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By: buttonmashing.com | Lending another helping hand

buttonmashing.com | Lending another helping hand — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:53:24 +0000

[...] helped an intrepid young man convince his mom that video games (violent ones) are okay. Well, now we’ve helped someone else with their homework. I’d would love to know what kind of report that was. Can someone quote a blog in their [...]

By: August in Review : buttonmashing.com

August in Review : buttonmashing.com — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:58:11 +0000

[...] years ago I was busy on the warpath, defending games and trying to dispel myth of a correlation of Violence and Video Games. The fight continues… Four years ago I was talking about games I own that are gathering dust. [...]

By: violent video games != aggression at buttonmashing.com

violent video games != aggression at buttonmashing.com — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 04:49:40 +0000

[...] Related Posts: Cranial Menus GTA should have been rated AO Parents just have to be better parents Bad News for Rockstar This settles it Technorati Tags: Violence and Video Games [...]

By: Buttonmashing.com turns 2! at buttonmashing.com

Buttonmashing.com turns 2! at buttonmashing.com — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 22:19:00 +0000

[...] I noticed a lot of posts trying to refute all the crap that Jack Thompson spewed. I’m particularly fond of this one, which also helped on a poor gamer to convince his mom to get him Resident Evil 4 and helped another lost soul with his homework. [...]

By: Listen up, people! at buttonmashing.com

Listen up, people! at buttonmashing.com — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 01:35:46 +0000

[...] Heard that before, right? What about this one: Finally, there might be some cathartic or educational benefits associated with many video games. From the Bible to Beowulf to Batman, depictions of violence have been used not only to teach lessons, but also to allow people � including children � to engage in a sort of escapism that can have a therapeutic effect on the human psyche. Kids know the difference between make-believe violence and the real thing. And many games today are remarkably sophisticated, offering players a �cognitive workout� that is far more stimulating, rewarding, and even educational than much of the other media fare that is available. [...]

By: Deithen

Deithen — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 23:20:58 +0000

You guys just did my school report for me! thank you so much!!!!

By: Report Updated at buttonmashing.com

Report Updated at buttonmashing.com — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 04:10:43 +0000

[...] I noticed a lot of people are linking to this article at Game Revolution, which I linked to before and was glad people were taking a second look at this. Then I noticed it was recently updated. So the murder rate hit a new 40 year low in 2004, good news indeed for those of us lucky enough to live in the United States during this era of peace. The best selling video game of 2004? Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Good news, indeed. // Used for showing and hiding user information in the comment form function ShowUtils() { document.getElementById(“authorinfo”).style.display = “”; document.getElementById(“showinfo”).style.display = “none”; document.getElementById(“hideinfo”).style.display = “”; } function HideUtils() { document.getElementById(“authorinfo”).style.display = “none”; document.getElementById(“showinfo”).style.display = “”; document.getElementById(“hideinfo”).style.display = “none”; } [...]

By: buttonmashing.com » Blog Archive » Helping out the little guy

buttonmashing.com » Blog Archive » Helping out the little guy — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 03:40:16 +0000

[...] Here at buttonmashing.com we are fighting the good fight for video games. We try to get the word out about the positive aspects of gaming while we refute spurious claims that violent video games are bad for kids. Last month I wrote a little piece about the topic of violent video games, quoting a couple articles that had some empirical evidence that refutes the claims by the anti-gaming cadre (definition 2a). Little did I know that it would actually have tangible results. [...]

By: Bloody Vamp Man

Bloody Vamp Man — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 17:24:06 +0000

Thx for backing up the video game community. we needed some proof that the video games didnt cause violence. because of your graphs my mom is buying me games like resident evil 4 now. i apreciate your time being spent on this site thx.

;.;Bloody vamp dude

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 12:21:43 +0000

Josh,

Well, the Devin Moore case is over, maybe Thompson knew that his case had more holes than a collander so it had already abandoned it for Hot Coffee!

The interview started out okay but by the end he was a raving lunatic. I can just imagine the froth building up as he talked about EA and The Sims and the porn industry. The guy is cucko!