Game Revoultion's article on how games aren't why people are violent

[Dameon Angell]

In response to the banning on GTA:SA in many stores across the nation and the nationwide view that Games are definately the root of the problem, here is a serious article trying to disprove it.

http://gr.bolt.com/articles/violence/violence.htm

[Saturn V]

GTA games are boring and predictable. <_<

[RATTY...]

Didn't know someone else read GR, thought most read GameSpot or other things. Those guys are really funny when doing rewievs :grin:, love them.

Quote:
So I sat down to write this article, and started doing some research. What I discovered startled me. I'm not sure I have the ability to write a totally serious piece - it is not in my nature to be serious, nor the nature of GR.

Anyways, I almost (note the word almost) never trust statistics, and what the guy does in this article is basing it all on statistics. Per 1000 persons over age 12? Rate per 100 000 population? These kind of shit are never accurate.

My cousin said something like this once:
There's 3 kind of lies,
A white lie
A regular lie
And statistics (they are never accurate, or show how it really is. Or the ones who made it fixed it so it became what they wanted)

He could have based the whole article on several statistics on the same subject, just to make it more accurate.

Edited this shit and added the last part.

[GlitterKat]

Violent games are GREAT

[Jeansi]

GTA games are boring and predictable. <_<

Motivate, please.

ps (you play subspace, talk about boring and PREDICTABLE)

[Fallen Angel]

My cousin said something like this once:
There's 3 kind of lies,
A white lie
A regular lie
And statistics (they are never accurate, or show how it really is. Or the ones who made it fixed it so it became what they wanted)

"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics" - Benjamin Disraeli.

Remembered seeing the quote used in some presentation last semester

[project dragon]

They are after The Sims now

[Dameon Angell]

Lol, I heard about that. Saying that they're having sex and how it's the downfall of society.

[Richard Creager]

In response to the banning on GTA:SA in many stores across the nation and the nationwide view that Games are definately the root of the problem, here is a serious article trying to disprove it.

http://gr.bolt.com/articles/violence/violence.htm

GTA should be banned in stores, though its a matter of game quality control not pixel boobs.

[Lucon]

I don't see what's wrong with them having sex, it's not like he was hurting her.

[Theif of Time]

omg wtf sex encourages people to... have sex...

But seriously:
title for the first graph: adjusted victimized rate. Theres a hole right there, although I doubt its been adjusted to show whatever they want.
But all in all I find that article to be statistically and logically sound.

[RATTY...]

"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics" - Benjamin Disraeli.

Remembered seeing the quote used in some presentation last semester

Yeah, that quote, thanks

[Bilbo]

Can't have any sex in a game where you can behead people with a sword, fuck prostitutes, torch ambulances, steal from an old war veteran, stab junkies, steal policecars and worst of all, desecrate buildings with graffiti.

Edit: Wear a gimp suit and kill old people with a purple dildo.
Edit2: Help a hippie.

[Subjugation]

Thx, Dameon. That was a good read.

The GTA series is my favorite, so this whole "hot coffee/cop killer training game" bullshit just annoys the crap out of me. Hello...blame the stores, not the manufacturers...

I'd like to see someone sue Budweiser for little 12 yr old Tommy sneaking beer and getting hammered.

Judge> Next case?

That article pretty much hit it right on the head with the "media hype/lie" point, and I never even considered that the media would be actually have a stake in it by 1) selling fear and getting parents to watch their crap news specials and 2) getting parents to buy into the fear, thus taking away their gaming consoles so kids will be more inclined to fill that void with television.

Pretty interesting theory.