{"id":12322,"date":"2011-01-17T16:27:54","date_gmt":"2011-01-17T07:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/?p=12322"},"modified":"2011-01-17T16:27:54","modified_gmt":"2011-01-17T07:27:54","slug":"a-72-years-old-japanese-gamer-said-games-have-the-effect-of-reducing-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/a-72-years-old-japanese-gamer-said-games-have-the-effect-of-reducing-crimes\/","title":{"rendered":"72-Year-Old Japanese Gamer Said, “Playing Computer Games Reduces Crime”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shiro Suzuki is a famous Japanese announcer. However, it has emerged
\nthat he’s also an expert at action game Resident Evil (Japanese title
\n\u201cBio Hazard\u201d) produced by Capcom. He received a Nintendo console as a
\ngift at the end-of-year party for one of his TV programs many years
\nago, and has been hooked on gaming ever since.
\nYou can see his video here.
\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3-hlqOAkl6A
\nOn January 8, Suzuki appeared in a gaming program on Japanese video
\nsharing site Nico Nico Douga, and was asked what he thought of the
\nXbox360 game \u201cMass Effect 2\u2033.
\n\"\"<\/a>
\nHe said, \u201cI think that fighting and winning are natural human
\ninstincts.\u201d He also referred to the book \u201cGrand Theft Childhood: The
\nSurprising Truth About Violent Video Games and What Parents Can Do” by
\nLawrence Kutner and Cheryl Olson<\/a>, saying \u201cYouth violence and sexual
\ncrimes decreased at the same time that games became popular in the US,
\nso I think that gaming can have a good effect on repressing people’s
\ndesire to do evil.”
\nSuzuki went on to say that games have had a good effect on his health.
\n\u201cOn the action games I have to concentrate when driving a car, and
\nhave to respond instantly. Real cars are less responsive, so I found
\nit easier to drive real carss after getting into games. I hope more
\nyoung people play games to train their minds.\u201d
\nSuzuki turns 73 next month, on February 10.
\nThe archives of Nico Nico Douga’s program are here<\/a>. (In order to get
\naccess, you need to have a Nico Nico Douga account. See our article on
\nhow to register and use Nico Nico Douga<\/a>).
\n(proofread by Adam Walls)<\/p>\n

See also these articles:<\/h3>\n

Nico Nico Douga News<\/a> [J]
\nKotaku Japan<\/a> [J]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shiro Suzuki is a famous Japanese announcer. However, it has emerged that he’s also an expert at action game Resident Evil (Japanese title \u201cBio Hazard\u201d) produced by Capcom. He received a Nintendo console as a gift at the end-of-year party for one of his TV programs many years ago, and has been hooked on gaming… Continue reading 72-Year-Old Japanese Gamer Said, “Playing Computer Games Reduces Crime”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17],"tags":[1313,2588,2590,3315],"class_list":["post-12322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-japan","tag-game","tag-nico-nico-douga","tag-nico-nico-live","tag-shiro-suzuki","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12322\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}