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#643 - Michael Kasumovic - Are Violent Video Games Actually That Harmful?

Modern Wisdom

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The Effects of Win and Loss in Games

In games like Fortnite and Call of Duty Warzone, the only real upgrades that you get are artificial aesthetic ones. So it's an open playing field. If you have an advantage, then there's a problem. It's really hard to say what caused you to win or to lose. But fighting within your status or closer to your status likely has a much bigger effect. There's actually very, very little research done on that kind of stuff, which is kind of interesting.

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