Real guns aren't the problem . . . digital ones are.

Fuck anyone attacking freedoms.
---

wackyteen posted...

2018 Blue Wave

I don't know why but I read this and thought of Wave Race: Blue Storm.
---

Honestly video games have probably done more for the gun industry than those companies' own PR departments have. Games make sure that guns stay cool. Republicans should love them
---

Video games are not violent. Nobody gets hurt when you play a video game.
---

back in the day my cousins and i would play Gran Turismo. after a few races we'd start fuckin around...driving backwards and trying to crash into each other...that's why now as adults we do that with our real cars. Video games ruined us :/
---

Anarchy_Juiblex posted...

Real guns aren't the problem . . . digital ones are.

Fuck anyone attacking freedoms.

This reads like some Facebook post a grandma would make especially with the spaced out ellipses lmao
---

Increased aggression after violent video game exposure has to be one of the most replicated effects in social psychology. This doesn't imply anything about regulations, I just find that it's important to point out since people will continue to deny the science.
---

COVxy posted...

Increased aggression after violent video game exposure has to be one of the most replicated effects in social psychology. This doesn't imply anything about regulations, I just find that it's important to point out since people will continue to deny the science.

I thought the study was that while increased aggression was noted, it didn't have long-term effects.
---

Fam_Fam posted...

i mean it makes sense. its like saying although a small minority of people misuse guns for mass shootings, we need regulations.

similarly, although a small miniority of people are inspired to violence by violent video games, we should cut down on people's access to them. we should have background checks and mental health screenings before people can buy violent video games. can't hurt to be safe

No.
---

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-conservatives-start-culture-wars-and-liberals-win-them/2016/01/29/f89d0b2c-b658-11e5-a842-0feb51d1d124
---

Video games are the devil! D:<
---

SGT_Conti posted...

I thought the study was that while increased aggression was noted, it didn't have long-term effects.

I mean, there are no effects of the types of things people may assume we are talking about, thing like likelihood to land in a correctional facility for a violent crime, this is including the Singapore study that you are referencing. Though that study did find a long term effect on attitudes towards violent behavior, iirc.

Mainly, those who want to biasedly claim no effect tend to cite studies using these types of extreme outcomes.
---

calling it the root cause is bullshit, but that combined with everything else people are shown every day i do feel presents a certain desensitized element.
---

COVxy posted...

SGT_Conti posted...

I thought the study was that while increased aggression was noted, it didn't have long-term effects.

I mean, there are no effects of the types of things people may assume we are talking about, thing like likelihood to land in a correctional facility for a violent crime, this is including the Singapore study that you are referencing. Though that study did find a long term effect on attitudes towards violent behavior, iirc.

Mainly, those who want to biasedly claim no effect tend to cite studies using these types of extreme outcomes.

I can't disagree with that. Writing games off as having zero effect would mean me denying they've ever had a positive influence on me as well, when things like Persona 4 have definitely shaped some of my thinking.
---

*shrug*

Looking at video games only is kind of ignorant. I would say I feel like they contributed to the change in human behavior that has brought about this increase in mass shootings, but no more so than movies, television and the internet also have.

Hell, I'd argue that the fetishization of the military is also to blame since now everyone wants a god damn AR15 when even 30 years back hardly anyone gave a shit about them.
---

https://theconversation.com/its-time-to-end-the-debate-about-video-games-and-violence-91607

This professor of psychology from Stetson University seems to argue that there is no actual evidence to suggest violent games actually increase aggression and violent behavior. Apparently he has been studying the field for 15 years and did a meta analysis in 2015 of 101 studies. Points out the increased popularity of violent video games is actually correlated with declines in real world violent behavior.

I'm inclined to agree with him, but his statement does conveniently align with what I already believed. So, there may be some confirmation bias there.
---

Why don't they see video game violence isn't the problem? It's video game violence against women that's the problem! Right my fellow liberals?
---

Sparksfanboy posted...

Laughably transparent

Uh, obviously video games aren't the problem, that's the joke. So yes, quite transparent.

But I while I accept (ignoring other factors) that a reduction in guns would reduce gun crime, I value freedom more. So I'm pro-gun rights.

The point however, is fuck the GOP/NRA for protecting one freedom (guns) by trying to deflect to another freedom (video games).

There, I spelled my post out for you guys, fuck.
---

Esrac posted...

This professor of psychology from Stetson University seems to argue that there is no actual evidence to suggest violent games actually increase aggression and violent behavior. Apparently he has been studying the field for 15 years and did a meta analysis in 2015 of 101 studies. Points out the increased popularity of violent video games is actually correlated with declines in real world violent behavior.

I mean, his meta-analysis actually pretty consistently shows a significant but small overall effect on aggression, he merely argues that it's too small to matter.
---

Fam_Fam posted...

i mean it makes sense. its like saying although a small minority of people misuse guns for mass shootings, we need regulations.

similarly, although a small miniority of people are inspired to violence by violent video games, we should cut down on people's access to them. we should have background checks and mental health screenings before people can buy violent video games. can't hurt to be safe

This fool actually compared fucking video games to guns.
---

Guns don't kill people, videogames kill people.
---

what violent videogames with heavy gun use have even been released in the past few years?

GregShmedley posted...

I'm not a scientist or a psychologist

Then don't even make assumptions about the effect of "violent" video games on humans. Defer only to studies.
---

2005 called, they want your scapegoat back.
---

dave_is_slick posted...

Fam_Fam posted...

i mean it makes sense. its like saying although a small minority of people misuse guns for mass shootings, we need regulations.

similarly, although a small miniority of people are inspired to violence by violent video games, we should cut down on people's access to them. we should have background checks and mental health screenings before people can buy violent video games. can't hurt to be safe

This fool actually compared fucking video games to guns.

do you have an actual rebuttal to what i said?

I wonder if people on GAMEFAQS realize they might be just slightly a tad biased on this issue.
---

Meanwhile, nearly two decades ago...
https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/1999/04/14

Garioshi posted...

GregShmedley posted...

I'm not a scientist or a psychologist

Then don't even make assumptions about the effect of "violent" video games on humans. Defer only to studies.

Imagine not being allowed to have an opinion if you're not a specialist, and imagine forming your worldview purely around what other people with biases tell you.
---

When in doubt...
---

COVxy posted...

Increased aggression after violent video game exposure has to be one of the most replicated effects in social psychology. This doesn't imply anything about regulations, I just find that it's important to point out since people will continue to deny the science.

It probably lends to the visualization aspect, and how that can lower your natural inhibitions to killing. See: On Killing by Lt. Col. Grossman, and how the use of more realistic targets and training increased the number of soldiers purposely killing their enemy.

Whereas, in WW2, it was a common theme that soldiers would shoot way over the head of their enemy.
---

StucklnMyPants posted...

Imagine not being allowed to have an opinion if you're not a specialist, and imagine forming your worldview purely around what other people with biases tell you.

You can't have an opinion on "Do violent video games cause more aggression?". That isn't phrased as a subjective question. You can have an opinion on whether it's enough to do something about it.
---

It's everything except for the guns, the ignorance of bullying, and Christianity.

Video games? That's why.
Mental issues? That's why.
Muzzlem? That's why.
---

Because the GOP has no interest in doing anything besides telling everyone it isn't guns, pointing at something else, and then congratulating each other on a job well done. Their only goal is to make sure you know that guns weren't to blame.
---

hockeybub89 posted...

Because the GOP has no interest in doing anything besides telling everyone it isn't guns, pointing at something else, and then congratulating each other on a job well done. Their only goal is to make sure you know that guns weren't to blame.

---

well its not really a pure republican thing. anyone remember joe libermann's crusade against viloence in the media?
---

J E S U S posted...

well its not really a pure republican thing. anyone remember joe libermann's crusade against viloence in the media?

A better example would be sex crime in the media. Especially towards children.

Good to see them attacking the first amendment in order to protect the second, once again.
---