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Does This Experiment Prove Violent Games Increase Aggressive Behaviour?

In a University of Missouri study sure to be cited by anti-gaming pundits for years to come, researchers provide what could be considered solid proof of the link between violent video games, aggression, and wearing funny hats.

May 8, 2011
News

Violence Erupts At A Chinese Apple Store After iPad 2 Release

Although no one seems sure what exactly happened, reports are coming out that fights broke out between staff and customers at this Beijing Apple Store today. We’re talking bloodied faces and broken glass here. All over the new iPad?

April 26, 2011
Mobile

The Android Dogfighting Sim That Even Michael Vick Disagrees With

A recently released video game for Google’s Android platform has drawn the ire of the Humane Society for its violent content that includes the ability to train, electrocute and fight virtual dogs. Kage Games‘ Dog Wars (not pictured) has even been frowned upon by former dogfighting enthusiast Michael Vick.

In Real Life

Wikileaks Reveals Al Qaeda Used Sega Cartridges For Explosives

Newly released documents from Wikileaks related to Guantánamo Bay prisoners have an unusual video game connection. According to the Department of Defense’s assessment records for Guantánamo detainees Hassan Mohammed Ali Bin Attash and Khalid Shaikh Mohammed—who confessed to masterminding the 9/11 terrorist attacks—Al Qaeda once used Sega cartridges as explosives devices.

March 24, 2011
PC

Hyper-Violent School Shooter Mod Pulled From ModDB

The intentionally, unabashedly offensive School Shooter: North American Tour 2012, designed to be “the most realistic student slaughtering modification ever made”, has lost support from its former host. ModDB, original host of the Half-Life 2 mod – and hundreds of other mods – has pulled School Shooter from its site.

March 2, 2011
News

A Video Game, Violence And Depression Study That Looks At The Big Picture

Over the past decade, countless studies have arisen supposedly proving a causal link between video games, violent behaviour and depression. A new study conducted by Christopher J. Ferguson pinpoints why all of the others may have gotten it wrong.

March 1, 2011
PC

No Regrets From The School Shooter Game That Aims For Columbine Massacre Simulation

What kind of video game would proudly promote the option to wield Columbine shooter Eric Harris’ TEC-9 and Virgina Tech killer Seung-Hui Cho’s akimbo pistols while embarking on a murderous rampage? The unashamed School Shooter: North American Tour 2012, a new game mod “dedicated to being the best school shooting experience an angsty little shit could ever experience”.

February 16, 2011
News

Games Might Not Desensitise Us To Violence After All

The “video games desensitise children to violence” argument is a popular weapon in the arsenal of the anti-violent video game crowd. A new study finds violent games to have no effect on long-term emotional memory at all.

January 15, 2011
In Real Life

Lovers’ Quarrel Ends With A Face Full Of Wii

An Oregon couple discovered an unexpected benefit of being a Wii gamer earlier this week: When your drunken girlfriend hurls the console in your face, it does less damage than an Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3.

January 11, 2011
In Real Life

Arizona Shooter Pegged As ‘Big Video Gamer’ By Classmates

Here we go. Jared Lee Loughner, the Tucson man accused of attempting to kill Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, has been identified as a “big video gamer” by former classmates. Oh, and he really enjoyed reading Mein Kampf.

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