A new study from the Oxford Internet Institute claims to have found no link between time spent playing violent video games, and increased aggressive behavior teen teenagers.





caused violence we should all be dead by now. Why do we keep seeing this "X causes violence!!!" trope in the news then?



This was supported by co-author Dr Netta Weinstein from Cardiff University who said: "Our findings suggest that researcher biases might have influenced previous studies on this topic, and have distorted our understanding of the effects of video games." Wow, really. You think? Like since every teenager in the friggin' world has been playing Doom and Quake since the 1990's, if the gamesviolence we should all be dead by now. Why do we keep seeing this "X causes violence!!!" trope in the news then?





This is a polite way of saying what Mark Twain said previously, waaaay back in history there, "figures don't lie but liars figure." A sentiment so obvious that it is probably carved in hieroglyphics inside a pyramid somewhere.

