Unfortunately, the argument is invalid as the main cause of such tragedies has more to do with the ready availability of weapons than it has to do with videogames.
Mistakes like the American shooting-down of an Iranian airliner in 1988 become a lot more dangerous in a crisis where there are nuclear weapons armed and ready.
The BBC's Barbara Plett, in New York, says Mr Annan told the closed session that Syria had said it was not ready to pull troops and heavy weapons out of the cities unless the armed opposition laid down their weapons too.