Teen Gamer strangles Father

ZorbaTehZ · 11-01-2008 07:21PM #1

An 18-year-old was arrested this week after trying to kill his father by strangling him with the cable of his videoconsole gamepad.

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Mossy Monk · 11-01-2008 07:34PM

Are video games being touted as the cause of this persons mental fault?

Hercule · 11-01-2008 07:53PM

ive been saying this for years wired controllers are "DANGEROUS"

wireless only for great justice!

Doctor DooM · 11-01-2008 07:55PM

sigh.... That could be "Teen metallica fan/democrat/wrestling fan/heterosexual strangles father"... Its nothing to do with games. I personally prefer kettle leads to tie people up with, they're less fiddly.

Genghiz Cohen · 11-01-2008 09:24PM

SDooM wrote: »

sigh.... That could be "Teen metallica fan/democrat/wrestling fan/heterosexual strangles father"... Its nothing to do with games. I personally prefer kettle leads to tie people up with, they're less fiddly.

And thicker, so the don't leave such obvious bruises.

K.O.Kiki · 11-01-2008 10:05PM

This would've been classic if he'd been playing Manhunt 2 on Wii.

And by classic I mean "would've provoked the biggest media-backlash sh*tstorm in years".

rizzla · 11-01-2008 10:47PM

I'd love to see

"Chronic masterbater strangles father with **** hand" wonder what type of backlash that would have.

By love to see, I mean the headline, not the actual act.

Morlar · 12-01-2008 12:13AM

I thought the picture that accompanied the article was hilarious (in a reefer-madness kind of way)

http://gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2008/01/wii-gameover.jpg

Dying to know what game he was playing when he lost his progress my money is on cod4 on hard - that ****ing sniper level I tells ya.

Kur4mA · 12-01-2008 12:15AM

ZorbaTehZ wrote: »

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gg

eggplantman · 12-01-2008 12:23AM

he must of got really pissed to do somethink like that.its not every day you hear something like that

Creamy Goodness · 12-01-2008 12:29AM

probably got fragged by some noob halo player, that would make anyone do extreme things.

BigBenRoeth · 12-01-2008 12:32AM

And how much would ye bet that the fact that he was playing a game will be blamed as the cause rather than the fact that he was mentally retarded?:rolleyes: