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New study shows that Wii motions won't make you violent photo

Well, that is until you hit someone on accident. That's real violence right there.

A study by  by Dr. Patrick Markey at Villanova University shows that those Wii Remote motions assigned to violent attacks, such as the ones in Manhunt 2, won't make you any more violent than traditional games.

Markey pulled together 118 participants to play both Manhunt 2 and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2008 on the Wii. He gauged their level of psychoticism before and after playing these games, permitting them to use both standard and waggle-style controls. 

The study says that waggle attacks did not bring about the expected aggression or hostility, and that swinging a Wii Remote and pushing buttons brought about the same results.

The study text says it best:

...the negative effects of violent video games were not magnified when individuals utilized a motion capture controller. Specifically, participants who utilized motion capture controls to play the violent video game Manhunt 2 did not experience more hostility or more aggressive cognitions than individuals who utilized a traditional controller

According to Game|Life, though, the study did show that those with higher levels of psychoticism "were much more affected by violent video games than other participants." Yikes. You hear that psychos? Steer clear of violent wand waggle games.

[Thanks, Prof. Pew]








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TewDee's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/18/2008 11:40
TewDee
I can sleep SO MUCH BETTER now that this is cleared up.
moshakirby's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/18/2008 11:48
moshakirby
Surprising.
Danzflor's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/18/2008 11:54
Danzflor
DAMN! now i can't use the Wii as excuse to kill everyone at the school :(
Maurice Tan's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/18/2008 12:22
Maurice Tan
We need these kind of studies to build a platform of proof to destroy politicians who just make up stuff to claim effects of violence in videogames :)
deiga-the-semivaliant's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/18/2008 12:33
deiga-the-semivaliant
Wii controls don't make the player more violent. It just makes the player more bored.

OOO BUUUURRRNNNN.
Face's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/18/2008 12:43
Face
Inb4dustywiis.
elsteveo's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/18/2008 12:55
elsteveo
It is probably because the graphics are so bad they can't compare it to real life. Well then again Doom was blamed for a bunch of crap. At the time of Doom though it's graphics were the shit!
PhazonYoshi's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/18/2008 12:57
PhazonYoshi
tl;dr version:

If they're insane, it'll make them insaner.
If they're sane, they'll be fine.

Well, I always thought the quality of wii games was enough to send people mad.
John B's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/18/2008 16:07
John B
{yawn} Cue the anti-Wii threadcrappers.
Muddy Waterz's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/18/2008 19:09
Muddy Waterz
Its a conspiracy I tell ya! A conspiracy!!!
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