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Most Harmful Video Game Genre: Racing?!?

It seems yet another research study has snuck into the gaming industry, and is making huge claims. The study claims that racing games create more agitation and aggression than violent games did. The politicians may have not seen this coming, but I’m sure a lot of gamers did. I’ve played many racing games in my day, and each one brings out a little more anger inside of me.

Drs. Simon Goodson and Sarah Peterson, Huddersfield University for the British Psychological Society, conducted the study. They said, "Previous researchers have made sweeping generalizations about the nature of videogames. This study is one of the first to use one of the latest games consoles that have a much higher level of realism. Surprisingly the results showed that the driving game made participants more agitated and aggressive than the game with graphic violence. Given the high levels of realism in modern games a re-evaluation of the relationship between videogames and violence is needed.”

It looks like violent video games now have a study that will help their case. Racing games are the new victim. The study will be featured at the British Psychological Society’s Annual Conference on Thursday.