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Grand Theft Auto IV Arrested, Convicted of Murder

Justin Gifford reflects on the terrible reporting of last week's tragedy.

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GarrusVakarian3884d ago

Yeah, because remember mainstream public, people don't kill people.....

Videogames do!

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negative3884d ago (Edited 3884d ago )

They don't kill people, but they don't help either.

Author is right. How did the kid get a copy of GTA? and WHY DID HE HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO A LOADED GUN!?!?!?

ffs

@Lukas below
Let me clarify: games like GTA in the hands of a child does not help his social and emotional development. Especially living in a household with people who leave loaded weapons laying around.

GarrusVakarian3884d ago

They don't help?

Tell that to the thousands of people that have used games to cope with a number of personal problems in life.

thisismyaccount3884d ago

American standards/mentality... ? :(

GarrusVakarian3884d ago

Which the videogame has zero responsibility for. Its 100% the fault of the parents, the videogame has an age rating, and even so parents should be aware of what kind of games their kids are playing.

Stsonic3884d ago

I saw it in a documentary on BBC 2

HammadTheBeast3884d ago

Apparently, according to the headline, the same was arrested and convicted of murder wtf?

On topic, obviously the kid was with his grandma cause his parents have serious issues = bad childhood.

Why there was a loaded handgun with safety off in the house, available freely to the child, I don't know.

3-4-53884d ago

This year 500 million gamers did NOT kill somebody.

10 gamers did.

The problem is NOT the games, but the individual people.

Games are that fun that even stupid messed up people play them, they just also happen to be stupid messed up people who ALREADY had/have problems.

Was he on any meds ?

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nick3093884d ago

Why do gangsters shoot each other? Seriously the media should get banned or sued for false advertising.

BattleReach3884d ago (Edited 3884d ago )

Hey, lets make weapons legal and blame videogames when somebody gets killed! :D

NovusTerminus3884d ago

Bad Parenting + Batsh*t crazy kid = gamings fault...

Makes NO sense to me.

Nexus383884d ago

i love how the media intentionally tries to blame video games but dont even focus on the facts. firstly how on earth did an 8 year old have access to a weapon! You know why CNN Wont talk about any of that, because they are all for legal weapon carrying, finding out a kid easily got his hands on one isnt good for that campaign, and tbh the truth is it doesnt matter what he was playing if an 8 year old intentionally shot his own grandmother, there are obviously going to be some sort of psychological issues i have played gta since i was a young child now im an adult and personally fine and couldn't even bare the thought of intentionally killing a person let alone a family member, i like how there may be console wars going crazy at one another but when it comes to media blaming video games we all come together because we know from personal experience that they are not to blame

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The 5 best video game adaptations of popular board games

Discover our top video game adaptations of popular board games, from Bloodbowl to Wingspan & get your board game friends into video games!

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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
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Giblet_Head18h ago(Edited 17h 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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