Blizzard Sued for Death of Gamer

Somatic writes "In the latest saga over online gaming addiction in China, the parents of a 13-year-old Tianjin boy are suing the makers of World of Warcraft, blaming the game for the death of their son, according to the Chinese news agency Xinhua. The parents filed a suit against Blizzard Entertainment on Wednesday, saying their son jumped to his death while reenacting a scene from the game, the report said. The parents are backed by the anti-Internet addiction advocate Zhang Chunliang. Mr. Chunliang has spoken to 63 parents whose children have allegedly suffered from online gaming addiction and plans to file a class-action suit, according to the report."

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[DrSkwid]

That's right, there is no evolutionary pressure any more.

dumbass

Well That's the Point, Isn't It?

[Greyfox]

If they don't find someone else to blame, they'll have to blame themselves. And we're talking China here, too. Unless they can distract their repressive communist government by pointing the finger of blame elsewhere, the government might decide that it is, in fact, their fault and treat them accordingly. Now MY fascist regime would respond by pointing out that pointing out that the manner of their child's death and subsequent completely retarded lawsuit against a third party indicates that I don't want any combination of their genetic material in my country and then permanently revoking their breeding license. Though in all liklihood they would never have got one in the first place in MY regime. I suppose that China's repressive communist government is probably somewhat nicer than I am...