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Journal claudia's Journal: Your Brain on Quake 5

Journal by claudia on Tuesday December 03, 2002 @07:44PM

"Hours of playing violent video games can affect the way the brain works on a cellular level, causing misfiring of signals between nerve cells or slowing brain activity, researchers reported Monday."

This conclusion was made after studying a group of...here it comes...38 people (all teenagers)! Not to mention, they conveniently fail to state that even non-violent TV affects the frontal lobe in a similar fashion. Sounds to me like a bit of scientific sophistry to make the PMCR and Joe Baca types happy (the latter being a California congressman who has introduced legislation to ban violent video games).

It's enough to make me want to find my copy of QII, turn up Trent, and take out some mutants but real fuckin' good.

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Trent? (Score:2)

by egg troll ( 515396 ) writes:

For mentioning the name of that overrated hack, I sentance you to listen to Unknown Pleasures ten time...on VINYL!
- Age of Consent (Score:2)
  
  by claudia ( 54814 ) writes:
  
  Joy Division? Dude, I'm giving you propz for that reference (on VINYL no less), but Ian has nothing on Trent (other than a noose). I'm just fuckin' thankful you didn't sentence me to Marilyn Manson. Hey.
Consider yourself challenged. (Score:1)

by sulli ( 195030 ) writes:

That is all.
- Re:Consider yourself challenged. (Score:2)
  
  by claudia ( 54814 ) writes:
  
  Um, sulli, are you sure?
  
  Date? Time? Venue? Soundtrack?
  - Damn sure. (Score:1)
    
    by sulli ( 195030 ) writes:
    
    Friday. Choice of location. Punk rock.

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