News Media Links Shooting To Games

Via Kotaku, an MSNBC report entitled School shooter followed video game-like 'script'. If you're going to scapegoat in the wake of a tragedy, who better than the entertainment industry? From the article: "What I mean by 'a script' is that when you look at popular culture, movies, video games, you will see this kind of "shoot 'em" pathway running through many of them. It's not an original idea of his; it's something that kids are exposed to by the millions." Given that another story on the MSNBC site states that the suspect talked about shooting people before the incident, it seems like there is more than enough finger pointing to go around.

Comments

An original idea

[StocDred]

It's not an original idea of his; it's something that kids are exposed to by the millions.

Or, maybe, if you intend to go somewhere and kill people, walking and shooting are pretty much your only options?

I always thought video games got the idea to walk and shoot from real life. Now I know better! Thanks, MSNBC!

It's not just shooting

[Winckle]

It's kinda hard for me to talk about this, but back when Mario bro's first came out, I couldn't stop playing it, but then I took it too far. I decided to see what Mario's magic mushrooms were really like, and from then on it was a downward spiral of jumping on turtles and falttening brown mushrooms, I've been clean for a few years now, and I hope that kids jsut don't get influenced in the same way I was.

Bah!

[marcus]

Kids go to school by the millions.

Perhaps schools are the reason(hint)?

Every kid that has done this, has had parents.

Hmm, parents are the problem(hint)?

Millions of kids drink water evey day.

Wait, every criminal ever coinvicted has been exposed to drinking water. That's it! NO More Water! NO More Crime!