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* In 2004 a 14 year old boy was murdered by his 18 year old friend (apparently over some drug related debts), the blame was placed on Manhunt by the tabloids because it was allegedly found in the possession of the killer. [http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/new-twist-to-manhunt-murder-allegations Cue the police pointing out that it was actually found to be in the possession of the victim.]
* After the Virginia Tech massacre mentioned above, pundits were falling all over each other to blame video games for the shooting spree ([[National Stereotypes|the fact that the shooter was a Korean college student probably contributed]]). Lo and behold, warrant searches of his house discovered no video games of any kind and his roommates did not recall ever seeing him play one. A little further research determined that the shooter was an unmedicated schizophrenic. Note that those same talking heads were not rushing back to correct themselves. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18220228/page/2/ At least some media members recognized the scapegoating.]
* Parodied in "[[I'm OK]]", an entry to Jack Thompson's infamous challenge to make a game where the leaders of the gaming industry are killed by the player. The father of a murdered 14-year-old says that [[Captain Ersatz|Jack Offson]]'s claim that video games caused his son's death is preposterous, and that his son wanted to be a video game designer; however, when Offson tells him to think of games as
** Ah yes, "Modest Video Game Proposal". He promised to donate to charity if it would actually be made. When it WAS made, by different people (most famous would be "I'm O.K: Murder Simulation"), he said it was a joke and he would not donate. So what happens? [[Penny Arcade]] donates the sum he said he would donate, with Jack Thompson's name and text [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|"From Jack Thompson, because Jack Thompson won't".]] Cue to Thompson trying to have the creators [[You Fail Law Forever|arrested ''for extortion and criminal harassment'']].
* As of ''American Amusement Machine Association v. Kendrick'' in 2001, the American judiciary does not consider there to be enough evidence to argue that video game violence leads to real violence. A work that deliberately incited violence would be subject to ban under the 1942 case of ''Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire'', and the ''Kendrick'' case noted that a photorealistic, plot-free, grotesquely violent game might be ban-worthy, but neither applies to, say, ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'', the game that was to be banned in the ''Kendrick'' case. (The judge also noted that ''Mortal Kombat'' has positive themes as well as negative
* In Brazil, [[wikipedia:Mateus da Costa Meira|a shootout at a movie theater]] resembled the first level of ''[[Duke Nukem]] 3D''. And it could fit "Some Combination Of Mediums", but no one blamed the film being screened... even though it was ''[[Fight Club]]''.
* Shortly after [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10513994 Raoul Moat] went on a killing spree after murdering his ex-girlfriend's lover as well as injuring her, the ''[[British Newspapers|Daily Star]]'' ran an article claiming that the Scotland-based Rockstar North was planning on making him the star of the next ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' game, even [[Kick the Dog|bothering a griving victim for a quote]]. In the backlash that followed, the journalist in question began criticising gamers for calling him out on his bull (trying to frame it as him being criticised for reporting it, rather than for outright lying in his blog). Luckily, in this case sanity prevailed and the ''Daily Star'' was [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-11467287 successfully sued for libel].
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=== 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
** 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."
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