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6-year-old takes family car after missing bus

A 6-year-old Virginia boy who missed his bus tried to drive to school in his family's sedan - and crashed. His parents were charged with child endangerment. State police said the boy suffered only minor injuries and authorities drove him to school after he was evaluated at a local hospital for a bump on his head. He arrived shortly after lunch, Sgt. Tom Cunningham said.

The boy told police he learned to drive playing Grand Theft Auto and Monster Truck Jam video games.

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Speed-Racer5588d ago WhoDisagree(0)Agree(0)
Lame
y do u lot accept crap like this its just trying to give bad press on video games. surport games dont promote hate on them.
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Skerj5588d ago

Oooh I can't wait for the media to jump on this one and someone asks the golden question: "Why was a 6 year old playing Grand Theft Auto in the first place?".

techie5588d ago

Well why was he? Bad parenting.

Yi-Long5588d ago

... and goes straight for the torches.

A 6 year old shouldnt be stealing cars (oranything else for that matter). You'd think parents would teach their kids such simple principles, but I guess they were too busy not caring, not bothering, or spoiling the kid too much.

But yeah, ofcourse GTA4 will be held responsible instead of the parents...
Very sad.

Michael Jackson5588d ago

A six year old does not have any business playing Grand Theft Auto.
He should just instead get inside Mr. Jackson's Auto. Teehee. X)

hay5588d ago (Edited 5588d ago )

Basically GTA is rated AT LEAST teen so the kiddo shouldn't be playing it, bah, I doubt he should know about the game.

But hey, some games really teach. After playing years ago oldschool Pizza Syndicate I learnt how to make one... To some extent of course...

solidt125588d ago

Well they can't blame the game. It's the parents. The only games my 6 year old is interested in playing is Little Big Planet, Sonic Unleashed, and a bunch of Wii games. He wants to watch me play Fallout 3 but I make him go upstairs when the heads start exploding. He gets a little too excited about that.

Ju5588d ago

I agree here. WhyTF is a 6 year old playing GTA ?? I know some parents don't care (pretending they "didn't know"). Maybe some people need be be educated in common sense.

Elimin85588d ago (Edited 5588d ago )

unless there is an X, B, Y, Square or Triangle etc in that car I say boolsheet. GTA does not teach you how to drive let alone steer.... had they said Gran Turismo, that may have passed.

boodybandit5588d ago (Edited 5588d ago )

That is the first thing I thought 2 seconds after reading the title.
WTF is a 6 year old doing playing any GTA game?

This is wrong on so many levels they are not even worth listing. The bottom line is some people shouldn't breed.

Ghoul5588d ago

call me old fashioned but a 6 year old should do other things then gaming.

Silver3605587d ago

I just want to know how he saw over the dashboard? Or how his feet reached the accelerator, because he had to give it some gas if he passed two cars. And what does he eat at home if he was so anxious to get to school for breakfast? Something fishy about this one.

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ZeVeX5588d ago

Wonder what would happen if this kid got his hands on Manhunt, God Forbid, Monkey See Monkey Do.

SeanScythe5588d ago

Give this kid Ace Combat after that he should be able to fly a real fighter jet. I mean that's how much sence that story makes, according to him the games teach us everything we need to know to be able to do what the game characters do.
I'm going play Mirror's Edge, I need more pratice before I'm ready to jump from roof tops correctly.

SeanScythe5588d ago (Edited 5588d ago )

I played the damn game an what did it teach him? How to break a glass and then magicly drive off? I mean the game doesn't teach you to hot wire or change gears. The parents should be arrested for not knowing where their 6 year old is at. I mean what do they do give him an alarm clock to wake up to and make him gets dressed on his own? My god the kids in kindergarden. At 6 I was not able to make myself get ready for anything.

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Radiodread5588d ago

parents these days, just don't give a f!ck about what their kids are doing. I really hope this is not the future of our society.

GiantEnemyLobster5588d ago

Those people have failed as parents.

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Looking Back At 2008, An Unbelievably Incredible Year Of Video Game Releases

Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."

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ChasterMies19h ago

Some of these low paid video game “news” writers weren’t born before 2007.

just_looken14h ago

Here here

Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.

I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing

CrimsonWing691d 6h ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker1d 6h ago

1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.

It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!

KyRo1d 5h ago (Edited 1d 5h ago )

I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.

Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.

CrimsonWing691d 5h ago (Edited 1d 5h ago )

Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.

Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:

- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2

I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.

Profchaos1d 2h ago (Edited 1d 2h ago )

Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.

I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.

I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.

But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.

Gameseeker_Frampt17h ago

Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.

2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.

just_looken14h ago

It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5

Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.

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Mainline Grand Theft Auto trailers ranked from best to worst

As we have all been graced by the release of Grand Theft Auto 6's trailer, we're ranking the best and worst GTA trailers to date.

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purple101142d ago

We be getting these posts All week now lads. Someone noticed a number plate ... Someone noticed a billboard... I can see it now

Just go on YouTube and watch one of the many videos dissecting the whole 1minite 30secs worth.

This site supposed to be for news.

roadkillers142d ago

These updates on N4G are going to ruin whats rest of this site. Unfortunate since I was one of the first members.. The site shows unsecure when i login as well.

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Grand Theft Auto 4 Anniversary: The Beginning of the Age of RAGE

Grand Theft Auto 4 is an important game for Rockstar, not least because it was the first title in the franchise to use the newly created RAGE engine.

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franwex359d ago

Wasn’t the Table Tennis game the first to use RAGE?

isarai359d ago

Was about to say the same, but they do say first "in the franchise" so 🤷

cammers1995359d ago

The fact it hasnt been remastered is insane.

Abear21359d ago

Rage engine made driving on the sidewalk in cinematic slow motion camera a blast