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The Great Debate Redux: Videogames
 Phoenix.Amael
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By Phoenix.Amael 2010-04-16 09:52:54
In mother Russia...
News.com.au said: A 14-YEAR-OLD boy in southern Russia has been charged with killing his father with a sledgehammer after his parents tried to stop him from playing computer games.
The unnamed boy in the coastal town of Tuapse, located by the Black Sea in Russia's southern Krasnodar region, bludgeoned his father to death while he lay sleeping, regional investigators said.
"At around 1am (local time) on April 12, the suspect dealt his sleeping father at least two blows on the head with a sledgehammer," the region's investigative committee said.
"The man died on the spot from a head injury.
A spokeswoman said the parents had taken away the keyboard as a disciplinary measure after he spent a week playing computer games.
After the killing, the boy's frightened mother gave him the keyboard back and the boy played computer games for several more hours until he fell asleep, the spokeswoman said.
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At that point, the mother, who was not injured, contacted relatives who in turn called police.
The boy, who has no criminal record, is now being held in pre-trial detention.
At 14, he is old enough to be charged with murder under Russian law.
Was shocked after this, not because he bludgeoned his father to dead, but that he went playing afterwards.
Topic: Videogames
How has videogames changed society? Has it been good or bad? Consider it an addiction?
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By Shiva.Flionheart 2010-04-16 09:55:35
Quote: A 14-YEAR-OLD boy in southern Russia has been charged with killing his father with a sledgehammer after his parents tried to stop him from Smoking weed.
The unnamed boy in the coastal town of Tuapse, located by the Black Sea in Russia's southern Krasnodar region, bludgeoned his father to death while he lay sleeping, regional investigators said.
"At around 1am (local time) on April 12, the suspect dealt his sleeping father at least two blows on the head with a sledgehammer," the region's investigative committee said.
"The man died on the spot from a head injury.
A spokeswoman said the parents had taken away weed as a disciplinary measure after he spent a week smoking weed and doing nothing else.
After the killing, the boy's frightened mother gave him the Weed back and the boy smoked weed for several hours until he fell asleep, the spokeswoman said.
At that point, the mother, who was not injured, contacted relatives who in turn called police.
The boy, who has no criminal record, is now being held in pre-trial detention.
At 14, he is old enough to be charged with murder under Russian law.
Crazy people are crazy, no matter the intent.
 Asura.Korpg
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By Asura.Korpg 2010-04-16 10:01:22
Phoenix.Amael said: How has videogames changed society? Has it been good or bad? Consider it an addiction? Videogames have changed society, but not in the way outlined by that.
It has shown the strengths of adaptability into new technologies, and also have created new technologies on its own.
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By Kujata.Akeda 2010-04-16 10:03:19
I bet he was playing WoW and they tried to turn off his computer during raid time. It seems like MMORPG players have the highest violence rate when it comes to video games.
By Zekko 2010-04-16 10:06:44
Shiva.Flionheart said: Crazy people are crazy, no matter the intent.
This.
Games do not effect whether people kill or not, it's the person playing them. Obviously he had some kind of ADHD or mental illness because there are plenty of kids in the world that get their games taken off them as punishment, you dont see them killing their parents.
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By Ifrit.Kungfuhustle 2010-04-16 10:09:04
no, this is Russia, those kids are more psychotic than Gary Busey off his meds. Videogames are not to blame for a country already chin deep in violent behavior you only see in the movies.
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By Carbuncle.Lodo 2010-04-16 10:30:01
Zekko said: Obviously he had some kind of ADHD
Are you trying to imply that people with ADD/ADHD are inherently murderous?
 Alexander.Garlend
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By Alexander.Garlend 2010-04-16 10:30:39
It's been proven that as the popularity of video games increases the violent crime rate has gone down. Sick minded no conscience killers are just that, video games or not.
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By Ramuh.Dasva 2010-04-16 10:32:36
Video games don't make people violent and I will kill anyone that disagrees with me!
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By Alexander.Garlend 2010-04-16 10:33:11
Ramuh.Dasva said: Video games don't make people violent and I will kill anyone that disagrees with me!
EPIC!
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By Shiva.Flionheart 2010-04-16 10:49:15
Carbuncle.Lodo said: Zekko said: Obviously he had some kind of ADHD
Are you trying to imply that people with ADD/ADHD are inherently murderous?
yes
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By Ramuh.Haseyo 2010-04-16 10:54:28
Shiva.Flionheart said: Carbuncle.Lodo said: Zekko said: Obviously he had some kind of ADHD
Are you trying to imply that people with ADD/ADHD are inherently murderous?
yes
I have ADHD and I'm as soft as a marshmallow. =/
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By Shiva.Flionheart 2010-04-16 10:54:58
Ramuh.Haseyo said: Shiva.Flionheart said: Carbuncle.Lodo said: Zekko said: Obviously he had some kind of ADHD
Are you trying to imply that people with ADD/ADHD are inherently murderous?
yes
I have ADHD and I'm as soft as a marshmallow. =/
Now I feel bad :(
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By Sylph.Tigerwoods 2010-04-16 10:57:31
If ppl go crazy over videogames, what says they wouldn't have gotten crazy over their other hobby of choice, had it not been videogame.
Unstable people, has 0 to do with games.
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By Carbuncle.Lodo 2010-04-16 11:13:40
Sylph.Tigerwoods said: If ppl go crazy over videogames, what says they wouldn't have gotten crazy over their other hobby of choice, had it not been videogame.
I did wonder about some people who played Iron Man Magic: TG back in the day.
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By Sylph.Hitetsu 2010-04-16 11:18:37
Ramuh.Haseyo said: Shiva.Flionheart said: Carbuncle.Lodo said: Zekko said: Obviously he had some kind of ADHD
Are you trying to imply that people with ADD/ADHD are inherently murderous?
yes
I have ADHD and I'm as soft as a marshmallow. =/
Same here XD Though I've calmed down a lot over the past few years.
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By Ramuh.Dasva 2010-04-16 11:37:45
People are violent by nature. And it's becoming less pc each day to every even considering letting your anger out even a little. Or if not pc then fear of getting a domestic abuse call because you raised your voice a little or punched a wall. So what you expect when we are raised to hold all that in lol
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By Carbuncle.Lodo 2010-04-16 11:48:17
Ramuh.Dasva said: Or if not pc then fear of getting a domestic abuse call because you raised your voice a little or punched a wall. So what you expect when we are raised to hold all that in lol
So true Dasva. My brother had the cops called on him by his girlfriend (baby's mama) at the time, for poking her in the chest during an argument. They didn't arrest him but told him to leave the house for the night otherwise they would. It's absolute bs that we can't even be angry anymore.
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By Ramuh.Dasva 2010-04-16 11:56:17
I know a guy that was angry cause his microwave had just blown up and earlier his window had broken. So he throws the microwave out the window since both broke now anyways. A few minutes later tons of cops thanks to nosy neighbors. Seriously people mind your own damn business and stop being such crybabies
In mother Russia...
News.com.au said: A 14-YEAR-OLD boy in southern Russia has been charged with killing his father with a sledgehammer after his parents tried to stop him from playing computer games.
The unnamed boy in the coastal town of Tuapse, located by the Black Sea in Russia's southern Krasnodar region, bludgeoned his father to death while he lay sleeping, regional investigators said.
"At around 1am (local time) on April 12, the suspect dealt his sleeping father at least two blows on the head with a sledgehammer," the region's investigative committee said.
"The man died on the spot from a head injury.
A spokeswoman said the parents had taken away the keyboard as a disciplinary measure after he spent a week playing computer games.
After the killing, the boy's frightened mother gave him the keyboard back and the boy played computer games for several more hours until he fell asleep, the spokeswoman said.
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At that point, the mother, who was not injured, contacted relatives who in turn called police.
The boy, who has no criminal record, is now being held in pre-trial detention.
At 14, he is old enough to be charged with murder under Russian law.
Was shocked after this, not because he bludgeoned his father to dead, but that he went playing afterwards.
Topic: Videogames
How has videogames changed society? Has it been good or bad? Consider it an addiction?
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