I recently broke down and bought Issues 1-4 of New Avengers. At frist I thought it was kind of lame to have Wolverine and Spider-man on a team, they’re classic solo heroes. But that Sentry guy seems more and more appealing. It’s sounds like he’d be Superman with a dark personality. So it cost me 8 bucks. We shall see.
I found this on /. the other day. Here’s some text from the article incase your lazy like me:
In emotional testimony on Thursday, DeMeo said that Alexander had put his hand on DeMeo’s knee and made him push the accelerator down hard, then grabbed the emergency brake and sent the car into a skid.
DeMeo said that Alexander was trying to perform a maneuver that both had done in a video game, “Grand Theft Auto: Vice City,” that they played regularly.
“‘We can make it, we can make it, just like in the game,’” DeMeo said Alexander had told him. “He pulled up on the emergency brake really quick.”
“Then what?” Meeker asked.
“We crashed,” DeMeo said, breaking into sobs.
But Assistant District Attorney Paul Humphrey said there was no evidence, based on the skid marks left after the crash, that the emergency brake could have been pulled, or that DeMeo had even turned the steering wheel in an attempt to avoid a crash.
This kind of bullshit pisses me off. I really have no respect for people who blame their actions on a video game, or any kind of media really. If your mind really can’t distinguish between fantasy and reality then you need some kind of counseling. And that’s not a jab at people who do seek counseling, most of them know when you jump off a building 90 story (Link in City of Heroes) you won’t live, but in some games you will. If you read the article it talks about how the dead kid still had his hands in his in his pockets:
Humphrey said Alexander couldn’t have interfered with DeMeo’s driving because he was found moments after the crash still wearing a seat belt, his hands jammed into his pockets. He had suffered fatal head and heart injuries, Humphrey said, making it impossible for him to put his hands into his pockets after the crash.
That’s really not the point, but thought it was interesting that people can now just turn and blame video games. I think people need to remember that video games don’t have mind control in them. Sure people try to mimic what they see, but where are the parents to say “No”. In this case I don’t think anything the parents say will do anything, but this started a long time before this incident.
I’ve played all kinds of video games since I was 8 or so . I’ve played GTA and Unreal and every Doom out there, and I haven’t gone and killed anyone or tried some jump with my car. Why? Because I’m not a complete idiot. Stop blaming games; take some responsibility for your actions.
