While video games are usually blamed for murders, violence and global warming, it’s great to see some positive studies and opinions around gaming being performed.<\/p>\n
The latest reveals that playing games online, is not only awesome, but also makes you friendlier and improves your personality.<\/p>\n
*Sarcasm alert*<\/em> And as it turns out, video games aren’t responsible for forest fires.<\/p>\n The research from Texas Tech explains that\u00a0online cooperative multiplayer games proved to lower aggression and hostile reactions in people.<\/p>\n The study presented a scenario where\u00a0players who just finished playing games –\u00a0in this instance, Halo: Reach\u00a0and Timesplitters –\u00a0could behave aggressively toward other players by blasting them with a loud noise. While that\u2019s hilarious and also brings back fond\u00a0memories of playing Taboo, the experiment found that players who just played co-op in both games were much less aggressive than players who played alone.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n John Velez, assistant professor of journalism and electronic media, notes that co-op play tends to spur people to focus on interacting with each other rather than focusing on violent or aggressive in-game action.<\/p>\n So there we go, group-tea-bagging IS a healthy activity, apparently.<\/p>\n Grand Theft Auto 5 pulled for encouraging violence against women<\/a><\/p>\n Video games are violent because gamers want violence<\/a><\/p>\nSource: Texas Tech<\/a> via Geek<\/a><\/h4>\n
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