PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is extending an olive branch to video gamers after previously linking computer games to rioting that rocked France earlier this year. Posting on social media platform X, previously known as Twitter, Macron backpedaled on remarks in June where he blamed video games for having “intoxicated” some young rioters. Those comments dismayed some in the gaming community, even beyond France. Japanese game director Kastuhiro Harada tweeted in response that “blam
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron is extending an olive branch to video gamers after previously linking computer games toPosting on social media platform X, previously known as Twitter, Macron backpedaled on remarks in June where heThose comments dismayed some in the gaming community, even beyond France. Japanese game director Kastuhiro Harada tweeted in response that “blaming something is a great way to escape the burden of responsibility.
”He then sought to clarify his thinking and showered video games and the industry with praise."I expressed my concerns at the end of June because delinquents had used video game habits to trivialize the violence on social networks," he said. “It is this violence that I condemn, not video games.”in the Paris suburb of Nanterre on June 27.
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