With the rise of alt-right and far-right political positions related to white nationalism and white supremacy in the 2010s , video games have been said to contribute towards those positions . Part of this criticism comes from previously-established concerns that video games give rise to violent behavior , and that video game communities may be misogynistic and extol toxic behavior , elements common with the alt - and far-right . Video gaming 's connection to the right as also been tied to the Gamergate controversy in 2014 , which contributed to a culture war at that time that continued with the election of Donald Trump as United States President . A large number of popular video games include gameplay elements that would be commonly associated with alt - and far-right movements , such as wiping out aliens or invaders , territorial and border control , and empire building . Coupled with the interactivity of video games , players can gain enjoyment of these activities which may potentially lead them to be more open to the extreme right positions , effectively being an incubator for the right . Based on this , some alt - and far-right groups have been discovered to be organizing efforts to reach out to other players in various competitive online games and forums , typically to the younger and male ones , to indoctrinate them into their ways of thinking . Since these game chats and forums typically go unmoderated , it has been difficult to detect and prevent such recruitment from occurring . This has further been pushed by violent events , such as the 2017 Unite the Right rally where the Discord chat application developed for video game players was found to be hosting the far-right groups that were planning the rally , or the Christchurch mosque shootings , where the suspected perpetrator asserted that video games helped him accept ethno-nationalism and violence
Christchurch mosque shootings
Christchurch mosque shootings
Video game controversies