Study finds game violence soothes the savage breast
by Akela Talamasca 
Apr 2nd 2008 at 7:00PM
Filed under: World of Warcraft, At a glance, Fantasy, Culture, Events, real-world, News items, Academic
Middlesex University has released their finding on a study conducted to explore the effects of game violence on players. At the British Psychological Society's Annual Conference in Dublin, the study claims that playing WoW actually helps players relax, rather than fuels anger or violent tendencies."There were actually higher levels of relaxation before and after playing the game as opposed to experiencing anger but this did very much depend on personality type," said researcher Jane Barnett, though the referring article does not elucidate what those types might be. However, with a sample size of 292 World of Warcraft players between the ages of 12 and 83, out of the millions of subscribers the game can boast, this would hardly seem to be a properly-evaluated submission. But it's little steps like these that help abolish long-held assumptions and biases, so we're all for it. Science, FTW!
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Fizzl said on 5:12AM 4-03-2008
Games have taught me: It doesn't matter if you fail, don't get frustrated, just try harder next time. Or in other words 'There is no use crying over every mistake, just keep on trying until you run out of cake'.
I'd speculate that games have taught these people to take a more relaxed attitude. I have come across the personality types that don't seem to relax, they get angry and start hitting things and yelling when the game doesn't go there way. They seem to be the same people who aren't doing well in other areas of there life either.
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