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Looks like GTA is going to get vilified and demonized again
    #18754455 - 08/25/13 08:50 AM (10 years, 5 months ago)



:doublefacepalm: at the police's statement.



What do you think about the police's statement and the story as a whole?


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Re: Looks like GTA is going to get vilified and demonized again [Re: Synthe] * 1
    #18754525 - 08/25/13 09:18 AM (10 years, 5 months ago)

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Re: Looks like GTA is going to get vilified and demonized again [Re: Dorian Gray]
    #18754547 - 08/25/13 09:25 AM (10 years, 5 months ago)

woman killed in a town called slaughter, made me giggle.

so this lady kept a loaded pistol within reach of her 8 year old?


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Re: Looks like GTA is going to get vilified and demonized again [Re: wortiesbo]
    #18754556 - 08/25/13 09:28 AM (10 years, 5 months ago)

Louisiana is full of winners, just ask Urb


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Re: Looks like GTA is going to get vilified and demonized again [Re: Synthe]
    #18754588 - 08/25/13 09:48 AM (10 years, 5 months ago)

>8-year old shoots his 90-year old grandmother in the head (Why does he have access to a gun?)
>In a town called "Slaughter"
>Police make an incorrect statement, "GTA IV is realistic and awards points for murder" neither of those statements are true


And every news outlet that runs the story acts like the fact he was playing GTA IV (which is rated 17+) as if that's why he did it



Forget the possibility he was poorly parented or supervised or somebody left their piece where he could take it or that maybe he was suffering from mental ilness or that the gun sitting within his reach was loaded no less. Forget all that. Instead, let's all just pretend like it's the video game's fault.
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Re: Looks like GTA is going to get vilified and demonized again [Re: Synthe] * 1
    #18754603 - 08/25/13 09:57 AM (10 years, 5 months ago)

:rolleyes: This may be childish, but in this case.....



Something for media to talk about...


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Re: Looks like GTA is going to get vilified and demonized again [Re: mindOmy] * 1
    #18754648 - 08/25/13 10:11 AM (10 years, 5 months ago)

It's not even "violence in the media" anymore. It's all about video games now. When I was nine I understood what a gun could do, and to stay away from them. Why does that seem so hard to teach these days?

As far as the police statement is concerned, they usually give a description of what was going on at the time of a crime, so I understand why that's there. I have a feeling we're going to be hearing about this until another actress shits her pants in public though.


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Re: Looks like GTA is going to get vilified and demonized again [Re: Masticore] * 1
    #18755088 - 08/25/13 12:53 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

loaded pistol within the reach of a nine year old. :wtf:

90 year old woman watching an nine year old :wtf:

this whole story is a huxleyfacepalm


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Re: Looks like GTA is going to get vilified and demonized again [Re: Synthe] * 1
    #18756414 - 08/25/13 06:33 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

Not surprising, though.
Hasn't EVERY GTA title been treated this way somehow or another?
I can't wait to hear about all the assailants who escape apprehension, after taking several bullets to the face, by escaping in tanks spawned from the sky to their safe houses, on Fox News.
That's real!
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Re: Looks like GTA is going to get vilified and demonized again [Re: Synthe] * 1
    #18757907 - 08/25/13 11:54 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

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>8-year old shoots his 90-year old grandmother in the head (Why does he have access to a gun?)
>In a town called "Slaughter"
>Police make an incorrect statement, "GTA IV is realistic and awards points for murder" neither of those statements are true




Maybe it's because I'm stoned, but this shit is soooooooo funny to read.


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Re: Looks like GTA is going to get vilified and demonized again [Re: Synogenn]
    #18758665 - 08/26/13 07:01 AM (10 years, 5 months ago)

I withhold opinion but think the difference between an 8 year-old watching violence on television and an 8 year-old controlling the violence himself on a video game is considerable. When the article refers to a specific game, like GTA IV, it is really referring to all games of that type (gun violence, realistic environments, etc.). This raising a question of whether a game like Ico or Shadow of the Colossus is influencing violence, or a game more in between fantasy and realism like Resident Evil?


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Re: Looks like GTA is going to get vilified and demonized again [Re: WScott]
    #18759006 - 08/26/13 09:42 AM (10 years, 5 months ago)

Shit annoys me. Why was an 8 year old playing a 17+ game to begin with?

It's like those moms who complain about the games their children play that are 17+ and then they bitch at about it. It's like, you just bought your 12 year old a mature game rated for 17+ without even doing any research on it?


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Re: Looks like GTA is going to get vilified and demonized again [Re: MushyMatt]
    #18759689 - 08/26/13 01:54 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

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Shit annoys me. Why was an 8 year old playing a 17+ game to begin with?

It's like those moms who complain about the games their children play that are 17+ and then they bitch at about it. It's like, you just bought your 12 year old a mature game rated for 17+ without even doing any research on it?



True that. I mean, they are overrated to an extent - c'mon you've all had M games before you were 17, face it, but you've got a point. I've seen 7-11 year old kids playing COD and GTA. :facepalm:


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Re: Looks like GTA is going to get vilified and demonized again [Re: Synthe]
    #18778188 - 08/30/13 04:24 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

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Quote:

MushyMatt said:
Shit annoys me. Why was an 8 year old playing a 17+ game to begin with?

It's like those moms who complain about the games their children play that are 17+ and then they bitch at about it. It's like, you just bought your 12 year old a mature game rated for 17+ without even doing any research on it?



True that. I mean, they are overrated to an extent - c'mon you've all had M games before you were 17, face it, but you've got a point. I've seen 7-11 year old kids playing COD and GTA. :facepalm:





Whats wrong with that i played call of duty probably at 9 (cod2) and gta as a real young kid probably like 5. Its a video game big deal. I get fucking pissed off when people ID me to buy a M game.

Mother fucker do i look under 17? Its a damn insult and im tempted to just leave when ever it happens (im 20 and fully bearded can normally buy alcohol no questions asked)


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Re: Looks like GTA is going to get vilified and demonized again [Re: elax420]
    #18778286 - 08/30/13 04:45 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

Maybe so for COD 3 or so but the GTA series isn't really a good idea to buy for a young child in my opinion. GTA is a bad way to teach a 7 year old about sex lol :ohyou:


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Re: Looks like GTA is going to get vilified and demonized again [Re: Synthe]
    #18778407 - 08/30/13 05:26 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

People younger then me own like three different types of guns, but they're just old enough to play GTA???


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Re: Looks like GTA is going to get vilified and demonized again [Re: Konyap]
    #18778467 - 08/30/13 05:39 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

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Maybe so for COD 3 or so but the GTA series isn't really a good idea to buy for a young child in my opinion. GTA is a bad way to teach a 7 year old about sex lol :ohyou:




Obviously its a case by case thing. If you dont parent your kids as is, and by them games like gta at a young age :burke: but its not like im going to judge i dont really give a shit about what people do with their kids.

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People younger then me own like three different types of guns, but they're just old enough to play GTA???




Ya really its pretty common where im from to buy your 12 year old a gun and take him hunting. By 18 they have killed all sorts of shit with a collection of guns.


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Re: Looks like GTA is going to get vilified and demonized again [Re: elax420]
    #18778495 - 08/30/13 05:45 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

It's like that where I live too and I live on a fucking island that's populated,but people still want to go out and shoot shit:shrug:


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Re: Looks like GTA is going to get vilified and demonized again [Re: Konyap]
    #18817444 - 09/09/13 12:17 AM (10 years, 5 months ago)

I'll write the article myself when 8 year olds start beating prostitutes and driving tanks while shooting backwards to build up speed. Until then, look at the juvenile crime rate of other countries with similar gaming trends as ours, and then tell me again that it's because of GTA.

zoom, bitches.


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Re: Looks like GTA is going to get vilified and demonized again [Re: mathieu]
    #18818805 - 09/09/13 12:45 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

Simple natural selection.  Guardian is stupid enough to own a gun that isn't in a safe place and let their 8 year old play a video game meant for people over twice that age.  Deserves any stupid thing coming to her.  There's a shocking number of people that get killed by guns they own.








So who else is getting GTA V next week!?!  I can't wait! :grin:


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