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College kid gets high, assaults police, blames Saints Row

Dominic Anderson, a college kid in England, got high with some of his friends and played a little Saints Row. Seems friendly enough, right? Well, his stash must've been tainted because next thing you know, Anderson is slitting his wrists and trying to stab himself in the chest with a 12" kitchen knife.

At about 11pm local time, Anderson stormed out of his apartment and into the streets. His crazed and bloodied antics included trying to rip people out of their cars, and even hopping onto the hoods of moving cars as he attempted to stab those inside the vehicles through the windshields.

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The BS Police6180d ago

The Drugs are to blame... common sence that drugs are bad for you.

ItsDubC6180d ago

No scientific study has ever shown that cannibus alone can compel someone to act violent, only government propaganda media such as the movie Reefer Madness.

Drugs may be bad for you, but particular drugs induce particular human responses. Caffeine, for example, does not inhibit motor skills the way alcohol does.

PS3 Owns All6180d ago

First its the GTA act now its Saint's Row ROFL! I wonder whats next........a college stupid meleeing a random person with a gun then blaming it on Halo? lol

Texas GMR6180d ago

Uh-oh, beware, Jack Thompson is close by! :-)

gta_cb6180d ago

where is that guy?.... Jack Thompson i think! he would love to see this news! and his campain is stronger then ever!

The BS Police6180d ago (Edited 6180d ago )

"college stupid meleeing a random person with a gun then blaming it on Halo? lol"

Jack Thompson allready balmed the DC Sniper shootings on Halo, sad but true.

"No scientific study has ever shown that cannibus alone can compel someone to act violent, only government propaganda media such as the movie Reefer Madness.

Drugs may be bad for you, but particular drugs induce particular human responses. Caffeine, for example, does not inhibit motor skills the way alcohol does."

As far as I'm concerned any drug can cause harmfull effects or make you violent, sure there are scientific studies, but they prove nothing, they are jsut studies, no diffirent than Video games make people violent studies.

I hate drugs, and I hate it when people say which ones are bad and which ones are not, becuase as far as I'm concerned if a drug is illegal, it is illegal for very good reasons.

I know people who claim they do drugs in moderation, but I refuse to participate in it.

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Pheneus6180d ago

Seriously this kid is just a tard. Maybe on acid he might have done something like this in a hallucination, or on really bad shrooms, but seriously, this kid is probably just deranged in general.

fenderputty6180d ago

Neither video games nor pot makes you do this stuff.

I'm thinking the kid was already f'ed up in the head and decided that lacing hit weed with acid would be a good idea. It sounds like he's on PCP in the story.

InMyOpinion6180d ago

Sounds like he was on a mix of PCP, GHB, ecstasy, alcohol, pot, kat, some mescaline and a big hit of crystal meth. Why don't they mention anything about his background? It's all black and white in the medias.

PhinneousD6180d ago

can't own up to his responsibilities and blames weed and saint's row? this guy's a douche.

Syko6180d ago

This would have never happened here in America....The kid would've have grabbed a gun instead.

sajj3166180d ago

Americans would have grabbed a gun

toniez76180d ago

Im sure if you did the research, you will find this kid rode the little yellow school bus as a child.

So in other words friends should never let slow friends do drugs.

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Saints Row - Where it All Began

Saints Row made its debut nearly 20 years ago, and while the game has aged its still worth playing on modern consoles.

banger8837d ago

Back when games had balls. Now they still have balls, but also lipstick and a dress.

kevco3336d ago

Or an angry purple streak in their hair to demonstrate they're a rebel.

SimpleSlave36d ago

And they claimed this place was one of the outhouses for Gamers™ and gamerGate Incels. Pfft! But look at bangerBro99's amazing display of Homo-eroticism. How far we've come.

So proud of you, bud. Now you go grab them balls and have all the fun. 👍

Outstanding!

PhillyDonJawn36d ago

They should remaster the first 2.

1nsomniac36d ago

I think the first one was the best in the series by a long, long way!

Demetrius36d ago

🥲🥲 someone needs to buy this ip and watch dogs, give those franchises a proper treatment sheesh

TheColbertinator36d ago

First 3 games were great. Then 4, Gat out of Hell and the Reboot were flimsy in comparison. Aliens, demons and a weak reboot in terms of intensity made the games forgettable.

Profchaos36d ago (Edited 36d ago )

But even 3 ventured into rediculas territory with zombies and stag. Zombies in 3 to me was just a hey you know what's popular zombies let's do that

TheColbertinator35d ago

The endgame of 3 did get stupid but the game held together at the end. 4 was just annoying all the way through.

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Saints Row Is a Bittersweet Freebie for a Day on The Epic Games Store

Epic Games has just revealed the latest game made available for free for a day on the Epic Games Store, and it's Saints Row.

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Demetrius106d ago

Lmao wouldn't touch this mf rip off saints row if it was given to me, lmao I'm good still enjoying the real saints rows 1&2 someone should buy this ip n give it the real proper treatment

Gamingsince1981106d ago

I saw it was free and it still seemed over priced for what it was and didn't bother adding it to my library

RiseNShine106d ago

let the lesson be learnt, any more woke crap games will be sent to die, even more if they destroy a well loved franchise.

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BlackOni105d ago

Contrary to your arbitrary argument, this game didn't fail due to "wokeness" lol.

phoenixwing106d ago (Edited 106d ago )

All I remember from this was I saw the news about how you can't make a well endowed female character and most of the settings don't help much with the female face. However they thought it was completely fine to let you make your character a toilet and went to great legnths to get it added. But yeah a dolled up female was out of the question.

HankHill106d ago

Attractive females are offensive in current year.

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Saints Row pulls off the second-biggest PS Plus game debut of 2023

The rebooted Saints Row on PS Plus has seen a huge influx of PS5 and PS4 players — enough to make it the second-biggest PS Plus Essential game debut of 2023.

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ChasterMies216d ago

They are tracking 3.2M PS5 players. They say the Saints Row's PS Plus debut player count fell 23.64% short of the Battlefield 2042 PS Plus debut.

shinoff2183216d ago

I downloaded it to try but I was never much of a Saint row fan to begin with. If they re released the older ones I'd probably try them to.

jeromeface216d ago

its sad we live in an time where people seek out retro software vs playing whats fresh and new

shinoff2183216d ago

Jeromeface that's funny as shit. I've complained tremendously about ff16 and you know what I get told

If you want turn based go play the older ones.

Anyway I play new shit all the time. Had a blast with star ocean 6, tails of arise, ys newest games. But I can do both. Play retro and new stuff. Sad thing is alot of new stuff I find whack atleast alot of the aaa games , I'm not a huge fan of shooters,online games, online shooters and gatcha games and that's alot of the shit shoveled out.

There's still plenty of dope stuff coming out though

Baldurs gate looks good
Yakuza
Ys
Got a dragon quest some year
As much as I bitch about cyberpunk I'm looking forward to that dlc(hope it ain't broke)

It's refreshing to have a mix.

CrimsonWing69215d ago

@jeromeface

Um, that’s because the stuff from the SNES to PS3 era were way better than what we have now.

Publishers/Devs were willing to take risks and it wasn’t all about GaaS or monetization. Games felt like they were made with passion and not afraid to try things. Yea we started the whole DLC trend in 7th gen, but the most a season pass cost back then was $15.

The industry has really shifted and the whole trying to translate the mobile game model to consoles and all this talk about games being too expensive to make like a Baldur’s Gate 3 is depressing.

shinoff2183215d ago

Crimson looks like it's just me and you on that one. Alot of these most be people under 25 or something

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TallDarknWavy216d ago

I really liked 3, although part 4 tried to be a superhero game and it was just dumb as shit.
This game is also dumb as shit as the writing is peak poor, there are no jokes that I'm aware of as I never laughed once, and it's glitchy and disorganized AF. The story makes no sense, as it's typical campy "Oh hey we're doing crazy things like killing people etc." but everyone is somehow super chill about the mass murder as if it's nothing. This is common theme amongst today's trash woke writers.

Vengeance1138216d ago

Everyone downloading to see for themselves just how garbage the game actually is, then they'll play a few hours and delete forever lol

dumahim216d ago

I add everything to the library, but I'll never get to it. My Plus sub ends in Dec.

ravens52216d ago

Me too lol. Black Friday is the only chance of me renewing. But I have all the games from when ps5 came out. Soooooo many ps4 games and a bunch of ps3 ps+ games. All soon to be gone cause fuck that $80. I'll just buy what games I want.

InUrFoxHole216d ago

That's one of the best features. Adding to library without having to download it

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cammers1995216d ago

It was so bad it killed the developer.

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Class_Viceroy216d ago

This is what most people do to even good games, including gamepass. Kind of funny when you think about it.

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cammers1995216d ago (Edited 216d ago )

They're tracking just the ones who downloaded it not kept playing. These are people seeing if it's good.
How about report numbers of people who kept playing.

Saints row reboot was an embarrassment to the franchise and it killed the developer.

Elda216d ago (Edited 216d ago )

I played the entire game of SR & for me the gameplay experience wasn't bad especially for a PS+ game.

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