No Triple A game supports rape. Anytime the issue of rape comes up, gamers flock to make a point out of how angry they are - making the topic taboo. For all the touting people do about videogames as a narrative based medium, we seem to have this shell no one wants to break - and rape is certainly not one of those topics.
Now, when you delve into Flash, internet, or foreign games (especially those hentai games), you do see rape featured there. These games often lack the audience or the investment to mechanics to actually hold any water in the arguement at large.
As for killing - eh. In order to get to a state where murder is acceptable, a person has to have a degraded moral compass and be pretty significantly emotionally damaged. Not only does murder violate almost every cultures moral code, it also violates the basic rules of nature. And often the final straw to push them over the edge can be anything - video games included. And I don't think videogames carry the weight to degrade a person to the point where murder is acceptable. It might be a catalyst, but certainly not the main reason. The problem with proving or disproving this is that you're dealing with people who don't see reason. Interviewing will not really yield the results of their psychosis. And its impossible to state with certainty that videogames have never been the key source of someones bloodlust - there are thousands of people suffering from psychosis and thousands of possible triggers. I'd be willing to wager though that if you removed videogames from the equation that something would still trigger them to commit these crimes. Its all hypotheticals and 'what ifs' at this point, and I don't think it will get any better.
Unfortunately, these are all parts of life. People are going to stab, shoot, steal, rape and murder for whatever reason they see fit. Most of us won't, but theres no stopping people who are deadset on committing crimes. Its disgusting, and it shouldn't be part of the world, but the grim reality is that it is.
Now, when you delve into Flash, internet, or foreign games (especially those hentai games), you do see rape featured there. These games often lack the audience or the investment to mechanics to actually hold any water in the arguement at large.
As for killing - eh. In order to get to a state where murder is acceptable, a person has to have a degraded moral compass and be pretty significantly emotionally damaged. Not only does murder violate almost every cultures moral code, it also violates the basic rules of nature. And often the final straw to push them over the edge can be anything - video games included. And I don't think videogames carry the weight to degrade a person to the point where murder is acceptable. It might be a catalyst, but certainly not the main reason. The problem with proving or disproving this is that you're dealing with people who don't see reason. Interviewing will not really yield the results of their psychosis. And its impossible to state with certainty that videogames have never been the key source of someones bloodlust - there are thousands of people suffering from psychosis and thousands of possible triggers. I'd be willing to wager though that if you removed videogames from the equation that something would still trigger them to commit these crimes. Its all hypotheticals and 'what ifs' at this point, and I don't think it will get any better.
Unfortunately, these are all parts of life. People are going to stab, shoot, steal, rape and murder for whatever reason they see fit. Most of us won't, but theres no stopping people who are deadset on committing crimes. Its disgusting, and it shouldn't be part of the world, but the grim reality is that it is.
