Small town rocked by video game related violence

[Archaeology Hat]

WTF!

 

[Auron555]

I do not believe it.

 

[dragoon47]

Lol, the things the human mind is capable of imagining.

 

[P1p3s]

That kid and his mate must have already had a screw loose to try something like that anyway. And why were 2 kids (age?? doesn't say right?) left alone with an elderly woman who couldnt STOP them rampaging, my grandmother would have beaten me twelve ways from sunday if i picked up her vase and taped it to something let alone tried to tie her to a buddy of hers.

I need someone to prove one way or another if this is true or not (I'm too lazy to google it myself)

This surely has to be a hoax tho....right??

 

[Freyar]

This surely has to be a hoax tho....right??

Granted I haven't read page three, but I didn't see any actual links to anything real. The OP just said "Extracted From" (some paper or organization I know nothing about).

I'm surprised people are jumping on this like it is real.

 

[Selifator]

Read the thread people, it's fake.

 

[RAWKSTAR]

I wish my paper had shit like this...

 

[WeedWorm]

What most people dont understand is that games dont make people into murders. If those two kids saw the same thing in a movie, they still would have done it. Just like the way that kid in Thailand or somewhere killed a taxi driver, just to see if he could do. GTA was blamed for it but if he saw the same thing in a movie, he would gone out and done it anyway.

I fucking hate people.

 

[DeusFps]

Nothing to do with the boys being insane. Ban video games nao!!

 

[jh322]

I don't care if this i fake or real. I'm believing it because I want to. This is the best thing I've heard in ages. Cheered me up no end.

 

[PlasticPorter]

They died in the proud service of The Ball and as such shall gain entry to Valhalla. But seriously wouldn't the fact that these kids were Balls Skyward insane have more of an influence on these events than say a random video game that partially resembles the aftermath?

 

[InsanityWave]

impossible the hill would have to be near to verticle, it just wouldnt add up for even an old person to roll down a hill fluently and fast enough to break a bone, its the goverment just being A-holes like usual blaming the game.

 

[DalekJaas]

I did have a deep and insightful comment here but apparently its fake?

 

[DirkGently]

The lengths people will go to to pin violent behavior on video games absolutely astounds me. Get a load of this ditty I found in my local paper.

Extract from The Province.

"Residents of the sleepy community of Tulare, California, were shocked to discover the corpse of Allison Edburry (86) lying broken and bruised at the foot of a local hill and were even more to shocked to discover that an innocent E-Rated video game available for the Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox and even the Apple I-Phone may have been the cause. According to police statements Mrs. Edburry became the latest victim of a nationwide endemic of video game related homicides when her grandson and his best friend, neither of which can be named for legal reasons, attempted to act out a scene from the popular children's game Katamari Damarcy. The two boys attempted to imitate the game, in which a small space alien is tasked with collecting every item in a given area and rolling them into a giant ball, by over powering Mrs. Edburry and her wheelchair bound friend Edith Perley (70) who was visiting at the time.  They then taped the two elderly women together, forcing them into a rough approximation of a sphere, fracturing Mrs Edburry's leg in the process.. After adding a number of objects which are said to include a china dog, a DVD case, a mug of some sort and a selection of silverware, the two boys dragged the women nearly fifty meters to a nearby hill and then attempted to 'roll' them down the hill. Mrs. Perley suffered serious injuries during the ordeal including fractured ribs and a broken tibia but she did however manage to contact emergency services with her mobile phone after the two boys left but Mrs. Edburry had already died of a punctured lung by the time help arrived.

Local police have refused to comment on exactly what the suspects will be charged with but sources have confirmed that they are taking the crime's similarity to the video game's scenario very seriously.

While games such as Halo and Manhunt have made headlines regularly, this is the first time a non-violent, E-Rated game has been linked to violence. Dr Terrance Silex of Frogenmouth University, an expert on the psychological effects of modern media commented, "While there's no evidence supporting the idea that video games have intrinsically harmful effects on the user, regardless of their content it is a proven fact that children and teens will imitate what they see. Taking that into account, I think the events in Tulare, as tragic as they are, aren't surprising at all."

Family members close to the boys refused to comment.

I find it funny how all the new people don't recognize this as a classic Decoy Doctorpus thread.

You're my hero, Doctorpus.

 

[The Wooster]

impossible the hill would have to be near to verticle, it just wouldnt add up for even an old person to roll down a hill fluently and fast enough to break a bone, its the goverment just being A-holes like usual blaming the game.

There were two of them. The weight of one lady could crush the other.

 

[Ruzzian Roulette]

/facedesk

Faith in humanity has declined by 3%

 

[Silvertongue]

I'm ashamed to say I believed this was real... Wow. Just wow. I was about to say that I hoped to God this was a joke...and to my relief, it apparently was. Good Lord. I don't even think Fox freakin' News would be able to blame something so obviously psychology related on video games.