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  Existenz | December 27, 2007
  Hahaha i love this i mean yeah i can see their point this generation of children are probably a lot more stupid than the previous generation but is that because of gaming? I think not, gaming may play a part but entertainment on the whole is the cause... TV, Music, Film, Gaming they all distract children from learning that is the only reason why brain function may be "destroyed" as they like to put it, which is bullshit since if the intelligence isn't there it can't be destroyed heh.
  
  Now the whole emotion thing i will agree that i may be more heartless and emotionless than i was 10 years ago but while violent games may contribute to this, it is yet another group of things causing the problem... I cannot turn on the tv anymore without seeing the news showing 16 murders, 2 earthquakes and a death toll ranking up the high thousands, tv and cinema is also more violent than ever, so it isn't just video games. But personally i feel the later (being emotionless) is a good thing in todays world since the way things are going there has never been a bigger threat from global terrorism, if anything video games, film and the media are training everyone for a war situation.
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  Dance Floor Killah | December 27, 2007
  Wow, another story with bullshit about video games causing something else. And just to think a year ago, they had an article out that said that video games improve brain function. It also improves hand/eye coordination as well as reflexes.
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    SS4Gogeta | December 27, 2007
    Exactly! That's the one I believe.
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  Bri | December 27, 2007
  Bullshit. First, you're gonna tell me that video games stimulate reaction time and make children more mentally alert (Gamespot article a couple years back) and now they "destroy brain function?". Screw it, pop the disc in and have some fun, don't we need it on our lives?
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  Play ISDF | December 27, 2007
  People who constantly say this kinda bullshit can kiss my fat violent video gaming ass then. See if I care.
  
  Video games aren't the cause of all bloody bad things in the world damn it! Granted the latest generation of people are tools (no offense to those who aren't tools, your smart so your excluded in what I'm saying) but to blame it just on games alone is just beyond stupid. It's not like every single bloody person in the latest generation even looks at video games, let alone plays them. The number one person to blame these days is one's self. That simple. Yet it seems to be one of the hardest tasks humans face in their lives. I can understand not wanting to take responsibility but that doesn't mean that the responsibility for one's actions should be put on something else or someone else. Every single day we're seeing more and more silly crap like this. Unless there's some serious changes we can 100% for sure kiss the human race goodbye. Funny though isn't it...a 15 year old can see what a lot of older people can't.
  
  Since we're playing this blame game, I'll blame...the Earth, the Pope, cars, toilet paper, Bush, cricket bats and oxygen. Seriously...this blaming stuff just because it's convenient really has to stop. These days anything can be blamed, anybody can be sued, and everything is just generally messed up to some degree. And they wonder why some people commit suicide. Sorry if I sound just a lil pissed or am taking things over the top, I'm just tired of this sort of thing coming up all the time.
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  twilightprince | December 28, 2007
  I call BS.
  
  Since the dawn of gaming, people have been trying to find ways to put gamers down. They said that games damage our eyes, games make us dumb, and games make us commit crimes.
  
  Look, I've been gaming since the very early 90's. I have 20/20 vision, I've received multiple scholarships to colleges, and I've never had the thought of committing a (major) crime. Give me a break.
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  ConkerASkyJockey | December 28, 2007
  That's bull-crap.
  
  Everyone knows gaming is a form of entertainment, if they can't realise that, then they are brain damaged themselves.
  
  Seriously, these people must really hate video games for making up a large assumption....
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  Gothic Girl | December 28, 2007
  What a load of absolute crap!
  Video games are used in nursing homes around the world to improve brain functions and slow down the effects of Alzheimers in senior citizens. It's been proven that video games strengthen the mind - It keeps the brain alert and motivated. It's just a shame that it's not promoted enough in the media to be taken seriously.
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  bakfromon | December 28, 2007
  The only thing thats destroying my brain functions are the ignorant people who conduct these studies and come up with garbage like this
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  Jesh | December 28, 2007
  This is what scientists study? I figured maybe they would do useful stuff like look for cures to cancer, but they figured out violent video games kill brain cells. Wow.
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  MentallyUnstable | December 28, 2007
  This kind of stuff makes me so mad, and yet I can't help but click on the article, knowing it will raise my blood pressure. I get so sick of idiots like this blaming video games on the fact that kids are violent/stupid/blind/prefer chocolate over vanilla/think PC and Mac are lovers, or whatever. Let's face it...video games are simply a "fall guy" for the youth of the nation. Kids are fat? Blame video games. Kids are stupid? Blame video games. Kids are smoking weed? Blame video games! What the hell? It's so stupid. Maybe they should actually play some video games, and see if they feel any dumber, or if they feel like the enormous stick up their butts has been removed.
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  Final Blade | December 28, 2007
  I wish people would stop posting articles about this crap, its just as bad as JT spreading this idiocy around the world.
  I totally disagree with this 100%, i have never been smarter and have improved brain function since playing videogames. It helped me in real life. Im tired of coming on here and seeing stupid articles bash games when we know its false. There is far more worse things that causes this crap and Existenz said them already.
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  Synthesis | December 28, 2007
  I bet the next study will show that video games cause you to lose control over your bladder or some dumb shit like that.
  
  GG people.
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  Revenger of Wastelan | December 28, 2007
  Why are videogames the scapegoat for all this generation's problem?
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  Murray3 | December 29, 2007
  short list of everything that is totally the wrong way round about video games:
  makes you violent, ruins your eyes, makes you anti-social, makes you stupid and swells your fingers,
  what they actually do:
  stretch your temper and can relax you, sharpen your eye sight, give you new topics to talk about and give you more things to do with friends in general, helps you learn and hasn't caused swelling in hands since the NES's days of Nintendo thumb
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  slumpy monkey | December 29, 2007
  Well this makes no sence.
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  gamefreak101 | December 30, 2007
  "New study claims that violent videogames damage human brain function. Credit: FOX."
  
  As soon as I read that, I stopped reading.