The Reality Check #85: Violent Video Games Lead To Violence? + Alcohol in Soft Drinks + Hangover Cu

Death Race

Elan tackles the age old controversy over whether or not violent video games can make people violent. Adam takes a look at why some sodas may have alcohol, and which ones do not. Darren tries to find a cure for hangovers.

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Show Notes
Video Game Violence

Wikipedia – Video Game Controversy

Wikipedia – Death Race

Wikipedia – ESRB

Wikipedia – Doom controversy

BBC News – Grand Theft Auto Linked to Shooting

Bushman and Anderson paper

Ferguson Paper

Wikipedia – Meta-analysis

Video Games: the Latest Scapegoat for Violence By CHRISTOPHER J. FERGUSON
PBS – 8 Myths about video games debunked

Alcohol Content of Carbonated Beverages
The Colbert Report: Nailed ‘Em – Fentiman’s Victorian Lemonade – Canadian Link
The Colbert Report: Nailed ‘Em – Fentiman’s Victorian Lemonade – American Link
Natural Carbonation vs. Forced Carbonation

Can You Cure a Hangover?
British medical journal
Popular Science – Korea Alcohol and Oxygen Research

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