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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 5, 2011
News

Gamers More Agitated By Playing Sports Games Than Shooters

There’s a couple of ways to look at this latest video game study out of the UK. Either there is no meaningful link between playing violent video games and aggressive behaviour, or FIFA 11 is deadlier than Modern Warfare.

April 21, 2011
News

ESRB Lauds Retailers’ Performance In M-Rated Game Report

The Entertainment Software Ratings Board has responded to a Federal Trade Commission report that video game retailers do a good job of observing the M-rating on video games and refusing their sale to minors.

March 17, 2011
News

Just 5% Of Games Were Rated M Last Year, Says ESRB

Just 5 per cent of all games rated by the ESRB and published in 2010 were classified as M, a marginal decline from 2009 when they accounted for 6 per cent, the board said in a news release today.

March 15, 2011
Xbox

‘Beautiful’ Video Game Violence, Perpetrated With Giant Scissors, Toaster And Squirt-gun

“I think it’s beautiful,” indie game developer James Silva says of the scenes of bloody violence he has hand-drawn for his upcoming video game, The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile. Can you see the beauty amid the crimson and cutting here?

March 11, 2011
In Real Life

Games Help Soldiers Manage Combat Nightmares

Research that last year suggested gamers had the ability to control their dreams – or fight back in nightmares – has been applied to soldiers who have seen combat duty, and finds that those who game have fewer and less intense nightmares about war.

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.

February 25, 2011
News

German Pols Have A LAN Party In The Reichstag

Germany’s government has a rather sensitive relationship with video games. Reports of official censorship often involve the country, either for violent content or the fact that Nazis are useful game antagonists – and you know how they feel about that. Sensational crimes with ties to “Killerspiele,” have stirred calls for outright bans of violent games.

February 24, 2011
News

Psychologist Clarifies Bulletstorm Comments To Fox News

One of the two experts quoted in Fox News’ notorious hit-piece on Bulletstorm has clarified his remarks, and while he stands by them, says their presentation lacks context – and that he enjoys playing Mature-rated shooters in his free time as well.

February 11, 2011
News

The Doctor Who Said Video Games Cause Rape Explains What She Meant

A couple of days ago, Carole Lieberman gave a quote to Fox News about the violent upcoming game Bulletstorm. Dr. Lieberman isn’t a fan of such games. She thinks the worst of them cause people to do bad things. Two days later, she’s been through a storm.

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