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News saying that Mortal Kombat killed a child
Gloss Green
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OK, now I'm mad. The "news" is at it again. They are reporting that two teenagers had killed a 7 year old girl while playing Mortal Kombat, and it was the GAMES fault. They have "experts" being interviewed agreeing with them. I know, and you all know, that that is bullshit. What is wrong with this world when people stop looking at their own behavior and start blaming others for violence? I don't think I'm wrong pn this, but tell me if I am.
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They had a news story a few weeks ago where some guy attacked a kid with a sword for stealing video games.
They brought on some random douche who proclaimed that video games promote violence by creating a world without consequences.
As an aside, they noted that the video games actually belonged to the guy's CHILDREN.
So, there's no reason to assume he even played the things.
But the douche said his piece all the same.
Usual stuff.
KANO WINS
I hope not. With all the stuff with Manhunt 2 and now this? It probably won't go anywhere, but in an election year, who knows?
it was pretty horrible
The news is simply looking for a headline to grab your interest and it worked. "Teens charged in 'Mortal Kombat' killing" sounds better than "Teens charged in drunken, body slam killing." And they didn't come up with this, you should look into what the prosecutor and the suspects said.
"Two teens have been charged with killing the 7-year-old sister of one of them by beating her with imitations of moves from the "Mortal Kombat" video game, prosecutors said."
"Zoe lost consciousness and stopped breathing after the teens hit, kicked and body-slammed her, imitating moves used in the video game, the document said."
It's not the media's fault that the prosecutor and apparently the suspects said it came about because they were imitating moves from the video game.
Shoulda done a Friendship.
Unfortunately, on this one the media, Fox News is what I've got on at the moment, is not even attempting to be unbiased. They are going off the handle on this one. But what you said is right, just to grab ratings. My question is, do we have to put up with this new attack on my favorite (stress releasing) hobby.
So clearly Mortal Kombat had everything to do with her death, rather than an immature babysitter and underage drinking.
At least they'll be charged as adults. Electric chair anyone?
I'm reading the AP story and no, they're not attacking your hobby. 'Mortal Kombat killing' makes for better headlines than other alternatives, just like the 'Jena Six', 'Joe Cool killings', 'Zoloft murders', etc.
Just because something is reported doesn't mean they're singling out your hobby and attacking it. It's just reporting according to the documents and information provided.
Video games make for a good hook, the same with legal drugs, television, basically anything that's not usually the cause of a crime. Dog bites man isn't news, but man bites dog is. If someone killed someone over say a game of scrabble, you'd see the same level of coverage and the same types of quotes.
Probably not, but we can hope for some justice for the little girl. In India a few years ago a guy killed a few people. When he was convicted he was sentenced to die the same way as his victims died. He was strangled, dismembered, and put in a vat of acid. He was dead after the strangling, but the Indians know an eye for and eye pretty well.
how do you explain that
someone please bring these back onto the market!
win for you if you remember these
alternatively, their death sentences could be hilarious spectacles of entertainment
Never happen, plus, Ultimate Warrior is dead.
Doc wins, flawless victory, etc.
Like the other people are saying, OP, seriously, it's no big deal. I understand that this is a gaming website and you're probably shocked that the rest of us don't share your indignation, but you have to understand that we get badly-written threads about the latest video game atrocity all the time.
yeah, the best thing to do would be to just take these kids out of society by giving them the maximum allowable sentance. Just get rid of them till they're like 60
Nah, I'm not shocked, not even with the case itself. Just disappointed in the reaction in the news media about the unproven theory of video games and violence. Can't wait to hear Jack Thompson's comments on this, because he will. Another big gaming news story this week was the dismissal of Ole' Jackie Boy's case against Mortal Kombat. He'll be on the air soon to say "Told you so".
Thompson is probably going to stay out of this one for the most part. He's appealing right now, or got an extension (cant remember which) on the judgement of weather or not he will still be allowed to practice law.
Since nobody's mentioned it: the headline "Teens charged in drunken bodyslam killing" is actually pretty attention-grabbing, in my opinion.
We can only hope, but with an attention hound like that, I wouldn't put money on it.
Like, really guys, MK hasn't been a big name since the friggin' N64. Play some Manhunt or Dead Rising or Ninja Gaiden or something and get back to me.
I don't see what the problem with drawing that connection is; it seems like a ridiculously strightforward one to make.
They were playing Mortal Kombat, said "wouldn't it be cool if we did this to the kid," and then they killed the girl. Clearly they were retarded/psycho to begin with, but that's not to say that they were not influenced by the game.
I'm glad you got to use that.
No he isn't.
no he isn't.
also I wish I still had one of those. I'd buy one in a second.
Maybe he was thinking of Junkyard Dog.