So... anyone else do this?

[Booze Zombie]

First things first, click this link and just write down/memorise your first thought: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090610/twl-boy-9-shot-dead-in-video-game-row-3fd0ae9.html

Okay, so... did anyone else look at this and think "some stupid kid killed his bro- oh, they're gonna blame games, maybe"?

I don't know if it's just me, but I see video games and "killed" highlighted in a title, I think "fuck".

Anyone?

 

[WrongSprite]

Already a thread.

I'll post a link in a second.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.118251

Here you go

 

[Booze Zombie]

Already a thread.

I'll post a link in a second.

Had a feeling.

Thank you.

 

[DragunovHUN]

Natural selection at work.

 

[Booze Zombie]

Natural selection at work.

That was my second thought, sadly I found it incorrect as the boy killed his brother, not himself.

 

[DragunovHUN]

Natural selection at work.

That was my second thought, sadly I found it incorrect as the boy killed his brother, not himself.

I thought of that too, but in the end they're brothers and probably raised the same way so the brother must have been just as unstable.

 

[Nmil-ek]

Talk about your sore loosers yeesh.

 

[Booze Zombie]

Talk about your sore losers yeesh.

Funny thing is, that seems like something The Ninja would actually say...

 

[Zombie_Fish]

Ouch... So, who's up for house of the dead 4 then? Anyone?

Anyway, Why blame games AGAIN? Aren't there any other causes of influence? Like wars, crime, domestic violence, paranoia in the media, why has it always been games recently?

Oh, and since I usually answer that question, I'm not going to this time, as I'm bored of saying it so much.

 

[Evilvikingking]

First things first, click this link and just write down/memorise your first thought: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090610/twl-boy-9-shot-dead-in-video-game-row-3fd0ae9.html

Okay, so... did anyone else look at this and think "some stupid kid killed his bro- oh, they're gonna blame games, maybe"?

I don't know if it's just me, but I see video games and "killed" highlighted in a title, I think "fuck".

Anyone?

Sounds bitter to me. I think some games are violent purely because developers CAN do it. I also think the abolition of violence in games may see developers be more creative with their games. We may finally be able to say good-bye to abominations like 'Left4Dead' or 'Fallout 3'.

 

[Tech Team FTW!]

Perhaps my exhausted brain is not processessing this correctly, but I do believe that article does not condemn videogames as training for murderers.

As far as we know, these kids, both aged under 13, could have been playing Mario Party.

 

[Nmil-ek]

Talk about your sore losers yeesh.

Funny thing is, that seems like something The Ninja would actually say...

Thank you, I look forward to killing you soon!