Okay, I'm feeling pretty silly right now. I've been going off on a tirade over the last week to anyone who would listen about how "video games don't cause violence!" in response to the recently formed organization MAVAV (Mothers Against Videogame Addiction and Violence). Some of the "facts" on the website for this organization sounded completely fabricated, and outright appalling. Things like:
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Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPG) is a digital escape from the real world for emotionally unhealthy and mentally unstable people. It is a place for computer enthusiasts and social outcasts to gather un-bothered and un-harassed by the realities of real life.
After reading a whole page of this tripe, I was ready to sic the ACLU on these freaks. Until I read the blog of one of my favorite web cartoons, Penny Arcade. In it, they revealed that MAVAV was actually a hoax perpetrated by one David Yoo for some school project. Man...I was caught hook, line, and sinker. I don't know whether my being so easily duped is a credit to David for such a masterful forgery, my extreme gullibility, or to society for becoming so ridiculous as of late regarding video game violence that such a forgery would actually be possible! Anyway, to all those of you who were conned, too (you know who you are :bigsmile: ), fear not. Your video games are still safe....for now.Quote:
Do videogames make people violent?
Yes. What was once a debatable question, is now fact. New research has concluded that videogame violence and behavior related violence are in fact closely related.
Read about David Yoo's project here:
http://a.parsons.edu/~dyoo/2002-3/interactivity/mavav/
