Where do you stand on this?
I started playing "Oblivion", and because it's an 'open world' game I decided it would be nice to go exploring before completing any of the tasks. After struggling through miles of forest and up a dirty great mountain I was confronted by a god-like creature with a jaguar's head who told me I did not yet have enough "renown" to speak to him. In real life I would've apologised and made an appointment for later, but in the game I just wanted to slice him open like a fish.
I've mown down countless old ladies on the streets of Paris in "The Saboteur" while escaping from the Gestapo, but in real life I try to avoid running over slugs when I'm driving.
So I don't buy the idea myself; I think it must be something else turned me into an animal...