Playing violent video games makes you aggressive

Kevin Lancaster

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• Aug 18, 2015

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Playing violent video games makes you aggressive

A report from the American Psychological Association finds that violent video game play is linked to increased aggression.

 

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• Aug 18, 2015

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There we go again... time for one of these click-bait-let's-start-a-forum-debate-that-gets-locked-eventually types of posts.

 

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• Aug 18, 2015

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I'm more aggressive when I'm not playing violent games...

 

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• Aug 18, 2015

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Only when you interrupt me

 

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• Aug 18, 2015

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LAG makes gamers aggressive.

 

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• Aug 18, 2015

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Agreed with Mike.

 

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• Aug 18, 2015

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Mike Hoxbig said:

I'm more aggressive when I'm not playing violent games...

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Cause we wanna get back to playing

ellyally said:

Only when you interrupt me

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Especially on boss fights!

 

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• Aug 18, 2015

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yes yes, just go to a casino and watch the grown up's throw away money like it grows on trees;
and they get extremely violent sometimes;

 

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Gezza said:

LAG makes gamers aggressive.

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True be that.

 

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• Aug 18, 2015

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Kevin Lancaster said:

Playing violent video games makes you aggressive

A report from the American Psychological Association finds that violent video game play is linked to increased aggression.

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Tell those sissies to come say that to my face!!! Will show them what aggressive is! lol

 

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• Aug 18, 2015

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Bollie.

 

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• Aug 18, 2015

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Going to work every day makes me very aggressive. What solution do you suggest?

 

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• Aug 18, 2015

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**** this article and **** everyone! This is al ****ing lies! Booom! Headshot! Lag is that causes teh RaGE!!1!!!@!!!1!

 

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• Aug 18, 2015

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The ANC makes me aggressive, games actually calm me down.

 

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• Aug 18, 2015

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good read!

can we get a link to the report?

 

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• Aug 18, 2015

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Any evidence that being made aggressive by video games is a non-desirable state of being?

 

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• Aug 18, 2015

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Violence has immensely dropped in video games since back in the day IMO.

You didn't see anyone dig around and stick a bicycle pump into innocent people and blowing them up till they burst in the 1980's.

 

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Moosedrool said:

Violence has immensely dropped in video games since back in the day IMO.

You didn't see anyone dig around and stick a bicycle pump into innocent people and blowing them up till they burst in the 1980's.

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Dig Dug...What a murderous creature.

 

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• Aug 18, 2015

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The cANCer, Zuma, and his criminal buddies make me violent, not games!

 

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• Aug 18, 2015

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Sonic2k said:

The cANCer, Zuma, and his criminal buddies make me violent, not games!

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+1

Watching CANCER run the country into the ground makes me aggressive!