I would not suspect so, and I think this is our time's video game violence. It's such a trope for the newly adult generation and up to start worrying about the latest fads. Sometimes justified, like vaping is legitimately a terrible habit, but ultimately hard to gauge until it's too late, i.e. until the consequences are a fact.

Relevant crosslink in this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21575365