A video game which caused real world violence

There has been a dramatic fall in the amount of interpersonal violence in most countries. I don't want to go too Freakanomics and, obviously, correlation is not causation but perhaps video games have a role to play in this? A teenager being cooped up in their room means less exposure to situations where hormonal impertinence is likely to cause a violent reaction. Shouting and screaming at people via a headset rarely leads to real-life consequences. Beating up street-fighters is less risky than being in a street fight yourself. But there are times when games do cause problems away from the screen. Players of Pokémon Go ramble about outside trying to collect digital pets - this also causes them to trespass into military bases. I was recently reminded of one of the first Augmented Reality Games - Mozzies. Back in 2004 having a phone with a camera was almost unheard of. The Mozzies game let you see virtual mosquitoes overlayed on the real world - and then shoot them. Waving your…

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