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...studies released last week go beyond anecdotal evidence and find that playing violent video games can contribute to aggressive and violent behavior in real life. The researchers studied 210 college students during and after playing Wolfenstein 3D, a game they describe as "blatantly violent." After playing, students were rated according to their aggressive reactions and feelings of hostility. The researchers noted an increase in aggressive behavior after playing a violent game. In a study of 227 other college students, the researchers found increased delinquency among those who had played violent video games throughout their high school years...
...mess with a winning formula? Ever since it released Wolfenstein 3D (1992) and Doom II (1994), ID Software has been a leader in "splatter games" that tap into the killer instincts of the adolescent boy in all of us. So it's no surprise that Quake II, due out this week, bears a striking resemblance to last year's best seller, Quake. "Quake II is an entirely new game," insists ID's Barrett Alexander, pointing to a new setting, new weapons and updated storyline. Judge for yourself...
...emerged to the world in 1991 with its smash hit, the violent and blood-filled Wolfenstein 3-D, one of the first games to provide some form of virtual reality, as players felt immersed in a Nazi dungeon...
...booklet telling G.I.s how to get along with British girls (because of cultural differences, she warned, they were apt to think that an American's playful advances were meant more seriously than he intended). "Margaret sees herself as the mother of us all," says Child Psychologist Martha Wolfenstein, one of her longtime collaborators...
...Movies, a Psychological Study (Free Press; $4), Drs. Martha Wolfenstein and Nathan Leites set down the distinctive plot patterns of U.S., British and French films. Readers may draw their own conclusions as to moral and emotional attitudes in each of the countries...
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