Only in America !

[Guest Martin@Home]

Check out this report from the register HERE

I especially like the Nintendo and tetris comments LOL !!

PS No offence intended to our american members !

[Guest Zim]

Oh my!! i soo addicted to tennis addict!! i think i am gonna get into tennis!!! :)

[Guest nobznss]

No offense taken. I think it's a really good article. I think it's rediculous that people blame video games and movies for their dumb behavior. In the end they do have free agency and can control their actions.

[Guest matthewjames]

good article, and it's crazy that music and video games are blamed for people's behaviour.

[Guest Coucou]

It's interesting to see how often media things, film, tv, books, and now games are often blamed for altering peoples behaviour. Obviously the people concerned need to be slightly unbalanced to start with but these things can have a genuine influence. The book which has influenced most serial killers (and I'm not even talking wars) is the Bible. I'm not sure how Ezekiel would react to being sued though...

[Guest nickcornaglia]

I can sympathize with the young ones described here and blame the video game developers.

In my youth, I dressed like a plumber and jumped on peoples heads just to get a girl!

[Guest Monolithix [MVP]]

Did you eat magic shrooms too? ;p

[Guest fraser]

They won't get a penny. It would set a dangerous and stupid precident, and destroy the entertainment industry.

Personally, I reckon that the parents should be legally responsible for any crime a minor committed. In this case, they let their kids play unsuitable games and let them have access to firearms. That's at least worth a manslaughter charge and a few years of jail time, we're talking about the needless loss of a life here.

Start that, and you'll suddenly start to see parents take more of an interest in their kids upbringing than they currently are devoting to the idiot box.