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Police Believe Sandy Hook Shooting Was An 'Emulation' of Video Game Scenario

Anthony Accinelli of RealSG writes, "Now the police are looking into whether Adam Lanza was emulating a video game scenario while he massacred innocent kids. I've never read such bullshit in my life."

AvidGamerrrr4083d ago

Couldn't agree more with Anthony here. This shit is getting old.

knifefight4082d ago

Seriously. And what game was he emulating, exactly?
That indie game about the Columbine Massacre? Because...
1) That wasn't a studio-published title, and
2) Um, that actually happened. It was a real-life event before it was a video game. Uh oh, which came first, the chicken or the egg? Oh wait, it's not that hard, actually. The real life thing came first and was played over and over again on the news non-stop. The American news networks may as well buy billboard advertising space that says "Want to be famous and do you hate your life? Shoot up a school. We'll talk about you for years." Freaking idiots.

TheRealSpy4082d ago (Edited 4082d ago )

these are the same people that think going to war is respectable. then those soldiers come back all kinds of fucked up.

you don't get PTSD and murder your whole family after playing Halo for a few months. can't really say the same thing about going to Afghanistan or Iraq.

we don't have a video game problem. we don't have a gun problem. we have a glorifying war problem.

muttley654082d ago

in 2007-8 there was a report kid in ATLANTA under Custody in court manage to lift the sheriff gun shot him,the judge, most of the jury. after being pin down he claim he was playing CALL OF DUTY....

LightofDarkness4082d ago

Exactly spy. The problem is the common perception that the hero hurts the bad guys. What happens when someone has trouble identifying the bad guys, or simply has a different definition of bad guys? Or, in the case of our traumatised vets, when there aren't anymore bad guys (at least not ones you were trained to fight)?

kneon4082d ago

@TheRealSpy

There is such thing as a justifiable war, but it's been so long since we've seen such a war that I understand why people don't see going to war as respectable.

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ApolloTheBoss4082d ago

I just amazing how stupid people can be. I anyone with a brain would know games aren't the problem.

JedMan19854082d ago

I knew they would make games for the cause.

subtenko4082d ago (Edited 4082d ago )

I think he emulates whats on the news or the police themselves, plus tv. Everyone's seen the show COPS. I blame TV including the news. So :P

P.S. this is more annoying than Jack Thompson now...I bet even he is shaking his head at all these headlines saying "Man these people are kind of dumb.."

kenshiro1004082d ago

Wow, I've played videogames for a long time and never did I feel the urge to kill a bunch of people or beat someone up.

This kid was straight up crazy and should have received proper treatment.

JoGam4082d ago

Exactly, if anything videos games relax me. After a long days work to go home grab a brew and pop in a game is fucking awesome.

DeadlyFire4082d ago

No evidence = video games did it.

Did I eat your cake? No. Fat Princess trained me to eat that damn cake.

Did I step on that mushroom in your yard. Your damn right I did. Mario taught me all mushrooms I step on make me grow.

Tonester9254082d ago

Did they ever blame the horrible parenting job in America yet? lol

Mounce4082d ago

Police believe a lot of things....people should have a right to tell them their Belief are as wrong as Atheists have a right to tell Christians that they believe them to be wrong.

Instead its like, Police/Politicians believe games are to blame....You want to tell us that we're wrong? We'll ignore you! You're probably in the wrong and we're in the right, and besides, your testimonies won't give us any money!

Police believe that they're not going to say it was aliens - but it was Gamers.

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SeanScythe4083d ago

He was a sick in the Head POS, nothing else made him do it. It wasn't the Gun, Movies, or Games it was his own twisted mind.

I own guns and play violent games, I have never wanted to take them and hurt anyone. I don't even hunt with them they are for personal protection.

We have millions of people walking around that 20+ years ago would have been locked up in a mental home but now with Doctors just giving these people a pill and saying they are cured and safe to be with normal people are the problems.

kingPoS4082d ago (Edited 4082d ago )

It's a sad truth that big pharma hardly ever get their share of the blame. The more important questions that should be asked rarely come up.

The media tasked with finding out what happened seems to avoid asking whether or not he was on any kind of hard medication. Instead they look into his video game preference.

WTF?!?!

shutUpAndTakeMyMoney4082d ago (Edited 4082d ago )

There may be some truth to this! I was playing guitar hero and for that whole month I thought I was a Rockstar! So I go on my pc and tried to program my own version of gta5 and then gave up after 5 mins.

My finding is that guitar hero make me lazy and something has to be done about this!

Karpetburnz4082d ago

You would have to be a complete nutter to start shooting people just because it happens in a game.

knifefight4082d ago

I hear most video games are programmed with computers, and initial communication about them is done via the internet.

Welp, sounds like we need to ban computers and internet. Gotta stop the flow of games, man!

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EKWB reportedly plagued with financial disarray many gaming pc's left without parts

EK Cooling allegedly has slipped itself into a hot soup of seemingly endless financial woes, where it has not paid its staff, suppliers, and contractors for many months as the company is facing liquidity problems and a surplus of inventory left unsold, stuck in the warehouse for a more extended period. Gamers Nexus investigated these claims made by former and current personnel, where he found trails of unpaid bills lasting as long as three to four months and unpaid raises that accumulated for almost a year.

EK Water Blocks has two entities—a Slovenian-based headquarters and a US-based subsidiary, EK Cooling Solutions. Steve narrated the series of events in detail, stating that the company was reportedly irresponsible and negligent regarding payment. Consequently, partners and employees are forced to share the burden of alleged mismanagement. It all begins with its extensive range of products, leading to a surplus of goods. EK has over 230 water blocks, 40 liquid cooling kits, 85 reservoirs, 40 pumps, 73 radiators, and 212 miscellaneous accessories.

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just_looken2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Yes this is not about video games directly but indirectly this will impact the pc gaming/workstation space hard.

This company is massive one of two in the water cool space so if it goes poof then thousands out there have no spare parts or half built computers.

SO yeah i know not about a video game but think of it as amd leaving the pc space but this is ekwb that could be leaving water cooling in the pc space

Jayz2cents a supporter of there products also has issues
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Giblet_Head9h ago(Edited 9h ago)

As someone that has built a watercooling rig. EK is big, but there's so many numerous watercooling part companies out there. EK's stuff isn't exactly amazing quality for the price compared to others either, it's just ok. Much like Corsair. The impact would be negligible long term. For perspective the majority of my parts are XSPC, at most I use EK for my gpu waterblocks and fittings. Both easily replaceable.

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Indie hit Dredge is getting its own movie adaptation

Rob Webb of KnowTechie writes: We're still waiting on the details, but this video game adaptation promises to be seriously creepy.

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The INDIE Live Expo 2024 event is to feature over 100 game titles

INDIE Live Expo, Japan’s premiere online digital showcase series , will debut never-before-seen games & content updates across more than 100 titles on May 25th.