New Study Finds that Dog Bites Man

Daniel Koffler | August 15, 2005

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.