The violence videogame has been an issue and those games tend to be linked if there is a cruel incident in Japan. In general, people believe that the violence scene in videogame tends to lead an increase in aggression and an act of violence. The most common reason why people believe that is the videogames make it possible players to learn violence.
For example, a hero appearing in the game solves a problem with acts of violence, so that players might regard that violence can be a good way of solution.
In Japan, cruel incidents occurred one after another by minors those who kill family with a hatchet or knife recently. There is a game called “When they cry” (Higurashi no naku koro ni; ひぐらしのなく頃に), which is a murder mystery game with a sound novel series produced by 07th Expansion, tend to be connected whenever those incidents happen. This game contains a lot of murder scene and also a scene that one of the girl characters holds a hatchet then kills other characters. In 2007, there was a murder case in Japan. A girl aged 16 years old killed her own father with a hatchet. The news reported this incident can be linked with the game, because the way of killing is a close resemblance between the game and the girl did. However, there is no clear ground that this game can be a cause of murder even though there is some similarity between the game and they did. Also, some people make certain of doubtful points that this game can not be always cause of cruel event.
Some violent game player can be affected and will act in real world as they do in the game. However, it is not always true that the violent videogame causes violent events. It depends on how player react with those game and consume those as media.
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