9 year old boy commits suicide, videogames to blame....really?

[Klarinette]

Sure, some kids go psychotic over games (see: "Greatest freak out ever" [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YersIyzsOpc]), but even that's entertainment.

(P.s. I don't care if the video's fake; it makes me laugh... step off.)

Is that not real? It looked pretty convincing

I have no idea. If it's real, it's hilarious and pathetic. If it's fake, it's hilarious. I was just preparing for the inevitable troll to throw it in my face, is all

 

[madboy1234]

Well, that is straight up retarded.

i really couldnt agree more

 

[Nigh Invulnerable]

Oh right, killing a hooker in GTA makes me want to hang myself! That's what the message was. I always thought I was supposed to kill hookers.

Sigh, idiocy. What can ya do?

Kill a hooker?

 

[delet]

Oh right, killing a hooker in GTA makes me want to hang myself! That's what the message was. I always thought I was supposed to kill hookers.

Sigh, idiocy. What can ya do?

Kill a hooker?

Only if hookers become the international symbol of idiocy, I guess.

 

[sh0tgunenclave]

this habit of basing little kid sob stories on video games is retarded! kid commits suicide and was been found to play video games sometime in the past week, and they suddenly say "its the video game's fault!"
someone give me a number of how many times this crap excuse has been taken out of the closet.
me and my friends agree that this is just one last gasp of the old generation's technophobia. we say give it some time and see if these articles start to fade away.

 

[Kenjitsuka]

Nine and already succesfully committed suicide?
Sounds like a very high IQ...

No idea why games are blamed at all tho, cheap shot.

 

[Linkassassin360]

Wait a second, your asking for peoples opinion about people blaming nothing that related to games on games? Dont you think all the opinions will be one sided? But seriously, its the parents fault. If you dont want your kids to play videogames that will have them end up killing themselves then be a parent and "parent"! Dont just sit the kid in front of the Tv, give him something constructive. Plus theres plenty of harmless games like mario and Little big planet to play. The moral of the story is dont buy your little kid Gearsofhalotheftauto5 or what ever.

 

[Enigmers]

Violent crime has been on the decline since 1993.

You know what else happened in 1993? Doom was released.

Kids are getting less violent right around the time violent games started to become popular.

And yet, violent games are somehow causing this shiOH GOD I DON'T EVEN WANNA TRY ANYMORE.

 

[irishstormtrooper]

How could video game be to blame? Everyone knows that if you kill yourself, you have to watch a long boring loading screen before you can start again!

In all seriousness, blaming video games for this is just the ridiculous conservative getting tech-paranoid. Again.

 

[Stormz]

Is this the new norm now? that video games are blamed for every single murder and suicide? Because really I've never seen them blamed this much before and I'm starting to get tired of it.