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Salon On The Anti-Gaming CSI Episode

Posted by Zonk on from the we-also-kill-goats-in-alleys dept.

On Monday we mentioned an upcoming CSI episode using GTA as a prop in a tale of violent gamers on a murder-spree. Well, via Gamepolitics, Salon has a feature on the episode in all its game-hating glory. From the Salon piece: "In conjunction with the venom and disgust that infuses the word 'gamer' when it's spoken by star David Caruso, aka 'Horatio Crane,' it is made clear... that people who play games are but one step removed from pedophiles or suicide bombers in the social hierarchy of evil."

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  1. What a riot.. by Cyberglich · · Score: 4, Funny

    I love CSI but this one was so bad it was funny watching the guy play the game. What they never herd of gamefaqs.com?

  2. Gamers are... by cyberbob2010 · · Score: 5, Funny

    but one step removed from pedophiles or suicide bombers
    or bad television...

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    We seldom regret saying too little but often regret saying too much.
  3. Recently by FidelCatsro · · Score: 4, Funny

    Us evil gamers are getting bad press on slashdot . Not all gamers are good upstanding people who just enjoy playing games to de-stress and have a good time . Some of us gamers actually do go on killing sprees , eat babies and Worship Satan whilst sacrificing virgins .
    I cheer CSI for giving us forgotten gamers some press .

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    The only things certain in war are Propaganda and Death. You can never be sure which is which though
    1. Re:Recently by Guppy06 · · Score: 2, Funny

      "Some of us gamers actually do go on killing sprees , eat babies and Worship Satan whilst sacrificing virgins ."

      This is Slashdot; we are the virgins.

  4. Hrm... Sounds like a joke I heard. by vertinox · · Score: 3, Funny

    that people who play games are but one step removed from pedophiles or suicide bombers in the social hierarchy of evil.

    Stop me know if you heard this one.

    So a priest, terrorist, and gamer all walk into a bar...

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    "I am the king of the Romans, and am superior to rules of grammar!"
    -Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (1368-1437)
  5. Stop complaining - CSI had game culture nailed by Liquidrage · · Score: 5, Funny

    I often see hot girls make huge efforts to fit in with guys that are addicted to video-games. When the female actress in CSI was crying and said (paraphrasing), "You don't know what it's like. If you're not a gamer they don't care about you" to explain why she went along with the guys on their crime spree, nothing more true has ever been said. We live in a culture where hot women are forced to conform to the video game habits of young men. When I'm out at a bar or club I can't help but feel sorry for all the rejected hot young women I see. They just didn't have what it takes to conform to the gamers they so desperately want and they flock to bars in packs to drown their sorrows.

    This is a major problem in America. Young women should not be forced to "fit it" with the gamers just to get some self-esteem. I don't know about you, but tonight when I'm out at the bar I'm going to make it my duty to help out some of these rejected non-gaming women.

  6. That's it! by Guppy06 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now that we've had this accurate portrayal of crime and gaming in Miami, I think now we can all understand where Miami-resident Jack Thompson is coming from!

  7. Oh the Irony! by a_peckover · · Score: 2, Funny

    CSI: Miami - The Game!