[quote=Magic Magnum]
Actually no.Let's look at a topic or theme such as say... The Holocaust.A horrid event where millions of people were systematically rounded up, worked and killed simply for their race, religion, sexuality or mental disorder.We have people alive today who are survivors of such an event, it is a sensitive topic to many people. But we have many books and movies based on it, books and movies are allowed to be made about such topics because they are respected as forms of art. But what would happen if a Video Game tried? People would outrage, they'd attack the field for claiming it's making a 'game' or joke out of a seriously matter. Trivializing it to joysticks, and button presses.But if Video Games were seen and respected as another art form then it wouldn't have such scrutiny, it could tackle those sensitive topics the the same way Movies and Books could.
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Part of this is the interactive aspect to it. A movie is something you experience, a game is usually something you win, or for which there are victory conditions and points and so on and so forth. It's not the content, it's the fact that the medium is a video game, something you play.

On top of that, it's called a video game. A game. Does the Holocaust sound like a fun game to you? No, and the public would be outraged. Don't act like it's some sort of injustice that the industry's name makes it sound trivial.