I love that none of these involve shooting people. I love video games, but I honestly cannot comprehend how anyone enjoys being a gamer these days... I watch a lot of game trailers, reviews, and gameplay, and very close to 100% of the games being made seem to be about murdering other creatures. I am often like "wow, that looks like a cool world!" but then I never buy the game because the gameplay is just shooting peo…
I play video games that involve murder, and I wish I could disagree with you, but damn it...I can't. I happen to agree with everything you said. I like to play a top-down 2D space RPG, which has lasers, missiles, and all of that. I want to find a way to justify that playing that game does not make a bad person. Is this possible? Also, how would one make sense of enjoying movies like Star Wars?
I wish more people could just accept that we all do evil things, often unknowingly. Much evil happens through no ill will. Part of being human is doing terrible things. It's not a reason to panic, but it's also not something that should be swept under the rug.
All of the commenters saying "I think you are a good person" are like drug addicts. We can't handle the idea that we might be partly destructive, so we invent new moralities that are like drugs... they work in any situation to wash away the emotions of guilt. Stuff like "you tried your best" or "you did't know".
But, like addiction, the real solution is that we accept that not every day is going to be awesome sunshine rainbows and sometimes it's good to spend time thinking about the ways you are bad, and the harm that you do.