The computer game made me commit crime...........

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So who's side would you have voted on the kid that
they arrested in SVU last night or the adult who
"supposedly" got them to kill the woman....

Basically the story revolved around this game where
you were supposed to then get out the car to finish
them off. Bonus points for stealing things like
their purse or wallet off of them.

The crim in last night's SVU said the computer game
made them do it don't forget which seemed to be
somewhat proved in the story last night, up to a point
I thnk....

I'm in two minds about this and this argument has
been raging since the very first kung fu game on
the old commodore 64

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Vince wrote:
> <sittinginthepool@internode.on.net> wrote
>
> > The crim in last night's SVU said the computer game
> > made them do it don't forget which seemed to be
> > somewhat proved in the story last night, up to a point
> > I thnk....
>
> I think... Politicians and Journalists should
> avoid video games at all cost.


In most cases I would agree with you but the media
seem to love this kind of thing, moreso if it
actually happens in real life too.

I've heard stories that the Columbine shootings were
linked in part to a video game.

Come to think of it had Jack The Ripper been alive today
his lawyer would probably also find some link to games
as well to explain his actions, no doubt.

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In article <1120113952.309496.234200@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
<sittinginthepool@internode.on.net> wrote:
>
>I've heard stories that the Columbine shootings were
>linked in part to a video game.

Well, they might have been, but then, they were also linked in part to
eating food.

Cheers
Bent D
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On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 09:03:32 +0000, Bent C Dalager wrote:

> In article <1120113952.309496.234200@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
> <sittinginthepool@internode.on.net> wrote:
>>
>>I've heard stories that the Columbine shootings were linked in part to a
>>video game.
>
> Well, they might have been, but then, they were also linked in part to
> eating food.
>
> Cheers
> Bent D

And moreso, breathing oxygen.

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<sittinginthepool@internode.on.net> wrote

> Come to think of it had Jack The Ripper been alive today
> his lawyer would probably also find some link to games
> as well to explain his actions, no doubt.

The 'Jack the Ripper' game perhaps?

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In article <87mzp8q8q1.fsf@localhost.localdomain>,
Nick Vargish <nav+posts@bandersnatch.org> wrote:
>bcd@pvv.ntnu.no (Bent C Dalager) writes:
>
>> I still hold the opinion that any driving game that doesn't involve
>> guns or other weaponry simply isn't worth playing <g>
>
>Just picked up Burnout 3 for $20 (Greatest Hits rules!), and I have to
>say it's a definite exception to that rule. Unless you count the car
>itself as a weapon, of course...

I admit that Burnout is in a gray area that might very well contain
some acceptable games :-)

Cheers
Bent D
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On 29 Jun 2005 23:45:52 -0700, sittinginthepool@internode.on.net wrote:

>
>
>Vince wrote:
>> <sittinginthepool@internode.on.net> wrote
>>
>> > The crim in last night's SVU said the computer game
>> > made them do it don't forget which seemed to be
>> > somewhat proved in the story last night, up to a point
>> > I thnk....
>>
>> I think... Politicians and Journalists should
>> avoid video games at all cost.
>
>
>In most cases I would agree with you but the media
>seem to love this kind of thing, moreso if it
>actually happens in real life too.

It has. There were two kids that were sniping at highway traffic, then
tried to blame the game. The media believed them, ignoring the fact that
they were supposed to be able to know what they did was worng.

I've also seen media linking a murder to a horror book, based on the fact
that the parts of the murdered body was found in basically the same
configuration as described in the book.

>
>I've heard stories that the Columbine shootings were
>linked in part to a video game.
>

It was, mainly incorrectly. Somehow, they linked the shotgun's name
"Arlene" to a character in the original Doom game - I've yet to see that
character appear, in spite of having full access to Doom's content.