Tekken 8 Slams Idea Of Video Games Causing Riots

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The role of video games in society has often been debated for better and for worse. For example, some games can absolutely help people in certain ways. Video games are a kind of “escapism” and can thus be used to calm people down or spark their imagination. Others can be used to creatively teach people things or highlight how to care for animals and people. But, inevitably, some say that video games “do nothing good” and are responsible for certain real-world events, and Tekken 8 boss Katsuhiro Harada isn’t having any of that.

How did he get roped into this? Not in the way you’d think. French President Emmanuel Macron recently stated that “social media and video games” were responsible for the riots in his country. We’ll break down the circumstances in a bit.

But getting back to Harada, he noted on Twitter that it was not only foolish to blame video games for the riots but that, over time, people have tried to blame video games for everything:

Blaming something is a great way to escape the burden of responsibility.– Children don't study because of video games.– People are violent because of video games.– Video games are the reason my life isn't going well.– In the near future, video games will be responsible… https://t.co/QTWqL5cH7S

When a fan wisely noted that playing Harada’s franchise since the start “made him a martial arts master,” Harada jokingly said, “True!” So yeah, he’s not buying that video games caused any of the issues he mentioned.

Another reason it was foolish for Macron to go down this path was the true reason for the protests and riots going on in his country. If you haven’t heard, a police officer shot a 17-year-old student during a routine traffic check. Like many deaths that have happened over the