Just as absurd as holding car manufacturers liable for the results of drunk drivers.
Do you play any of these games? I’m asking because I do and I cannot make the connection that you do between these games and the actions of demented individuals who just so happen to play them and then go out and commit an atrocity. I see no cause and effect.
Following your line of reasoning, why not hold motion picture makers liable as well? In fact, I would emphasize that the fictional entertainment coming out of Hollywood is much more influential on the psyche of murderers than a video game.
That is as absurd as blaming the manufacturers of firearms, IMO.
Just as absurd as holding car manufacturers liable for the results of drunk drivers.
On the contrary, neither the gun nor the car contributes to the mental derangement of the user. A video game pumping “kill kill kill” into a disturbed mind, is something else again.