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Reply 20

kikzen

14

*starry_eyed_*

i wasn't sayin the attack was al because of the game... its just obsessed individuals who go too far :frown:

yah but you blame the game.

im saying its not the game, if the wierdos.
if there werent games, theyd get obsessed with something else!

Reply 21

OMGWTF

1

its not all games... its just the games that are violent and addictive

It was nothing to do with the game. The guy was just an impatient tosser

Reply 22

*starry_eyed_*

14

kikzen

yah but you blame the game.

im saying its not the game, if the wierdos.
if there werent games, theyd get obsessed with something else!

i'm not blaming only the game... the game is to blame for only a minority... its more to do with the few weirdos who get lost in it all

Reply 23

Saree

1

How can anyone sit on a sofa whilst two babies are crushed underneath?! It's sickening and it just shocks me about how in-humane people in this world can actually be. It's terrifying.

Reply 24

Beekeeper

13

Okay, i think we've established that the kid was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time... :rolleyes:

Reply 25

*starry_eyed_*

14

Beekeeper

Okay, i think we've established that the kid was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time... :rolleyes:

yes and that leads to me to think that it doesn't matter why and how this psycho could do that... its the fact that he did

Reply 26

roff

2

foxo

That's absolutely horrible.

Although, I can't help but wonder why on earth you read The Mirror.

classic!

Reply 27

cheesecakebobby

9

I get the urge to stab babies every time I play tetris, who doesn't?

Reply 28

Saree

1

cheesecakebobby

I get the urge to stab babies every time I play tetris, who doesn't?

Reply 29

pink_lucie

14

thats so horrible! :frown:

Reply 30

Forgotmytea

10

That is horrible. Makes you wonder why people like that are loose in society...

Anyway, I don't think games are entirely to blame (yep, did this in Media, so it's a speciality :biggrin:

). While we can see that certain individuals may be influenced by constantly playing games, shown in the hypodermic syringe theory, the majority of people are not affected by games in such a drastic manner, even over time as the Cultural Effects theory claims. Think how many people play games, and how few of them commit crimes.

cheesecakebobby

I get the urge to stab babies every time I play tetris, who doesn't?

. Yet how true. We cannot simply blame the games for influencing the man. This hyped-up anti-gamer 'atomised society' is mainly created by the media searching for a scapegoat - in this pollitically correct world, it's never the killer's fault, it's always "the movie child's play influenced them" or "manhunt influenced him" - the Daily Mail is especially prone to grabbing the accused's hobby and blaming it for their actions. Yet normally there is little truth in these allegations - for example, I play games such as GTA & Halo, but that doesn't mean I grab the nearest handgun and carjack a car :wink:

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Anyway, essay over! :smile:

-Saruman

Reply 31

foxo

17

Saruman, are you a fellow Edge reader?

Anyway, enough with the stupid generalisations about videogames. I bet that half the people against them are those who were just really bad at Pong and Space Invaders and hold this against games for the rest of their life. :wink:

Reply 32

Gaz031

15

*starry_eyed_*

yes.. the psycho ... under the influence of the computer game

Don't be silly.

its not all games... its just the games that are violent and addictive

Again it's the people that are to blame. Is watching the news violent and addictive because of all the atrocities around the world?

If you don't even play games why comment?

Reply 33

Shamen

11

The baby, who was "grey and floppy". Computer games are fine, if you play them in moderation and can see them as "games only". This cock seems really sad to be so emmersed in computer games. He deserves to sent to prison and get the ***** kicked out of him (there is plenty of that inside him I am sure).

Reply 34

foxo

17

Again, his hobby has nothing to do with the methods of violence this man committed. He's quite obviously crazy, and furthermore, I'd place a safe bet that he was under the influence of alcohol.

I too play extremely violent videogames at times. However, you're much more likely to provoke an aggressive reaction from me when I'm immersed in a good book.

Reply 35

fernando

1

heres another games related one - baby stabbed by 11 year old after it disturbed him from playing the incredibles
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/4653087.stm

Reply 36

Beekeeper

13

fernando

heres another games related one - baby stabbed by 11 year old after it disturbed him from playing the incredibles
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/4653087.stm

No way, he probably just slipped... *ahem*

Reply 37

saiyamanadingdongbanana

OP

fernando

heres another games related one - baby stabbed by 11 year old after it disturbed him from playing the incredibles
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/4653087.stm

Yup, that was also in the paper, The Mirror

Reply 38

Shamen

11

foxo

you're much more likely to provoke an aggressive reaction from me when I'm immersed in a good book.