Eric Harris actually used their admittedly obsessional Doom fandom as a sanctuary from the real world and a way to funnel their real-life rage.” (Destructoid, 2007) In the Aurora, Colorado theater killings, which happened during a screening of the film The Dark Knight Rises in 2012, games like Skyrim, and World of Warcraft were mentioned as games that James Holmes, the shooter, frequently played. This linked video games, in the minds of the masses, as a scapegoat, an easy culprit to blame and a…
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