There is a greater than zero number of street fights involving the interpersonal drama of teenagers (that potentially could have escalated into assault with a deadly weapon) that were instead resolved by Smash Bros, Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, Halo, or Goldeneye 1v1s
@hurricanexyz.bsky.socialThe theory here is video games defeated crime by giving us all something to do all day?
I like this theory, it would blow the minds of certain political figures in like 1995
