Games Had Nothing To Do With V. Tech Shooting

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."

Comments

Re:wtf people.

[Selfbain]

Ya, a waiting period and psychological examination of people buying guns wouldn't have helped at all.

Re:Can we afford such blindness?!?

[xero314]

I play violent games so I don't kill people. Um, now who's the deviant. I mean most people "don't kill people" because they feel it's morally objectionable.

As games have gotten more violent, violent crime has gone down in the big gamer demographics You have some references to back that up?

Jesus, he was abnormal. Yes Jesus was abnormal, but for some reason I don't think that was your point.