17 year-old James Callaghan, a person with a history of undiagnosed schizophrenia and known to be violent under the influence of alcohol has, in what is a particularly senseless tragedy, killed a 65-year old woman with an axe. Callaghan, after dispensing with a bottle of vodka and arming himself with point instruments of death, forced his way in to Irene Roberts’ – the aforementioned senior citizen - home where he struck her 6 times in the head, chopped off one of her fingers and repeatedly stabber her. It’s terrible, and should never have happened. Something else that shouldn’t have happened is the way the media tenuously made videogames the scapegoat. Callaghan, you see, had lost a few games of Fifa to his brother before his bloody rampage. Not only that, but he had also reportedly played GTA, a title known for its wonton violence; two contributing factors that OBVIOUSLY directly resulted in Mrs Roberts’ unfortunate murder. It couldn’t possibly have been his latent psychological issues – which manifested as early as age 6, where he threatened his own mother with a kitchen knife – or his excessive consumption of alcohol that triggered his homicidal outing. No, it must be the videogames. Now that’s journalism! Source : Daily Mail | 
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4:00 pm
October 28, 2009
4:43 pm
“undiagnosed schizophrenia”
Now that is journalism for you. Anyhows Shadow of the Collosus a game where you feel terrible for the actions you take..Good choice to have in the PIC….^-^
October 29, 2009
8:37 am
Geoff, that is your games collection isn’t it?
October 29, 2009
8:47 am
BAn FIFA!!!!
October 29, 2009
10:21 am
Ban Vodka – OMW what am i saying.
October 29, 2009
10:23 am
That’s just silly talk! You wash your mouth out!
October 29, 2009
12:20 pm
It gets better: http://gamegrep.com/news/26586-man_blames_silent_hill_after_causing_a_hospital_blackout/
October 29, 2009
6:22 pm
the Media is just full of anti-gamers.
October 29, 2009
6:24 pm
I mean ….if someone kills himself and had a few games, they would immediately blame the violent games that person had ……it’s uncannily stupid