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Games Had Nothing To Do With V. Tech Shooting

Posted by Zonk on from the don't-you-love-that-they-have-to-specify dept.

GamesIndustry.biz is reporting that an inquiry into the Virginia Tech shooting in April of this year has revealed no connection whatsoever to videogames. The shooter's lack of interest in violent gaming was widely reported among game news sites at that time in the year, despite the exploration of the idea on cable television news. The official report, filed with the governor of the state, lays that 'motive' to rest. From the article: "The report, which includes a mental health history of the shooter, Seung Hui Cho, notes that during his childhood he had 'played videogames like Sonic the Hedgehog,' yet 'none of the videogames were war games or had violent themes.' This flies in the face of statements made on Fox TV news by Jack Thompson in the immediate aftermath of the tragedy, which laid the blame for the incident firmly at the door of videogames."

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  1. Video games DID cause a senseless shooting... by SimHacker · · Score: 4, Funny

    Video games WERE responsible for Jack Thompson senselessly shooting his mouth off.

    -Don

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    1. Re:Video games DID cause a senseless shooting... by Opportunist · · Score: 4, Funny

      He did? For real? Or just ... oh.

      C'mon, do you have to get our hopes up?

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  2. Oh, THAT V. Tech by AKAImBatman · · Score: 3, Funny

    Here I was wondering how video games could not be involved at a shooting at vTech. It's amazing the lengths of madness Dora the Explorer can send people to. *tsk* *tsk*

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  3. Regarding the Topic, by lattyware · · Score: 1, Funny

    Can you put that on a post-it for me, and entitle it 'SHIT. I. ALREADY. KNOW!'.

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  4. Even worse!! by MooseMuffin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Jack Thompson now has all the proof he needs to show that non violent video games are just as dangerous as violent ones!

  5. Re:Can we afford such blindness?!? by MeanderingMind · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes, some of us prefer knives, tweezers, blueberry pies, and pictures of Oprah Windfrey.

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  6. the same is true for porn. by oliverthered · · Score: 2, Funny

    Introduce porn,
    Watch sex abuse statistics go down.

    Perverts are too busy having a wank to actually go out and assault someone.

    just as with games, violent people are too busy venting their frustration in the virtual world to take it out on the rest of us.

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