Second, research to date hints that violent behavior can be linked to much more invested time than two hours per day. Fourteen hours a week is considered almost "casual" by gaming standards, an amount of time leaving much more left over to fair grounding in the "reality" of employment, families, etc.
Third, no mention is made of local conditions, cultural background, nor the decades of attempts to qualify and quantify the effect any media consumed in dedicated chunks may have on the behaviors of their more hardcore participants. To date, all causal relationships appear to be anecdotal, attempts to link the latest hot button issues within the constraints of sound-byte delivery - a constraint you are not bound by.
As a result, I felt this bit did a disservice to the debate, adding a reference point which would not stand up to any serious scrutiny. A better handling of the subject would involve a conscientious overview of the history of media and violence, perhaps culminating in an objective summary from representatives of both sides of the debate.
- Darniaq
To the editor: Nice website, but you seriously need to do something about your layout. It's a real pain to read. Granted it looks nice and flashy but I'd rather have good content (which you already have) in a nice, simple, readable format (see http://www.slashdot.org)
- Pratik Patel
To the editor: Excellent content and great read. But badly presented. Please have the font size enjoyable to read or the site code flexible to scale.
- jt
To the editor: The Escapist is just what I've been wanting - I've always preferred the look of magazines to the look of Web pages, but dislike the physical clutter they produce. Your site's a soup that eats like a meal, as it were - the ease of access offered by the Internet with the design sensibility of a print magazine. I salute you. And I'll be back for more.
- JH
To the editor: I love The Escapist - great articles, good formatting and wonderful insight. I have a suggestion/request - repost/reprint the web page in a mobile format friendly manner. Call it, www.escapistmagazine.com/mobile. I've tried to read the escapist on my Treo, and it's more than a little bit difficult.
- Tawnya Carr
To the editor: Great design, great articles. Arresting and engaging. Thanks.
- d
