After the riots following the death of Nahel, Emmanuel Macron pointed the finger at the responsibility of video games. Words that angered the creator of an iconic saga.
Video games have long been singled out as a medium that incites violence and social isolation. Over the years and through the efforts of all players in the industry, from developers to the public itself, but also through extensive studies, he has managed the feat of getting rid of this image that stuck to his skin. But not in everyone’s mind. Emmanuel Macron proved that reactionary opinions concerning video games still remained in 2023 by pointing the finger at their responsibility in the riots that followed the death of Nahel, shot on June 27 by a police officer. His words did not at all please the creator of a cult saga, who decided to answer him without mincing his words.
The creator of Tekken angry with Emmanuel Macron
On Tuesday, June 27 in the morning, Nahel, a 17-year-old teenager, lost his life after being killed by a policeman in Nanterre. His death sparked violent riots across the country, especially in the suburbs of Ile-de-France. On June 30, Emmanuel Macron spoke about the situation during a meeting at the interministerial crisis center of the Ministry of the Interior. The President of the Republic has designated video games as partly responsible for the violence committed by the rioters.
” We have the feeling, sometimes, that some of them live on the street the video games that have intoxicated them he said. Words that make people react well beyond our borders. They were not appreciated at all by Katsuhiro Harada, who is none other than the creator of the license tekken. On Twitter, this July 6, the Japanese attacked the head of state, with a humor that characterizes him.
Blaming something is a good way to escape the burden of responsibility. Kids don’t study because of video games, people are violent because of video games, video games explain why I’m not doing well in my life. In the near future, video games will be responsible for all threats on Earth. Signed a video game creator capable of creating such a powerful threat… wow!
The video game once again stigmatized by a head of state
Katsuhiro Harada’s tweet has been viewed over 1.6 million times and liked by approximately 29,000 people. In response to his tweet, a player jokes that if Emmanuel Macron attacks video games, it’s probably because there is no French character in Tekken. A credible hypothesis for the creator of the saga, always in irony. Under Harada’s tweet, we can see that the players are stunned by the words of the President of the Republic, having the impression of going back 20 or 30 years.
Emmanuel Macron is not the first head of state to attack video games. In August 2019, former United States President Donald Trump did the same following the shootings in the cities of El Paso in Texas and Dayton in Ohio. ” We need to stop the glorification of violence in our society, this includes the gruesome and dark video games that have now become common […]. We need to stop or drastically reduce this and it needs to start now. “Launched the candidate for the 2024 presidential election.