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    Steve Watts posted a new article, Video game violence research has 'not been very well done'.

    An even-handed piece in the New York Times cites various experts in psychology, criminology, and economics who agree that studies connecting game violence to violent crime are inconclusive.
    Feb 12, 2013 1:15pm PST
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    Steve Watts posted a new article, Video game violence research has 'not been very well done'.

    An even-handed piece in the New York Times cites various experts in psychology, criminology, and economics who agree that studies connecting game violence to violent crime are inconclusive. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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      O rly what a shock. I did violence research on mice by forcing them to play GTA 4 for a month and onl... : Twin--Sword
      • ...What? : ArcanumThis person is cool!
      • you truly are a beacon for productive research for the world : DownforceThis person is cool!
      • Shacknews, I love your new reporter : boring gegtik
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        Wild card, bitches! Yeeeeeeeehaw! : TylerJSmith
        • This made me laugh way harder than it should have : losder5000
      • GTA Vice Squeaky drives them crazy : Snuffles-
      • right. : jimmy_legs
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        Starts of with "O rly" and just keeps getting better. 13 out of 10. : Kojak2000
        • Bonus points for the backtick on don`t. : MeenMunkyThis person is cool!
      • lol u so randum Xd so funneh : Chipwarrior
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      I have to believe that the people who are polled for Republicans are 90 years old and yell obscenities at... : Evan_C
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        No, they're just crazy people who don't want their guns taken away. : GreggD
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          and then there's Tipper "Parental Advisory" Gore, and Joe "Mortal Kombat" Liebermann... : Draingored
          • I'd like to point out Nacy "Based God" Pelosi defended video games in congress pretty recently. : Fenring42
    • Consider these (*neutrality disputed) incidents, but remember, "The plural of anecdotes is not 'data' (Ka... : Draingored
    • I spent the last 30 years researching this and the result are that the findings are inconclusive. Thank ... : Lucy LabiaThis person is cool!
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      67% believe games are a bigger "safety threat." Only 14% believed guns are the larger threat. Why does... : EnhancedInterrogator
      • The question(s) were probably not phrased like "out of video games and guns, which do you feel is the big... : SilverSnakeThis person is cool!
    • America, reinforcing its own negative stereotypes over and over. : ChromeBallz
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      Yeah, it must be games that's the cause...not easy access to lethal weapons. What a crock of shit, I'... : rottdcorpse
      • I will be subject #2. Also 20+ years of video game experience and never even thrown a bunch at someone. : SunnyTelight
    • They usually go through an intermediary causal element, like decreased pro-social behavior. One of guys ... : losder5000
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      What game is that on ss? look good ;) : abjectblitz
      • Without having played it, I'd say Bulletstorm : gzubluck
    • Do you guys have links to those news articles blaming WoW and other non relevant games for those mass sho... : gydot