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Title: WSJ praises video games Post by: Xanthippe on June 02, 2006, 09:51:23 AM http://www.opinionjournal.com/taste/?id=110008463
Nice to see articles like this one, instead of the typical hysterics. Title: Re: WSJ praises video games Post by: WindupAtheist on June 02, 2006, 10:21:44 AM Quote The most comprehensive study yet on the social effects of such kill-or-be-killed games, conducted by researchers at the University of Illinois and the University of Michigan, found that prolonged playing of Asheron's Call 2--a gory online multiplayer fantasy--didn't make study participants more belligerent. What the fuck? Title: Re: WSJ praises video games Post by: Xanthippe on June 02, 2006, 10:40:33 AM I assumed the writer was using someone else's words to describe AC2. He doesn't seem to have any familiarity with mmogs.
Title: Re: WSJ praises video games Post by: Margalis on June 02, 2006, 10:47:33 AM The game may not be gory but playing it is.
Title: Re: WSJ praises video games Post by: shiznitz on June 02, 2006, 11:01:26 AM It was only gory because players gouged out their own eyes and chopped off their own hands out of raw boredom.
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