Teens moved from online violence to real-life murder

as horrible as this is...I can't help but feel disgusted by the "From your Wal-Mart Family, Rest in Peace" sign right there in the middle of the poster.

mrbojangles25

So what?BiancaDK

oh ****ing christ, that's a 4 hour drive and a ferry ride from where I live. how did I not hear about this? that's disgusting.

Also, this thread makes me a bit wary of talking on WoW ever. I will regularly discuss things that should not be seen by prying GM eyes with my boyfriend when we play :/

XilePrincess

That is like, 300 miles away!

Awful, just awful.

Anyone else recall that Canadian air force colonel who was recently sentenced for dozens of break-ins, two rapes, and two murders? I thought Canadians weren't into the whole murder thing.

The_Capitalist

[QUOTE="BiancaDK"]So what?l4dak47

[QUOTE="BiancaDK"]So what?l4dak47

[QUOTE="l4dak47"][QUOTE="BiancaDK"]So what?msudude211

It doesn't involve WoW as such, other than he bragged about it there.Deihjan

[QUOTE="Deihjan"]It doesn't involve WoW as such, other than he bragged about it there.msudude211

[QUOTE="msudude211"][QUOTE="Deihjan"]It doesn't involve WoW as such, other than he bragged about it there.Deihjan

That's messed up.... Just goes to show Canada isn't as innocent as people think : /Setsa

[QUOTE="Setsa"]That's messed up.... Just goes to show Canada isn't as innocent as people think : /Deihjan

[QUOTE="Deihjan"][QUOTE="Setsa"]That's messed up.... Just goes to show Canada isn't as innocent as people think : /Setsa

Have we blamed this on video games yet?

[QUOTE="Setsa"]That's messed up.... Just goes to show Canada isn't as innocent as people think : /Deihjan

Canadians...

Awful story. Too bad Canada doesn't have the death penalty. Also:

Among his favourite quotes are those from the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.Ottawa Citizen

I blame Nietzsche.

Awful story. Too bad Canada doesn't have the death penalty. Also:

[quote="Ottawa Citizen"]Among his favourite quotes are those from the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.fidosim

I blame Nietzsche.

Well, time to stop sayign certain things over WoW.... Wait, what isn't recorded anymore except land line phone calls and face to face?

[QUOTE="Setsa"][QUOTE="Deihjan"] I thought it did when that kid ran away because of his 360..and died in a snowstorm.deepdreamer256

Well its clear they are psychopaths.. Lock them up for life with out parole..

Well, time to stop sayign certain things over WoW.... Wait, what isn't monitored anymore except land line phone calls and face to face?Ringx55

They aren't really monitored as so much recorded.. Blizzard or any company hardly has the resources of monitoring everything a person says for every person on their servers.. What they will do is if people claimed that they said this, the gms would check the logs.

[QUOTE="Ringx55"]Well, time to stop sayign certain things over WoW.... Wait, what isn't monitored anymore except land line phone calls and face to face?sSubZerOo

They aren't really monitored as so much recorded.. Blizzard or any company hardly has the resources of monitoring everything a person says for every person on their servers.. What they will do is if people claimed that they said this, the gms would check the logs.

[QUOTE="Ringx55"]Well, time to stop sayign certain things over WoW.... Wait, what isn't monitored anymore except land line phone calls and face to face?sSubZerOo

They aren't really monitored as so much recorded.. Blizzard or any company hardly has the resources of monitoring everything a person says for every person on their servers.. What they will do is if people claimed that they said this, the gms would check the logs.

Was an atheist. Go figure.Mephers

What does that have anything to do with it? Sorry to break it to you but there are people who commit murder regardless if they are atheist or religious.

What the hell is wrong with people these days? First we have all these suicides from bullying this year and now this takes to a whole new, awful level :?.

Also, why is everyone whining about the article? Geez people, it's Kotaku. Just because someone says video games and murder in the same sentence doesn't mean they have some sort of bias against video games.

What the hell is wrong with people these days? First we have all these suicides from bullying this year and now this takes to a whole new, awful level :?.

Also, why is everyone whining about the article? Geez people, it's Kotaku. Just because someone says video games and murder in the same sentence doesn't mean they have some sort of bias against video games.

Upparoom

[QUOTE="Upparoom"]

What the hell is wrong with people these days? First we have all these suicides from bullying this year and now this takes to a whole new, awful level :?.

Also, why is everyone whining about the article? Geez people, it's Kotaku. Just because someone says video games and murder in the same sentence doesn't mean they have some sort of bias against video games.

frostybanana

Well it is sometimes violent, and it obviously provided info to police(Bragging about murder over the internet tends to do that). As for the experts comment, within the context of the situation they are probably somewhat correct. Being that mentally disturbed and playing a game like WOW isn't really a good combo, though I doubt this is a problem that started when these boys started playing WOW.

[QUOTE="frostybanana"][QUOTE="Upparoom"]

What the hell is wrong with people these days? First we have all these suicides from bullying this year and now this takes to a whole new, awful level :?.

Also, why is everyone whining about the article? Geez people, it's Kotaku. Just because someone says video games and murder in the same sentence doesn't mean they have some sort of bias against video games.

Upparoom

Well it is sometimes violent, and it obviously provided info to police(Bragging about murder over the internet tends to do that). As for the experts comment, within the context of the situation they are probably correct. Being that mentally disturbed and playing a game like WOW isn't really a good combo.

WoW has violence similar to loony toons.... There is no blood, no graphic animations.. Its as simple as it comes.

[QUOTE="Upparoom"]

[QUOTE="frostybanana"] CTV's article: "They were also fans of World of Warcraft, a sometimes violent online fantasy game with 12 million subscribers around the world. Experts believe it perpetuated the violence against the 18-year-old girl and provided key information to police. " Sounds like they're connecting dots to me.sSubZerOo

Well it is sometimes violent, and it obviously provided info to police(Bragging about murder over the internet tends to do that). As for the experts comment, within the context of the situation they are probably correct. Being that mentally disturbed and playing a game like WOW isn't really a good combo.

WoW has violence similar to loony toons.... There is no blood, no graphic animations.. Its as simple as it comes.

These kids aren't right in the head. Any kind of violence probably wouldn't be good for them, and they need/needed psychiactric help. Plus WOW can get very addicting. I'm not saying WOW is bad and gory and causes violence by itself, but for what was going on in these kids' heads, it probably wasn't a very positive influence.

[QUOTE="frostybanana"][QUOTE="Upparoom"]

What the hell is wrong with people these days? First we have all these suicides from bullying this year and now this takes to a whole new, awful level :?.

Also, why is everyone whining about the article? Geez people, it's Kotaku. Just because someone says video games and murder in the same sentence doesn't mean they have some sort of bias against video games.

Upparoom

Well it is sometimes violent, and it obviously provided info to police(Bragging about murder over the internet tends to do that). As for the experts comment, within the context of the situation they are probably correct. Being that mentally disturbed and playing a game like WOW isn't really a good combo.

Another "video games made me do it" murder. Stop blaming media devices. Start blaming the psychopaths.

So what?BiancaDK

Let me guess, maybe if it was a puppy you would care right? :roll:

For ****s sake, if you don't care about the story, they why bother posting a pointless message about it? Just don't click on the topic, it's not that hard. I'm sure you wouldn't say "so what?" to the family who has to live with this.

This is really horrible, but the implication that this crime was somehow brought on by video games is absurd. Stuff like this happened long before video games were ever invented. I guess people are so confounded by immoral behavior they'll blame just about anything....

At least he didn't do this to a dog. :/

also, the bias..."nihilistic atheist", "avid gamer", and "game that blurs the line between reality and fantasy"...is simply disgusting. Reporters should feel guilty about this.

mrbojangles25

this. do they ever mention that murderers are christian when a christian murders someone?

[QUOTE="BiancaDK"]So what?TheGrayEye

Let me guess, maybe if it was a puppy you would care right? :roll:

*murders puppy*

RIGHT!?

Was an atheist. Go figure.Mephers

Was an american human. Go figure.

Mine works better statistically speaking.