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Suing Sony for Everquest Related Suicide?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the everything-is-somebody-else's-fault dept.

daoine writes "The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has a story about how Sony could be sued by the mother of an Everquest player who recently committed suicide. The lawsuit itself doesn't seem all that interesting (she's aiming for warning labels) -- but it is interesting that Sony won't release any of the game data citing privacy policy, even if it could help unlock what exactly drove the guy to end his life."

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  1. Geeks are supposed to kill others, not themselves! by qurob · · Score: -1, Flamebait


    Couldn't he have just fired a few rounds off at school?

  2. Darwin wins again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Actually, no. Does anyone think this guy was really going to contribute to the gene pool?

  3. Same garbage, different market segment by T5 · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    This is the same hysteria that surrounds those who incriminate the firearms manufacturers and tobacco companies. Liberals tend to blame the inanimate objects that certain idiots use in ways that damage themselves and others instead of blaming the idiots themselves.

  4. SONY should be praised! by dtabraha · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yeah, maybe they should do a comparison research between Doom/Quake game players and Everquest/Ultima players, and figure out how to get these stupid kids to just kill themselves and not everybody else!

  5. i guess this might not be right... by r00tarded · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    but kudos to the game designer(s). if a guy killed himself over it that must be one helluva game!

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  6. Typical democrat family by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Blame the evil big company. Silly twits. Maybe the kid is actually responsible for himself. Novel concept, huh?

    Everybody has to blame everyone else. See that's the problem with all these pandering prick democrats we have in office. Somebody is always to blame. Jesse Jackson says the white guy is to blame. Gephardt says the rich guy is to blame. Hollings says the guy with a computer is to blame. The democrats should be the fucking blame party. Stupid mother fuckers.

  7. Make a meaningless political statement by Gyorg_Lavode · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Make a meaningless political statement, buy one of fricka's, (moderator for the safehouse, one of the larger Everquest message board), Tshirts.

    Hey, the money isn't going to a good cause, the shirt is bearly just a fad, but the shirt makes a statement to every person who doesn't care that you pass that day!

    Brought to you by Gyorg of The Safehouse

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