Video Game Cruelty Potential/Literature

Examples of in  include:


 * In Animorphs, the Ketrans had a god game called Alien Civilizations. The Capasins wiped the Ketrans out because they caught their transmissions and thought it was real.
 * In Ender's Game the battle school students are basically forced to use this to its furthest extent in order to beat the game on their electronic desks.
 * Hell, this is essentially how the plot is resolved: Turns out that's exactly the response they wanted.
 * It was also his only choice for victory when faced with overwhelming odds. "The enemy gate is down" indeed.
 * And this also comes into play even earlier with "The Fantasy Game", the recreational computer game that the students play. Ender not only  However, it's inverted in that final level.
 * In Daemon, Loki sees humans who are not part of the Darknet as NPCs. The Daemon does not allow him to outright kill them for no reason, but he can torment them in various ways (like destroying their bank accounts). When he is able to kill them (as part of a mission or in self-defense), he does so happily and in the most gruesome way available to him.
 * The mid-80s collection of computer articles Digital Deli includes the "Crunchy Computer" comics. When hippie Crunchy tries to steer his son away from violent video game fair by giving him the "Save the Whales" game, Crunchy Jr. finds it far more fun to shoot the whales.