> There's a difference between fictional depictions and reality. The argument is that if we can understand and accept that difference It's big if especially fo

> There's a difference between fictional depictions and reality. The argument is that if we can understand and accept that difference It's big if especially for the underage group who are the most involved in game playing. That group is definitely influenced by fiction, they get most of their real world knowledge from... fiction and fictional characters. Even more, since the dawn of humanity fiction has been used to express and discuss social norms and dilemmas. "To be or not to be"... We don't have to guess, there are studies showing increased aggression in the players of violent games and a viral effect of that aggression, propagating to their acquaintances who don't even play such games [1]. It's one of the reasons why silly valley wants to kill government's ability to fund such studies which get in the way of messing up the heads of our kids. [1] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6790614/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6790614/