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* Serial killer Richard Ramirez was a fan of [[ACDC]], particularly the song "Night Prowler" (his nickname was "Night Stalker"). This brought some bad publicity for the band (the title of that song's album, ''Highway to Hell'', didn't help matters).

* The song "Bodies" by Drowning Pool took the blame for the Arizona Shooting.

* [[Marilyn Manson]] was a target for [[Moral Guardians]] after the Columbine shooting.

=== Other People ===

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== In Fiction ==

=== Anime and Manga ===

* Lampshaded and subverted in ''[[Durarara]]''. Two torture technicians are about to torture someone using methods inspired by manga. They reference the idea that partaking too much of a medium can make you violent/detached from reality, but then say essentially that the manga isn't to blame- that's just the way they are.

* Lampshaded and subverted in ''[[Durarara!!]]''. Two torture technicians are about to torture someone using methods inspired by manga. They reference the idea that partaking too much of a medium can make you violent/detached from reality, but then say essentially that the manga isn't to blame- that's just the way they are.

=== Comics ===

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* the fourth episode of the second season of [[Misfits]] is about a man who believes he is a character of a violent videogame (he even see things like on a videogame), because he played the videogame (most probably The Storm was the ultimate responsible); he kills three people onscreen.

* A German police investigations show had the game "Killman 4". Which was sold as pirated copies on school yards and empty parking lots as if they were drugs. Did I mention they were also smuggled into the country?

* In an episode of ''[[Dexter]]'' the forensic intern who is also a video game developer excitedly shows Dexter a game he is working on, a literal murder simulator where you can play as Jack The Ripper, Jeffrey Dahmer or the Bay Harbor Butcher (Dexter). Dexter (a serial killer) is offended someone would design such a game.

=== Video Games ===

* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]: Sons of Liberty'' plays this completely straight by involving the [[Player Character]] in the "S3 Plan", or "Solid Snake Simulator." Raiden is being made unwittingly by the [[Ancient Society]] known as the Patriots to shoot and kill actual soldiers in the hopes that he will evolve into some sort of [[One-Man Army]]. (At least, if you believe the character who tells you this. Maybe you should not; he the [[Trope Namer]] for [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]], he can't seem to decide if Raiden was in the simulation or [[No Fourth Wall|the player]] was, and this is a game where [[Mind Screw|Mind Screws]] happen every five minutes.)

** Actually, that's barely even half of it: Turns out that, in addition to using Raiden to kill actual soldiers in the hopes of his evolving into the next Solid Snake, they also used him in an attempt to control humanity's willpower and manipulate memories into their own image, among other things.

* There's a joking nod to the trope in the [[Gears of War]] 2 multiplayer map "Day One" where one of the arcades machines in the level has the name "Murder Simulator."

* [[Postal]] 2 parodies this by featuring protesters picketing Running With Scissors (the game's creators) in protest of violence in video games. Ironically, upon the player picking up his paycheck and getting fired from RWS, said protesters storm in with guns to ''kill everyone inside'', the player included.