violent games
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Study On Effects Of Violent Games: Blame The Player, Not The Game
16A study by Villanova University psychologist Patrick Markey suggests that the personality of the person playing a video game is more likely the cause of violent behaviour than the actual content of the game.
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Zombie Defence Irrelevant In Left 4 Dead 2 Banning
When Left 4 Dead 2 was originally refused classification in Australia, the Classification Board noted the “high impact violence” carried out against “living humans infected with a rabies-like virus”. It sounded like the Board viewed the game’s enemies as human rather than zombies. But apparently that’s not why it was banned.
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Lecture on Video Game Violence Tonight
In light of today’s discussion around an R18+ rating, Sydney-siders might be interested to attend a lecture tonight on the topic of media violence. Titled “Video and Violence: Is There a Link?”, the lecture is hosted by “one of the world’s most influential researchers on aggression and exposure to violent media”, Professor Craig Anderson from…