I'm writing a paper on the appeal of violence in video games for school and I could use some figures and public opinions to help me going. So if people could spare to 2 minutes to answer these simple questions, I'd greatly appreciate that.



Thanks in advance.

1. Male
2. 19
3. Yes
4. Every few days
5. I don't take violence into account as long as the gameplay is good, you get crappy violent games and awesome nonviolent games.
6. Equal
7. Interesting combat mechanics

Exactly what spe said, except my age is 17.

1) Male
2) 17
3) Yes.
4) More than 20 hours a week.
5) This isn't a determination in my decision for gameplay, but all games that I DO enjoy tend to be on the violent side. That's not to say I chose them because of this, it's just that good ideas don't tend to get paid for unless they've got a sellable franchise like violence attached.
6) As above, violent videogames tend to be the marketable game, so the only quality games that receive a budget or big-name interest are those that companies think will sell well. I play more violent videogames because there are few that aren't and are still worth playing.
7a) The entire aspect of living a life you don't live. That is, if I'm playing a war game, I get a totally different experience if my friend gets hit than I do in, say, paintball. The emotional, literary aspect of death is something we can only experience in fantasy, or in all-too-traumatic real world events.

1) Male
2) 16
3) Yes.
4) Probably every day.
5) I find them equally appealing. Usually, the violent aspect of a game doesn't enhance the game's gameplay. A non-violent game can be as fun.
6) Probably more, but it's not because non-violent games are less fun.
7a) Interesting combat mechanics.

- Male.
- 17
- Yes.
- Every now and then, probably once a week or so.
- Violence doesn't make a game. Storyline and flow do.
- Equal, probably.
- Probably the flow, I guess. If a game's too broken, you won't pick it up.

1) Female
2) 18
3) I have a couple of times I think
4) not often
5) Doesn't really matter, but I usually like adventure games better
6) meh, I don't play all that many videogames in general, but it would probably be about equal, maybe a few more nonviolent
7a) playing them with your friends. Nothing makes you and your friends laugh more than a good natured shot to the head of one of your friends

1) All man
2) 21 (old )
3) Yes, Halo, Bloodlines, Half Life, CS etc etc.
4) About 8 hours a week on average
5) a bit more entertaining
6) More violent games on average
7a) The action, the guns, the explosions, the ability to immerse yourself in a world similar to real life and kill people and blow things up, without getting your arse beaten down by the Law.

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1) Male

2) 20

3) Yes

4) it averages to about 2 hours per day

5) It depends on my mood, but generally more with at least some violent aspects (with several exceptions)

6) More violent games

7a) I love causing bloody explosions. They provide me with a healthy way to release tension.

What defines a violent videogame? Civ has violence in it but it hardly predominates it, but is it still violent by your definitions?

1) Male
2) 20
3) Yes
4) A few times a week
5) More, much more
6) More
7a) Its amusing, and makes violence a laughable subject instead of a taboo

1. Male
2. 16
3. Yes
4. 2-7 times a week for one or more hours. I switch between racing games, sports and fps
5. Usually
6. around the same
7. I like games that are realistic and fun, i don't play games for the violence.

1) Male
2) 17
3) Yes
4) A couple of hours a week.
5) Generally equally, but it depends. A game can be just as addictive and fun if it is non-violent as if it is violent. For example, take Age of Empires and Sid Meier's Pirates! - Highly entertaining games with little or no violence. Unreal Torunament is an example of a violent game that is also very addictive and fun.
6) Currently, less.
7a) The thrill of doing something you would never do in real life.

1) male
2) 22
3) yes.
4) more or less the same as I play any other kind of game?
5) equally, I suppose, maybe even less, considering which older games I still play vs. newer games
6) same as #5
7a) the competitive/fun aspect definately comes into play with others, when playing singleplayer, probably the design/goals being simple?

Any game that shows physical violence (shooting, beating, slicing, piercing, etc) in a graphical manner on regular basis. So Civ IV would also count as a violent game, even when you play as a pacifist, because you'll probably get attacked anyway. I guess a game where the violence is not graphicly depicted (only insinuated) could be counted as a non violent game.

Thanks so far for everyone who has provided me with feedback.

Also if you think the questions are incomplete or vague, don't hesitate to explain the why and how of your answer. That's why I made all the questions open questions.

1) Dude
2) 16
3) Yea
4) Every day
5) This question sucks, some non violent games are more entertaining then some violent games. But over all, Voilent games are more entertaining.
6) More than
7a) The fact that you can do things in a game that you would NEVER do in real life.

These questions are pretty 1 sided, for either side of w/e the argument is.

A violent game can be defined as mario jumping on goombas.

Well I'm not trying to get hard figures from this inquiry.
The only really important question is 7) and the others are more to get an very basic idea of what sort of people are giving the answer and what if they play a lot of concerned games.