Just a game? Unjustified virtual violence produces guilt in empathetic players

T. Hartmann; E. Toz; M. Brandon

doi:10.1080/15213269.2010.524912

Just a game? Unjustified virtual violence produces guilt in empathetic players

T. Hartmann, E. Toz, M. Brandon

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Many avid gamers discount violent conduct in video games as morally insignificant as "it is just a game." However, recent debates among users, regarding video games featuring inappropriate forms of virtual violence, suggest a more complex truth. Two ex- periments (N

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	339-363
Journal	Media Psychology
Volume	13
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2010.524912
Publication status	Published - 2010

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