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New Study Finds that Dog Bites Man
Not that any of this will get the Concerned Senators for America to back off the video game crusade, but maybe someone could forward them this headline: No Strong Link Seen Between Violent Video Games And Aggression.
To wit:
After an average playtime of 56 hours over the course of a month with "Asheron's Call 2," a popular MMRPG, or "massively multi-layer [sic] online role-playing game," researchers found "no strong effects associated with aggression caused by this violent game," said Dmitri Williams, the lead author of the study.
More about the study here; link via Shakespeare's Sister.
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