Experienced gamers are hygiene-product averse: research

Talk about a thin thread. Why gamers didn't choose shitty gifts, toothpaste???? Come on who is going to choose that as a gift.
 
If my mental state was such that I felt immoral for killing in a violent video game then I'd be more worried about said mental state than any non existent moral crisis from an interactive video game.

Also what were the options besides hygiene products? I mean I'd damn well be taking that packet of Doritos over the bar of soap.
 
I think this is the type of thing that leads people to call psychologists quacks. (Note: Not saying they all are, not even most, but definitely some)
 
Because what you really want after a lekker game is a soap-on-a-rope...

That experiment doesn't really say anything at all about gamers' personal hygiene. All they are actually saying is that violent games make inexperienced gamers feel dirty.

If you want a correlation between gaming and hygiene, then do a survey about how often gamers and non gamers shower, brush their teeth, wash their hair, if they use deo, stuff like that....

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I wouldn't choose the shower gel / toothpaste / deodorant option. That doesn't mean I'm hygiene product averse, it just means that I already have my preferred brands at home.

It's just as viable a statement as saying because more noobs chose toothpaste and shower gel, that they don't tend to actually own such things already, and therefore they are the dirty ones...
 
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omg this is sad. The only thing that this research shows is that playing violent video games makes you more creative. hygienic gifts are the most boring and common gift you can get or give.
 
In the experiment, novice gamers and players of violent games were put to the test by choosing gift products. Inexperienced gamers tended to choose a lot of hygiene products, such as shower gel, tooth paste, and deodorant.


On the other hand, experienced gamers (who have had played violent video games in the past) didn’t go for the hygiene products as much as others, rather choosing other gifts.
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Or maybe the the experienced gamers had some sense and the "other gifts" where more compelling that toothpaste.

A Good Recent Example is Spec Ops the Line. In one mission the game "tricks" you into doing something wrong, sure you didn't know but when it is revealed the player is expected to feel what Walker (the protagonist is feeling) disbelieve, anger, shame etc. I felt "sad", slightly horrified and most importantly I remember seeing the cluster of people on the IR display and thinking how weird it was that they where so tightly packed, much as I imagine a real soldier feels when he targets a building for a strike and later finds out there where civilians in but at no point did I get a sudden urge to shower or even wash my hands. If my moral "cleanliness" was really being affected by being a "experienced" gamer, that has watched more heads explode in gory slowmo in fallout than most, surely I would not have felt shocked or appalled at what happened at in The Line.
 
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