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6-Year-Old Says Grand Theft Auto Taught Him To Drive

Posted by timothy on from the buck-beats-scapegoat dept.

nandemoari writes "A six-year-old who recently stole his parents' car and drove it into a utility pole has passed the buck onto a familiar scapegoat: the video game, Grand Theft Auto. Rockstar Games' controversial Grand Theft Auto video game has been criticized by parent groups and crusaders (or in the eyes of gamers, nincompoops) like former lawyer Jack Thompson for years (Thompson once tried to link the Virginia Tech slayings to late-night Counterstrike sessions. He's since been disbarred). However, not as of yet has anyone under the age of, oh, ten, blamed the game for a car theft."

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  1. Re:Next up... by gbarules2999 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I got fat off Pac-Man.

  2. TFA lacks pertinent details... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    No mention of how many hookers he had blow him and then subsequently ran over.

  3. Re:Even better reason by jonnythan · · Score: 4, Funny

    thank goodness ho found a pole before a hooker.

    Freudian slip?

  4. Unfortunately... by goatpunch · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... GTA also taught him that you can drive through lampposts, notice that he avoided the trees.

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  5. games don't create accidents. by log1385 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Are they assuming here that a 6-year-old who had never played GTA would not have crashed his parents' car? Seriously, a driving 6-year-old is bound to get into an accident no matter what games he has played.

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  6. Re:Pole Position by karnal · · Score: 4, Funny

    Epic fail! Pole Position didn't have reverse!!!

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  7. Re:Even better reason by Tamran · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hell, I give me niece my car keys to play with. Course, she's only 1...

    Do you know where your car is right now?

  8. Re:Prosecute the parents by Starayo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, that'd be grand.

    "I played GTA when I was 6, so now I'm an orphan." :P

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  9. I blame the parents by ParanoiaBOTS · · Score: 4, Funny

    For getting a car that is driven with an analog stick and/or a D-pad

  10. That's nothing! by monkeySauce · · Score: 5, Funny

    I had my first threesome at age 5. It was all because I played the shit out of Leisure Suit Larry and felt I needed to take it to the next level. My parents wanted to sue Sierra but back then they couldn't find a lawyer willing to take the case. What a shame Jack Thompson was too busy going after radio DJ's in those days.

  11. Re:Prosecute the parents by kiwijapan · · Score: 5, Funny

    Archie: Would it make you feel any better, little girl, if they were pushed out of windows?

    Only if they were pushed into Linux...

  12. Re:Prosecute the parents by Dahamma · · Score: 3, Funny

    In a rural type area, sure you might have more people that injure themselves with tools than guns

    Tell that to Dick Cheney...