If Justin Schell, a freshman computer science major, had known every time he played a violent video game he would become increasingly aggressive, he would have thought twice before playing it.
People have enough distress in their life to cause aggression without getting it from video games.
Every time a college student plays a video game, they increase their chance of exhibiting aggressive behavior, according to a recent study at the University of Missouri-Columbia by Dr. Craig A. Anderson. The study tested the short-term effect of violent video games and aggressive behavior. At the end of the third game, they were given another game to try where they set the volume and duration of the losing blast for their opponent. Researchers discovered that the students who had played the violent game set the noise louder and longer than those who had played the nonviolent one, according to the article. I think it reduces stress because it allows you to take your frustration in real life out on things that aren t real.