Well, it's finally happened. Some dickwad decided to murder someone and then blame GTA IV on it.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKBKK22888820080804
I can't imagine how many times Jack Thompson has pleasured himself to that article by now.
I hate that guy(in the article) for what he did. I mean, there are SO MANY WAYS you can see if the game mirrors real life. You know, like seeing if eating a pizza can cure gunshot wounds to the chest. I really wish more people would try that.
So basically what's happening now, is that anyone who is not already a gamer, is going to have their "videogames are bad" concept firmly implanted into their brains. After every murder committed by a teenager, who happens to enjoy videogames, the fault is immediately pinned on the games themselves.
People must realise that those who commit violent crimes because of videogames are completely assed in the head anyway. If there was any real relation between violent games and violent crimes, many more people would be dead.
I wonder what people used to blame crimes on, before immersive videogames, television, and radio. Probably possession by demonic entities or something.
Next, when someone bludgeons another guy on the head with a rectangular piece of wood, they're going to blame it on Pong. Because rectangular objects look exactly like Pong paddles.
-Joe