Games Blamed For Kid's Joyride

[HardRockSamurai]

To drive a car in real life, you have to:

-unlock the car
-open the car door
-get in the car
-close the car door
-place your feet correctly over the pedals
-put the key in the ignition
-start the car
-put on your seat belt
-switch to the correct gear
-and softly hit the acceleration pedal

To drive a car in GTA IV, you have to:

-press "Y" to get in the car
-hold "RT" to go forward

If FOX News thinks GTA IV can teach people how to drive, they are truly idiots of the highest caliber.

 

[Foolishman1776]

Feh, come on, kids are curious, they do stupid things because their brains haven't quite figured out this whole cost/benefit analysis thing. That's why children have parents, because if they didn't, our species would probably be extinct by now.

 

[AmrasCalmacil]

...I should go play more Mass Effect.

Yes Max, yes you should for the good of us all.

That was mean.
I'll forgive you because your avatar is a dirty thunderstorm.

Pah. He stood down. It's all mine now! Mine! To fill with Aliens as I wish!
Now to punch that lippy admiral, critcise my ship, will he?!

Captain Anderson deserves all the resepct he gets when he punches the Ambassador in the face.

Good god! He does that? I haven't got to that yet, but you have now given my life purpose.
That guy has a major attitude problem.

 

[Vault boy Eddie]

Yes, he got in the car because he saw it in a game, not because he wanted to escape the LIES in church.

 

[Shady Dealer]

sigh more bullshit that blames videogames when in many of these cases the parents should be blamed for buying the kid the damn game in the first place

 

[GamerPhate]

So if i get arrested for tripping by the cops, just claim Mario encouraged you to eat mushrooms, and you just wanted to get bigger.. all the internet adds have been driving you mad..

 

[DragonsAteMyMarbles]

Pffft, I say. Pffft to all these hysterical links between games and idiotic deeds.

Were there any reports of a murderer who killed people by jumping on their heads twenty years ago? Or taking a run-up and rolling into them?

Generally, any kids trying to emulate something they saw in a game will do more damage to themselves than others - and is that seen as the fault of games or poor parental supervision?

Angry now.

 

[I Stomp on Kittens]

If he learnt to drive a car from Grand Theft Auto then we should put his talents to good use. Give him Rock Band.

Hahaha That is good stuff right there

 

[Crimsane]

Is more of an argument for not losing sight of your kid when your car keys are out in the open and your vehicle's unguarded than anything else.

Couldn't help but chuckle when watching the video of police camera during chase, at the end when the kid bails and bolts for his house (even the car door is taller than he is.) Sadly, he's a better driver than some I know who're more than twice his age.

 

[esperandote]

So is it the games fault and not the parents that allow a 7year old play mature rated games?

 

[Georgeman]

Yawn... this is hopelessly quaint. In other less interesting news, the Wii is a fad, the Xbox's new name is RRoD360, the PS3 is made out of gold bars and zzzzzzz...

In all seriousness though, that's just the power of ignorance talking. And everyone just loves a scapegoat. Seriously they should release a game called "Scapegoat"(ok maybe not)

 

[Aac18]

To drive a car in real life, you have to:

If FOX News thinks GTA IV can teach people how to drive, they are truly idiots of the highest caliber.

I think the actions of FOX so far proves that they are idiots of the highest caliber.

 

[westx207]

Still, the blame must lie at least partially blame the parents for not keeping an eye on their own offspring's entertainent collection.

How about for letting him take the keys and drive their car?! AND for not calling the cops after he's done so!?

 

[annoyinglizardvoice]

To drive a car in real life, you have to:

If FOX News thinks GTA IV can teach people how to drive, they are truly idiots of the highest caliber.

I think the actions of FOX so far proves that they are idiots of the highest caliber.

I'm yet to hear a 100% idiot free article on Fox.

The question is how did the game teach the kid where to find the keys?

I blame the paretns for making the runt go to church. My parents never took me, and I've never stolen a car .

 

[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

Must say that the kid is already quite an impressive driver.

 

[ghalkhsdkssakgh]

Still, the blame must lie at least partially blame the parents for not keeping an eye on their own offspring's entertainent collection.

How about for letting him take the keys and drive their car?! AND for not calling the cops after he's done so!?

Well, that too.

 

[Midniqht]

unless the kid was playing games with the wheel-controller on something like GT or forza, there's no way he could "learn" to drive by playing simply by pressing a, x, etc.

this is fucking stupid - the media just looks for reasons to cast gaming as the scapegoat