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Title: Warning: incoming media hype about gamers
Post by: BeNZene on February 24, 2013, 08:29:28 am: According to stuff a NZ Guildwars player murdered another Guildwars player shortly after they were playing Guildwars:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/8344250/Accused-killer-first-lost-cyber-battle

Expect massive overblown hype about potential evils of gaming as this unfolds....
Title: Warning: incoming media hype about gamers
Post by: Growler on February 24, 2013, 09:01:46 am: Oddball and chillipepper?
Title: Warning: incoming media hype about gamers
Post by: SteddieEddie on February 24, 2013, 09:16:08 am: The stuff article downplays the link between gaming and violence, well at least the psychologist does.

there is a link in this case, wonder if they frequented this haven?
Title: Warning: incoming media hype about gamers
Post by: benlav on February 24, 2013, 01:42:19 pm: The key thing here is the anger. Über rage. As opposed to general "fucked in the head I want to kill people" emotion.
Title: Warning: incoming media hype about gamers
Post by: Pyromanik on February 24, 2013, 04:32:09 pm: Quote from: Growler;1518864
Slobr and chillipepper?

I thought the media wasn't allowed to report on suicide?
Title: Warning: incoming media hype about gamers
Post by: Apostrophe Spacemonkey on February 24, 2013, 09:12:27 pm: Guild Wars is hardly a violent game.
Title: Warning: incoming media hype about gamers
Post by: benlav on February 25, 2013, 07:34:25 pm: Quote from: Spacemonkey;1518902
Guild Wars is hardly a violent game.

A week or so ago I would have agreed with you, now I'm not so sure...!
Title: She probably should have used burrow
Post by: Tiwaking! on February 25, 2013, 07:57:56 pm: Quote from: Spacemonkey;1518902
Guild Wars is hardly a violent game.

It is no StarCraft (http://www.getsome.co.nz/showthread.php?62887-18-year-old-stabbed-girl-after-disconnect-in-StarCraft)
Title: Warning: incoming media hype about gamers
Post by: Scunner on February 26, 2013, 11:07:32 am: Quote from: Spacemonkey;1518902
Guild Wars is hardly a violent game.

Of course it is. You fight with swords and axes and bows and guns and there's magic flying around everywhere and there's giants and zombies and a bunch of lion people that like fire and every 3 hours dragons fall from the sky in exactly the same spot to go through a protracted battle split into the same phases each time.
Title: Warning: incoming media hype about gamers
Post by: Bounty Hunter on February 26, 2013, 08:23:33 pm: This article is both hilarious and kind of funny, but mostly sad.

http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/25/harris-poll-58-percent-of-adults-believe-in-a-correlation-between-video-games-and-violence/

Get this 58% of american adults think there is a correlation between video games and violence, so fucking what?

Cant wait to see the rest of the data on this one....especially the subject selection (missing at least some portion of the frontal lobe?)
Title: Warning: incoming media hype about gamers
Post by: Bell on February 26, 2013, 08:45:06 pm: Yea but 50% of americans are completely retarded
Title: Warning: incoming media hype about gamers
Post by: BerG on February 27, 2013, 07:35:39 am: 85% of Americans have an invisible friend who they think created the universe, yet still has the time to help them find a parking space.
Title: Warning: incoming media hype about gamers
Post by: BerG on February 27, 2013, 07:35:23 am: 85% of Americans have an invisible friend who they think created the universe, yet still has the time to help them find a parking space.
Title: Warning: incoming media hype about gamers
Post by: Codex on February 27, 2013, 07:51:35 am: Quote from: Growler;1518864
Oddball and chillipepper?

Wouldn't that be suicide?
Title: Warning: incoming media hype about gamers
Post by: Xenolightning on February 27, 2013, 08:10:44 am: 50% of BerG is double posts.
Title: Warning: incoming media hype about gamers
Post by: Bounty Hunter on February 27, 2013, 09:47:22 am: Quote from: Xenolightning;1519196
50% of BerG is double posts.

actually closer to 200%...
Title: Warning: incoming media hype about gamers
Post by: BerG on February 28, 2013, 07:38:34 am: My posts are so good you deserve to see them twice.
Title: Warning: incoming media hype about gamers
Post by: BerG on February 28, 2013, 07:39:28 am: See them twice.
Title: Warning: incoming media hype about gamers
Post by: BerG on February 28, 2013, 07:39:59 am: See them twice.
Title: Warning: incoming media hype about gamers
Post by: BerG on February 28, 2013, 07:40:39 am: see them twice....
Title: Warning: incoming media hype about gamers
Post by: Bounty Hunter on February 28, 2013, 08:07:16 am: ^ weird

Ahh did anyone else notice that this whole media hype thing didnt really happen? did we have another earthquake or something?
Title: Warning: incoming media hype about gamers
Post by: Apostrophe Spacemonkey on February 28, 2013, 08:18:59 am: Quote from: Bounty Hunter;1519352
^ weird

Ahh did anyone else notice that this whole media hype thing didnt really happen? did we have another earthquake or something?

This guy got killed by a shark.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/8361388/Sharks-won-t-return-to-attack-beach

Expect massive overblown hype about potential evils of sharks as this unfolds....
Title: Warning: incoming media hype about gamers
Post by: Bounty Hunter on February 28, 2013, 10:20:32 am: Quote from: Spacemonkey;1519355
This guy got killed by a shark.

[url]http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/8361388/Sharks-won-t-return-to-attack-beach[/url]

Expect massive overblown hype about potential evils of sharks as this unfolds....

I hear he watched shark week.....Not dangerous they said, rarely attack humans they said....

Honestly finding nemo has ruined shark attacks for me, I bet the other sharks were like "INTERVENTION!"
Title: Warning: incoming media hype about gamers
Post by: Pyromanik on March 07, 2013, 08:14:03 pm: Quote from: Bounty Hunter;1519169
This article is both hilarious and kind of funny, but mostly sad.

[url]http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/25/harris-poll-58-percent-of-adults-believe-in-a-correlation-between-video-games-and-violence/[/url]

Get this 58% of american adults think there is a correlation between video games and violence, so fucking what?

Cant wait to see the rest of the data on this one....especially the subject selection (missing at least some portion of the frontal lobe?)

If studies were done between video games and violent moods... that would be interesting. Especially to see how long it would take for someone to come out of it after they stop playing.
But just because someone is mad doesn't mean they're going to massacre their friends. Same reasons adults don't get physical when someone cuts them off at the stop sign... oh wait.
Title: Dear Jeremy: I notice you say Pwn as Own, but my friends and I say 'Pown',what gives?
Post by: Tiwaking! on March 07, 2013, 09:01:14 pm: Quote from: Pyromanik;1520054
If studies were done between video games and violent moods... that would be interesting. Especially to see how long it would take for someone to come out of it after they stop playing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssz3kc-IoaE