Game causes Murder

[kronas]

Originally Posted by Incognitas

Well I suppose they have to be seen as doing something!!Even IF the game is not really responsible.

but its total stupidity, the game has been on the market for how many months ? also there are other violent games out there aswell are those going to be banned ?

i think the stores trying to score brownie points here by taking or 'reviewing' the games position, nanny state!!!

Originally Posted by kronas

but its total stupidity, the game has been on the market for how many months ? also there are other violent games out there aswell are those going to be banned ?

i think the stores trying to score brownie points here by taking or 'reviewing' the games position, nanny state!!!

Well cynical old me here realises that.Be thankful that those who buy games are the ones who will get the final say in what is or is not banned.Money still talks.If they could still make the same money by not selling violent games they would probably switch in an instant.

[kronas]

Originally Posted by Incognitas

Well cynical old me here realises that.Be thankful that those who buy games are the ones who will get the final say in what is or is not banned.Money still talks.If they could still make the same money by not selling violent games they would probably switch in an instant.

i have played many games in my early years, although hardly and i mean rarely do these days but im no physco, neither are people who i know grew up in an era where games changed and graphical violence and decapitation started to become the norm, they dont show any violent tenedencies....

as i said if its in you something will trigger it.

Originally Posted by dr wadd

While I fear that the conclusion I`m drawing myself is a bit Daily Tabloid, I am forced to question what sort of background this guy was coming from if he was 14 and the mother was 36, you only have to do the maths.

Err, where I come from 36 - 14 = 22...!

Also those were the ages of the mother and the victim. The assailant was 17, but it doesn't say how old his parents are.

[Salu]

I blame the breakdown of the family unit, the lack of moral stance and parental discipline. The lack of parental censorship, the lack of stoical effort to make a relationship work before giving up, parting and the effect that causes on the child (not always, I know). The lack of realisation of the responsibilty that parenthood carries.....essentially I blame his parents.

Originally Posted by Graham

Err, where I come from 36 - 14 = 22...!

Also those were the ages of the mother and the victim. The assailant was 17, but it doesn't say how old his parents are.

I did say it was likely to be Daily Tabloid reasoning, and as you've demonstrated so clearly, it certainly had all the logic of tabloid reasoning. I concede defeat to you this time.

Now is it too late to delete the original post to spare me any further embarassment?

[Xaccers]

I still remember them blaming Rambo after the Hungerford incident...

Games and movies dont cause murders, unsupervised care of mentally ill people, people with anger problems and down right psychopaths cause murders.

You can sit here and blame the movies and games, but i'll just point out that murders happened way before games and movies. And some of the sickest ings ever to happen in history appeared before movies like Rambo and games like Manhunt etc.

People should wise up that these things dont make others kill, the people doing the killing were unbalanced in the first place.

[kronas]

i saw channel 5 yesterday come out with a "do you think violent video games should be banned" phone poll

talk about kneejerk reactions

Originally Posted by kronas

i saw channel 5 yesterday come out with a "do you think violent video games should be banned" phone poll

talk about kneejerk reactions

thats intelligent programming for Channel 5 lmao

[kronas]

Originally Posted by timewarrior2001

thats intelligent programming for Channel 5 lmao

yeh......... hold on arent they worst offenders of putting sexually themed and violent programming on terrestrial tv ? maybe i could start CF thread "should channel 5 be banned for the increasing violence and sexual content"

Originally Posted by kronas

i saw channel 5 yesterday come out with a "do you think violent video games should be banned" phone poll

Was there an option for "no, I think stupid polls like this should be banned"?!

[gazzae]

Apparently the game wasn't owned by the killer, it was owned by the victim!!

It was widely reported by the mainstream press, online and TV media that the game had been found in LeBlanc's bedroom.

However, today it emerged that Leicestershire police found the game in Pakeerah's room, not LeBlanc's, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

"The video game was not found in Warren LeBlanc's room, it was found in Stefan Pakeerah's room," a police spokesperson said today. "Leicestershire Constabulary stands by its response that police investigations did not uncover any connections to the video game, the motive for the incident was robbery."

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08..._murder_claim/

[TheShadow]

LOL, that's going to cause some red faces.

[Richard M]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/l...re/3535268.stm