And how it affects real life children, when in Japan children are the safest in the world, while in countries with highest rates of censorship, they have highest rates of child abuse? Has censorship of drawing helped any kids ever?
>games cause violence was debunked and doesnt actually cause harm
Except its the same arguments with manga and hentai. The idea that it will cause real life harm. Imaginary harm is fucking irrelevant. No matter how hard you imagine something, it doesnt affect anyone. And a lot of people think there is something wrong with you if you play violent video games, no matter how much you debunk it. Same with music too, people who listen to violent metal music must be all weird and evil, because of music.
>major science fiction aspect to it, clearly demarcating it from real life.
You think there are no realistic games with violence, or you think that lolis in manga are too realistic? They even had to make kids immortal in games these days, because you can kill children that would be super evil.