• Turkey's Family Ministry Launches Probe Into Minecraft To See if It Causes Violence
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[quote]Turkey’s Family and Social Policies Ministry has launched an investigation into video game “Minecraft” on grounds that it encourages violence, especially against woman. The investigation aims at inspecting whether or not the game contains motives to trigger violence in its players.[/quote] [url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkeys-family-ministry-launches-probe-into-minecraft-video-game-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=77968&NewsCatID=341]Hurriyet Daily News[/url] It's a pretty short article, I'm trying to find more sources or a better one but no one's really covering it yet.
Are there even women in Minecraft? The last time I played was 1.4
[QUOTE=TheRames;47087040]Are there even women in Minecraft? The last time I played was 1.4[/QUOTE] I believe they prefer to be called Womboid due to their cuboid and blocky nature.
I could maybe see the failed logic behind causing violence, but violence against women? In minecraft?
Video games have made me a calm, passive and kind person because I can scream my anger into serious sam, dark souls and super mario its like going into the basement where you have a punching bag to piss your anger away at, or a dojo where you can beat other people into submission for training, or a pillow that you can scream into you kill time playing a game because it's an escape that lets you forget about shit, and because it's a fun thing to do
This is what happens when people mistake video games as the root cause for all ills in the world. Also 'motives for triggering violence' ? it's a sandbox crafting game with a few enemies, all of which are either undead or non-human. FFS, this is like PETA creating a 'no animals harmed' version of minecraft on a private server.
I know video games and violence are controversial, but where did they get the idea minecraft is harmful to women? It seems like we've reached a point people announce dumb claims prior to ANY indication or reason to do so.
iirc they stuck in a more feminine character model in a recent update. Like with thinner arms or something. I think it has like a 50/50 chance of getting randomly tied to your account if you've registered after a certain date. idk if this has anything to do with that, though.
I don't understand why some gamers are so adamant against this kind of research being done in the first place, regardless of how absurd it seems (Minecraft? Of all games, Minecraft?). If the Turkish government wants to spend their own time and money to conduct a formal study, what's the harm? If they end up using poor methodology to support a stretched conclusion, then it should be criticized for being bad research, not because it chose do-videogames-cause-violence as the subject. [QUOTE=J!NX;47087080]Video games have made me a calm, passive and kind person because I can scream my anger into serious sam, dark souls and super mario its like going into the basement where you have a punching bag to piss your anger away at, or a dojo where you can beat other people into submission for training, or a pillow that you can scream into you kill time playing a game because it's an escape that lets you forget about shit, and because it's a fun thing to do[/QUOTE] The funny thing is, psychological testing has consistently shown that catharsis through mock violence doesn't really work. It provides temporary relief, but strengthens the need for physical expression of anger, and makes it worse when an outlet isn't available. This is exactly why research is valuable- it can show common sense or anecdotes to be wrong, when done properly. Best case, we learn something new about ourselves. Worst case, it re-treads old ground and the Turkish government is out the funding for the study.
Basically there are a lot of stupid people in this world. Most of which sadly don't even realize how stupid they actually are, and how stupid they come off as to others.
How the hell does Minecraft cause violence, much less towards women? All the animals are genderless for God's sake
"(Insert currently popular video game title here) makes our children violent and we must stop it! I mean, it's not like it's the parents fault or other factors are involved right guys?"
[QUOTE=catbarf;47087235]I don't understand why some gamers are so adamant against this kind of research being done in the first place, regardless of how absurd it seems (Minecraft? Of all games, Minecraft?). If the Turkish government wants to spend their own time and money to conduct a formal study, what's the harm? If they end up using poor methodology to support a stretched conclusion, then it should be criticized for being bad research, not because it chose do-videogames-cause-violence as the subject. The funny thing is, psychological testing has consistently shown that catharsis through mock violence doesn't really work. It provides temporary relief, but strengthens the need for physical expression of anger, and makes it worse when an outlet isn't available. This is exactly why research is valuable- it can show common sense or anecdotes to be wrong, when done properly. Best case, we learn something new about ourselves. Worst case, it re-treads old ground and the Turkish government is out the funding for the study.[/QUOTE] well of course people aren't going to react well to having their outlet taken away that doesn't mean it doesn't help. I mean people react negatively when they have their medication taken away too, that doesn't mean medication doesn't actually help.
[QUOTE=Mr. Scorpio;47087306]well of course people aren't going to react well to having their outlet taken away that doesn't mean it doesn't help. I mean people react negatively when they have their medication taken away too, that doesn't mean medication doesn't actually help.[/QUOTE] to be fair, medication would have a stronger change since it's a chemical change, rather than "Oh god I'm bored as HELL now" but I mean, it does something either way and that's all that matters
It's sad how big a deal video games have become.
isn't everything in minecraft agender
Imagine if making a big penis out of gold blocks was in YOUR job description.
SOMEONE HELP ME GET OUTTTA THIS COUNTRY
[QUOTE=catbarf;47087235]I don't understand why some gamers are so adamant against this kind of research being done in the first place, regardless of how absurd it seems (Minecraft? Of all games, Minecraft?). If the Turkish government wants to spend their own time and money to conduct a formal study, what's the harm? If they end up using poor methodology to support a stretched conclusion, then it should be criticized for being bad research, not because it chose do-videogames-cause-violence as the subject. The funny thing is, psychological testing has consistently shown that catharsis through mock violence doesn't really work. It provides temporary relief, but strengthens the need for physical expression of anger, and makes it worse when an outlet isn't available. This is exactly why research is valuable- it can show common sense or anecdotes to be wrong, when done properly. Best case, we learn something new about ourselves. Worst case, it re-treads old ground and the Turkish government is out the funding for the study.[/QUOTE] It's just bizarre that so many countries and so many communities keep doing these studies when it's been almost universal, even amongst some of the intentionally biased studies, that games don't seem to cause an increase in violence. I've played violent games a lot but I also love playing peaceful, relaxing stuff, and sometimes in stuff like GTA I'll just live a 'normal' life. [editline]6th February 2015[/editline] Obviously that's anecdotal, but I think that by now we can probably say that video games don't seem to cause violence. Maybe it'll be easier to study by the end of this generation.
I played through Daikatana and Duke Nukem Forever, I can confirm video games cause violence
How many times will this stupid ass argument be brought up before we can finally start laughing at the people who bring it up? Seriously, you'd think everyone knows about this by now.
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