After the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on 14 December 2012 , initial media reports mis-identified the shooter as Ryan Lanza , the brother of the perpetrator . After discovering that Ryan had liked '' Mass Effect '' on Facebook , an internet mob immediately attacked the game 's Facebook page , labelling the developers " child killers " . Once it was discovered that it was his brother , Adam , who had carried out the massacre , initial news stories claimed a link to two video games , '' Starcraft '' and '' Dance Dance Revolution '' . After a UK tabloid claimed that Lanza had a '' Call of Duty '' obsession , this was widely repeated across the internet , Subsequently , a small town near Sandy Hook organized the collection and burning of video games in exchange for a gift certificate . A report by CBS claimed that anonymous law enforcement sources suggested a link to video games , which was later dismissed by the Connecticut police , saying that it was " all speculation " . However , the incident prompted a wave of legislative and bureaucratic efforts against violent video games in the following months , including a meeting between US vice president , Joe Biden , and representatives from the video game industry on the topic of video game violence . The official investigation report , released on 25 November 2013 , discussed video games only briefly in the 48-page document and did not suggest they contributed to Lanza 's motive . The report revealed that Lanza played a variety of video games , although he was most fond of non-violent video games such as '' Dance , Dance Revolution '' and '' Super Mario Brothers '' . The report particularly focused on '' Dance , Dance Revolution '' which he played regularly , for hours , with an associate
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Video game controversies