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Deleted User 135096
3624 Posts
On December 20 2012 10:34 Fake)Plants wrote: I'm with you on that, what in the actual fuck I thought the 90's were over. well we did just have another duke nukem released in the last 2 years...there's probably a causal relationship there somewhere. | ||
lichter
1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
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irbad
United States8 Posts
Next thing you know cancelling larvae is equivalent to abortion... but I digress.  | ||
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RMonkeyF
46 Posts
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sc2superfan101
3583 Posts
On December 20 2012 10:57 RMonkeyF wrote: Only in the united states. except for all those countries with even less freedom of speech, and all those countries that totally censor video games and in some cases ban them... I hope you were being satirical. | ||
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Jisall
United States2054 Posts
On December 20 2012 05:42 HeavOnEarth wrote: close pls User was warned for this post but i said said pls  , god damit fu TL mods!!! grrrr....!!! gosugamers was better than u, TL is nothing(super serious face)+ Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://cdn3.whatculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/RJ.png) User was killed for this post Balls of Diamond buddy, Balls of diamond. | ||
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Wegandi
United States2455 Posts
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farvacola
United States18855 Posts
On December 20 2012 11:02 Wegandi wrote: The 'solution' is always tyranny. Take away more of our autonomy and freedom - politicians....perhaps their power should be stricken from them entirely. I can't stand demagogues. Always using a particular situation to further their agenda's and power. Grab their guns they say. Disarm them they say. Take away their video games they say. Here, indulge in some psychotropic drugs that the FDA shits out over and over. Take away your vitamins and other natural cures. Bunch of Fascist pigs the lot of them. I'll pass on what they're selling. The FDA never handed me any psychotropic drugs | ||
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tokicheese
Canada739 Posts
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lost_artz
United States366 Posts
Next four years will be fun to watch all of the reactions people have in response to the government they elected. | ||
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diehilde
Germany1596 Posts
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Zooper31
United States5711 Posts
On December 20 2012 11:04 tokicheese wrote: I think there needs to be more defined ratings. I remember trying to buy Fable and it was rated M for Sex/Violence/Drug use. Meanwhile GTA has the exact same rating and the same reasons Sex/Violence/Drugs. I think there needs to be a step between Teen/Mature. Fable has sex and drugs in it? Why on gods earth is Fable in the same category as GTA where the whole purpose is to kill cops and do criminal activities for your gang lol. | ||
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BearStorm
United States795 Posts
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Tufas
Austria2259 Posts
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Mindcrime
United States6899 Posts
On December 20 2012 11:22 Zooper31 wrote: Fable has sex and drugs in it? Why on gods earth is Fable in the same category as GTA where the whole purpose is to kill cops and do criminal activities for your gang lol. You can massacre entire towns in Fable. It's the easiest (only?) way to buy up all the property. | ||
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Artisian
United States115 Posts
On December 20 2012 05:29 ddrddrddrddr wrote: Gee, we played starcraft. Anyone feel like going on a murdering rampage? Instead of scrutinizing gun laws which is the most blatant issue, we're looking at video games which has been the subject of witch hunts for about a century now? No murder, but I really wouldn't be sad if whoever started this idiotic trend of blaming video games and entertainment for behavior died a few times more than the average. Personally, i'll just watch who supports this sort of garbage and never vote for them again. | ||
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Cascade
Australia5405 Posts
On December 20 2012 05:23 farvacola wrote: Well, if the study is carried out correctly, I don't think we have anything to worry about. This is just Jay Rockefeller trying to score some cheap political points. Unfortunately, we not not only have the study being carried out correctly, we also need media to report on it correctly. :/ Most likely the study will find a correlation, but not being able to say much on what causes what. Even assuming the study is done and communicated to the journalists in an unbiased way, all the journalists (and editors!) will hear is "people playing video games are overrepresented among murderers", and we will be back to the usual articles.... I don't think this prejudice against gamers will end until gaming is more widespread and accepted. In a few decades almost everyone (also the politicians), except the very oldest ones maybe, will have played computer games or had brothers/close friends that played computer. I'd say that there is no real point to start huge storms over this, just continue to let mainstream media know that we play computer games, we are having fun doing it, we are perfectly normal people, and come play with us and you'll see! + Show Spoiler + And if you don't play with us, I'll kill you!!!! > : ( | ||
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titanicnewbie
63 Posts
There is a link between aggression and violent video games. Technically. The studies that find that kind of link use massive sample sizes to gather enough statistical significance to demonstrate the link because the effect size is minuscule. For example, if you don't play a violent game and then get tested for aggression you might score a 2 out of 5. After playing such a game you might score a 2.05 out of 5. (not actual numbers, but you get the idea) The question, really, is whether or not the person reading the report is intelligent enough to recognize the difference between "statistical significance" and "practical significance". All that is to say that if the technologically-and-scientifically-retarded US Congress goes looking for reasons to condemn SC2, they'll find them. Expect a media circus in 18 months. | ||
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Cascade
Australia5405 Posts
On December 20 2012 12:33 titanicnewbie wrote: Speaking as a person who actually does conduct video game research for a living, I actually have something productive to add to this discussion. There is a link between aggression and violent video games. Technically. The studies that find that kind of link use massive sample sizes to gather enough statistical significance to demonstrate the link because the effect size is minuscule. For example, if you don't play a violent game and then get tested for aggression you might score a 2 out of 5. After playing such a game you might score a 2.05 out of 5. (not actual numbers, but you get the idea) The question, really, is whether or not the person reading the report is intelligent enough to recognize the difference between "statistical significance" and "practical significance". All that is to say that if the technologically-and-scientifically-retarded US Congress goes looking for reasons to condemn SC2, they'll find them. Expect a media circus in 18 months. Surprised that you don't mention correlation vs causation. | ||
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Integra
Sweden5626 Posts
This is just a policitical game from a senate. The reason behind it could be many, maybe to gain more trust in a coming elelection or to steer away the debate from the gun laws etc. | ||
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