Warriors Of Freedom Prompted Rampage Attempt?

Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to a Philadelphia Inquirer article linking videogames to an alleged spree killing attempt. According to the article, "Investigators suspect the three teens arrested.. as they allegedly were about to launch a killing rampage in the small town, found inspiration in violent computer games.. [police] learned that the name the three reportedly had given themselves - Warriors of Freedom - is also an Internet-based combat game." But only a few media reports mention that the violent game connection was made by Jack Thompson, a Miami lawyer and outspoken critic of violent video and computer games - is this a case of shameless Googling to find any obscure game with a similar name and make a connection, or is there genuine evidence here?

Comments

Re:Guns kill not games

[magnesius666]

"Violence by nature" is a nice buzzword you people. I bet my sorry Ol' European Ass that your "..right to bear arms.." does nothing to enhance the satisfaction of the trigger-happy fellow Americans of yours.

I could go and on restating the obvious: You bring it upon yourselves.

Either act upon it or wait until some unspeakable horrors reach YOUR 'hood and act aftwerwards.

Bowling for Columbine [imdb.com] is a Pretty Illuminating Experience.

Re:does it matter?

[hesiod]

> should we stop people from reading the Bible?

Well, ideally they would quit reading it on their own, realizing it's hogwash, but, alas, we can't take away things like that :(