Games Blamed For Kid's Joyride
- Thread starter Logan Westbrook
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FOX News doesn't count for anything. They never know what they're talking about. It'd be cool to know what the kid actually played, if he played anything at all.
KarumaK said:
Pffft give him something better. Like Sim City, he'll build GREAT cities then, something earth might need at some locations.
But a 7 year old kid driving? Without hitting anything? AND against red light?
That is pretty good but I doubt it's real. Sounds like the story with the kid buying two hookers which appeared to be fake because they wanted to have more view counts on a site.
Oh and learning to drive from GTA4? They gotta be joking. >.>
I feel the need to comment on this but I can see the rest of th escapist has taken the honor. Good job boys. 
In all seriousness this is "faux" news. No need to pay them any mind.
In all seriousness this is "faux" news. No need to pay them any mind.
1. They're just stupid and don't know what they're on about.
2. What the hell was a 7 year old kid doing playing GTA?
2. What the hell was a 7 year old kid doing playing GTA?
*Begins bashing head against desk*
So it's video games fault for allowing the parents to let this kid play video games, and for them to be as ignorant for the car to be "stolen" by him.
[small]I really hope I didn't fu-bar that wording.[/small]
NEVER FU**ING EVER BLAME THE GAMES, BLAME THE FU**ING PARENTS !
...Fox saw that lawyer guy Thompson or whoever he was and tought "That man is right." and now when ever a random kid hijacks a car and drive it aroud town. Fox makes it into a news and includes Grand Theft Auto. Defenetly they got viewers because of the crap they have "made up" again.
...Fox saw that lawyer guy Thompson or whoever he was and tought "That man is right." and now when ever a random kid hijacks a car and drive it aroud town. Fox makes it into a news and includes Grand Theft Auto. Defenetly they got viewers because of the crap they have "made up" again.
Who would have thought they were going to blame games (again)? What's the next thing on the list of things to blame on videogames? Did we already do WW2?
They never specified that it was GTA4 that taught the kid to drive. It was merely the interviewer trying to put words in Anderson's mouth. What he actually said was:
Seriously, every 7y/o knows that you need the key to start the car. Chances are you passed the key to your parents several times by that age. Add a wheel peripheral and a copy of Forza and it's easy to see that violent games probably weren't involved.
So it could have been any type of game, but one that could have taught a kid to drive. Hmmm... could it possibly be one of those countless RACING games I've heard so much about.
Seriously, every 7y/o knows that you need the key to start the car. Chances are you passed the key to your parents several times by that age. Add a wheel peripheral and a copy of Forza and it's easy to see that violent games probably weren't involved.
Am I the only person who is more than a little impressed that a seven year old managed to actually drive a car from observing older figures alone?
Maybe he did get the idea from the game. This wasn't a teenager, we're talking seven years old. Thats the age where some of us were still fighting imaginary orcs. A kid really enjoys driving around in a game at top speed, occasionally running over some screaming pixels, and decides he wants to give real driving a try. Naturally he doesn't really want to hurt anyone, he's not a psychopath, but it is plausible he got the motivation to give driving a go from GTA. However, he could just as easily have got the motivation to go driving by himself from watching his mother or sister drive, or from watching motor races on TV. Are we going to restrict those actions just in case little hands get ideas from them? As for the police chase, there's no reason to connect that to GTA. This kid was seven. If police sirens come on and you're a kid who is barely in control of the vehicle and is already quite scared, what are you going to do? Two things, screech to a halt, or bolt in panic. This kid bolted in panic. Simples.
Also, I've got some choice words for the father who decided it was a good idea to give his son a GTA game. Considering all the other stuff that goes on in the game, your biggest concern is him getting motivated to joyride?! What about the shooting people and blowing up buildings with rocket launchers? Or more insidiously, the crime element. But again, a computer game isn't going to make a child who is not by nature inclined towards crime break a wing and start committing crime or a child who is not naturally psychopathic break and start shooting people. It doesn't make sense. Children are impressionable and get some odd ideas, but they aren't THAT impressionable! Combine a violent computer game with the bully you hate and an already violent disposition though and... thats where the critics have a point. However, in that case, why did the school allow the bullying to go to that extreme. Isn't the idea that this kind of violence goes on a sign not of a problem with games, but a sign of far more insidious problems in schools in America?
And, to finish on a light note, a sign that you should never underestimate a seven year olds imagination? To add, I played GTA at a pretty young age. I have never committed a crime, I've never taken drugs, I've never even been hungover. I abhore violence. What does that case study say? That playing a violent computer game is not going to turn a peaceful child into a raving lunatic!
Maybe he did get the idea from the game. This wasn't a teenager, we're talking seven years old. Thats the age where some of us were still fighting imaginary orcs. A kid really enjoys driving around in a game at top speed, occasionally running over some screaming pixels, and decides he wants to give real driving a try. Naturally he doesn't really want to hurt anyone, he's not a psychopath, but it is plausible he got the motivation to give driving a go from GTA. However, he could just as easily have got the motivation to go driving by himself from watching his mother or sister drive, or from watching motor races on TV. Are we going to restrict those actions just in case little hands get ideas from them? As for the police chase, there's no reason to connect that to GTA. This kid was seven. If police sirens come on and you're a kid who is barely in control of the vehicle and is already quite scared, what are you going to do? Two things, screech to a halt, or bolt in panic. This kid bolted in panic. Simples.
Also, I've got some choice words for the father who decided it was a good idea to give his son a GTA game. Considering all the other stuff that goes on in the game, your biggest concern is him getting motivated to joyride?! What about the shooting people and blowing up buildings with rocket launchers? Or more insidiously, the crime element. But again, a computer game isn't going to make a child who is not by nature inclined towards crime break a wing and start committing crime or a child who is not naturally psychopathic break and start shooting people. It doesn't make sense. Children are impressionable and get some odd ideas, but they aren't THAT impressionable! Combine a violent computer game with the bully you hate and an already violent disposition though and... thats where the critics have a point. However, in that case, why did the school allow the bullying to go to that extreme. Isn't the idea that this kind of violence goes on a sign not of a problem with games, but a sign of far more insidious problems in schools in America?
And, to finish on a light note, a sign that you should never underestimate a seven year olds imagination? To add, I played GTA at a pretty young age. I have never committed a crime, I've never taken drugs, I've never even been hungover. I abhore violence. What does that case study say? That playing a violent computer game is not going to turn a peaceful child into a raving lunatic!
Ironic that Fox News is the one that blamed video games for this joy ride, considering that the kid probably got the idea from Cops, a show that first aired on FOX. It's pretty obvious by the way he gets out and runs at the end of the chase.
