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Games Seized Following Murder

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the dangerous-materials dept.

GamePolitics reports that M-rated games have been taken as evidence a case involving the death of a 55-year old man in Louisiana. The connection? Jack Thompson says: "Nobody shoots anybody in the face unless you're a hitman or a videogamer." GP goes on to point out the lunacy of this claim. From the site: "Funny, that. A quick Google search on 'shot in the face' turns up 921,000 entries."

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  1. Cue the Dick Cheney jokes by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 5, Funny

    in 3.. 2.. 1..

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  2. Shot in the face by slashflood · · Score: 5, Funny

    There are clearly some unrelated results from Google search - if you turn off SafeSearch.

  3. Please. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    A real gamer wouldn't even be strong enough to lift the gun.

  4. Thompson is a Moron. by Vo0k · · Score: 5, Funny

    Every gamer and hitman knows you shoot in the BACK of the head!

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  5. The proof this is false... by Mister+Whirly · · Score: 5, Funny

    A videogamer could never shoot someone in the face - there isn't a "crosshair" to aim with in real life....

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  6. Re:921,000 Results... by commander_gallium · · Score: 5, Funny

    But how many are "gun-related"? I can think of a 3 letter word that would precede "shot" that would account for that number of hits.

    gun?

  7. Re:Actually... by slashflood · · Score: 5, Funny

    Note to myself: never mark Vo0k as foe.

  8. Face-shooting aside... by Hervard · · Score: 5, Funny

    Jack Thompson shoots himself in the foot all the time.

  9. 921,000 hits? Holy crap. by OmgTEHMATRICKS · · Score: 5, Funny

    The better question is: How did the murderer lug around 921,000 rounds of ammuniition without being noticed?