BF2S Forums do games increase real life aggression

the current research shows that children can exhibit more violent behavior after being exposed to violent film, tv, or videogames. however, this generally does not affect adults to the same degree.

speaking from personal experience, a lifetime of violent videogames has not desensitized me to real violence. when i saw some footage from afghanistan and iraq [helicopter kills, victims of shellings, etc] i was severely disturbed by it.

desensitising is a natural defense mechanism. it is uncomfortable to be severely disturbed, so after repeated exposure to the real life violence, it didn't bother me anymore. i had become numb to it. that is a far cry, however, from wanting to go out and actually kill people.

actually, I use video games to relief the stress and I am usually less aggressive after having played a couple of rounds BF2. But I have only been playing video games since I was 18 or so, so I guess my ability to differentiate between real life and a video game had been secured by that time.
Same goes for violent movies or the news, btw.

Accordingly, I'd say that violent media in general ( video games, violent movies, violent TV ) can have a bad influence on kids and treenagers. It is certainly up to the parents to make a responsible decision if their child is "mature" enough to withstand that kind of influence.

apart from that, I am with krappy on this. We all have been desentisised by the constant display of violence in the news, at least to a certain extent. Still, images of victims of war bother me. And I take a bit of pride in that.

in response to the comments on violent media and video games there seems to be an overwhelming majority of people who believe that this form of material has a minimal or non significant effect. as a student of psychology i have researched this area and have to disagree with the current opinions. it is in human nature to not want to accept the belief that something we frequently or excessively participate in is bad for us. for example smokers do not want to believe that smoking can kill them and some have the response that "well you have to go sometime" or "it wont happen to me". in this mentality why would people who enjoy and engage in frequent to high use of violent material admit to themselves or others that what they enjoy and do is bad for their mental health with no intention to stop?

the information stating a negative effect of violent media and games is not stating that an individual who engages in moderate use or even high excessive use will go out and commit murder or highly violent crimes but that the tendency to engage in this for of crimal activity is a genetic predisposition within an individual. however the research supporting adverse effects is focusing on the increase of aggression in daily experience such as increased road rage, lower tolerance for others and high levels of irritabiltity in social and personal situations. from personal experiences with individuals who i have met prior to engagement in high usage of violent video games to now i have seen an increase in aggression in all these areas as well as a decrease in concentration, attention and motivation.

violent material is something that is within our society and can not be eliminated such as news broadcasts and real life street violence, however why expose ourselves or more importantly our kids to more violent material than needed. after all, childern model a large majority of the behaviour they are exposed to and personally i think this is a terrible example to be setting for future generations.

kristy (friend of mike blades)

I think no.
But kids need to talk to WWII veterans, or any veteran.
I sat there for three hours listening to my Great Uncle about North Africa and D-Day, hanging onto every word.
It is scary to look into a mans eyes, and that what he saw over 60 years ago still affect him now.

So if people are exposed to true violence then they are very much against it.

Sure. After I'm done playing a violent video game, I'm tempted to get my BFG 9000 and plasma rifle from my gun safe and go on a demon-killing rampage at the local shopping mall.

MikeBlades wrote:

i play violent games just like the rest of you and watch movies that contain violence (i do play and watch non-violent stuff too) and have noticed that i tolerate real life violence and display aggressive tendancies in real life situations to a higher level than i used too.

do you believe that your exposure to violent games and other violent media increases your real life aggression and decreses your emotional response to real life violence.


here an phycological observation:

http://www.youngmedia.org.au/mediachild … derson.htm

yes i agree, because i can be honest that video games have made me more violent and more tolerable to seeing violence. Nothing seems to affect me, any of you who have ever seen "faces of death" will prob agree that it is the most gruesome thing to watch, yet it has no effect on me
For those of you unfarmiliar with the title. "faces of death" is a collection of footage of real-life deaths that include amateur video of accidents resulting in deaths, currrent war time footage, executions like the ones in iraq where the victims are beheaded. it is definitley not for the faint-hearted.

As for games, i do get angry easily (unfortunatley), such as someone calls me a name or something- i make it my mission to continually hunt down the individual so i can feel better knowing i have got 'revenge'.
so you can imagine that bf2 is a game that makes me quite angry, i dont know how many times ive punched the keyboard or swore at the monitor, i feel like if i dont do this then the anger will just bury itself in me.

In real-life, im actually a nice guy, just that i can 'snap' in some situtations. If im in a fight, the idea of getting any sort of weapon and attacking does not register as a bad idea in my head.

The reason i believe its gaming thats the cause. well i have a pretty good life and i dont have much to complain about. But when im playing games i can become physically angry. I guess some people are affected by games and others it does not. i wouldnt agree on some ban on violent games as u may often read about, its really down to the player to know when the game is becoming more then just a game and stop.


Now id like to finish on a light note
http://www.killsometime.com/Video/video.asp?ID=327
im not this bad thankfully, but if theres people like this out there, then video games must def be causing something...

I'm less agressive with games. I used to get into so many fights. But now i take it out on BF2

Im a very calm guy, I rather laugh and make jokes with my friends then to beat some guy senseless.
Peace Man !

Well, i never got into a fight before i started playing bf1942, which was around march 2003. I ve been playing 1942, dc,  bfv and bf2 for 2 years now with an average of about 100 hours a month, thats 2.000+ hours of violent computer games in the last 2 years and i didnt get into any fights recently. 

Yeah, im peaceful. BTW, how can a game like BF2 make you wanna fight? I understand if Tekken 3 is dangerous to younger children, but BF2?

Before games it was television that made kids violent this is a debate which will never end.

I've noticed that ive gotten more "grumpy" and my fuse for idiocy has shortened alot. Sometimes i wanna pull out my PKM and Mo down that little idiot in the corner attention seeking!!