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5/1/2014 5:52:06 PM
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Guess what? Video games are blamed again.
So you guys may or may not know that a 15 year old boy murdered a teacher in her classroom about a week ago. Well, reading the paper today, the media is blaming violent video games. Not only are they blaming video games for this but they are also indirectly blaming Achievement Hunter as, in one of the pictures of the murderer, he is wearing an Achievement Hunter shirt and I quote from the news paper "Achievement Hunter consists of six men playing violent video games such as Halo, Call of Duty, and Grand Theft Auto".
I find it simply outrageous that Achievement Hunter can be indirectly blamed for this as all they do is play video games for a living. They can't help who watches their videos.
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Video games killed my pa.
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2 RepliesOne newspaper making a wild assumption does not mean the "media" is blaming video games or Achievement Hunter on this senseless killing. I have yet to hear anything about videovgames or let's plays being responsible. Responding to these baseless claims gives them too much validation and inspires a debate that will push them into the national spotlight. Save your pitchfork for something that matters.
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it happened with alcohol, It happened with TV, it happened with Music, and now we blame video games. It's easier to assign the blame to something than to someone.
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Halo encourages kids to enroll for experimental super soldier programs that fight off aliens who threaten the well being of human kind. What could [i]possibly[/i] be wrong with that?
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2 RepliesDo you have a link to the story?
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1 ReplyPeople in the media seem to not understand that humans have always been violent! Try to count the number of wars and battles throughout history. I get they are just trying to make an interesting story, but still...
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Edited by Gingers Unite: 5/6/2014 1:29:48 PMThe media just wants money and popularity. Video games don't kill people. People kill people and that's how it should be displayed but unfortunately the media is made up if a bunch of cold hearted robots who don't care about society. Just ratings and money
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A kid killed his cat. VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES. A teenager masturbates excessively. VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES Gets fired from job. VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES
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2 RepliesThe media has always done this- Here is the method- They are given a story and find nothing new or anything that would make a controversial 'spicy' new story. It's an event that has happened a thousand times before. To make the story spicy, they take almost completely unrelated 'evidence' and warp and bend it until the information because so shocking and true that it becomes a fantastic news sensation. Then the public gobbles it up and believes all this information to be 100% true. Hence why we are hearing of it. Had the story just been - "boy kills teacher". They wouldn't have got anything near a media explosion.
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Video games made me turn off power to the orphanage and have unrestrained shameless sex with my bosses mother.
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What a shocker.
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Edited by stip1134: 5/7/2014 3:06:14 AMOh shit that killer uses the same brand of tooth brush as i use and he also eats grapes and drinks soda Looks like i shouldn't brush my teeth or eat grapes or drink soda because thats what killers do Do you see the logic here. Its basically just trying to find a way to blame a harmless object for a murder. Too me thats just fu¢king retarted
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Well, yeah. Violence didn't exist until video games.
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1 ReplyI bet the media can't even get a K/D above 1.4. They're just mad.
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to bad about the news but i don't really care anymore about the blaming games part it is just so silly.
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The media is retarded, they probably think wwII came about because hitler played to much call of duty.
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Same old story over again. If media wants to create interesting controversy, they should find a new entertainment product to use in their news - blaming video games as a cause for murder became boring by now.
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4 RepliesEdited by West Shreds: 5/6/2014 8:38:50 AMDude, they're just jelly of AH's awesomeness.
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Okay I have learnt from video games how to combat this. Everyone sprint into battle then jump, do a 360 no scope head shot. If any police come just dropshot them. GG news companies
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1 ReplyThey can't do this anymore. They just can't. It used to be sinful, but now it's plain factually incorrect. They've 100% proven scientifically that video games doesn't correlate to violence. Not only is there no causation, there's not even any correlation! They're willfully lying to our faces now! I hope that they get their faces curb stomped on! Bastards!!
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The media is stupid. A 21 year old can do the same thing,and who will they blame? They would blame mental problems. But when a teen does it,they blame video games. I don't listen to their bullshit.
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Down with comedy and games! They harm children!
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1 Replyit's outrageous. i saw another story like that in the news the other day, where a kid kills his teacher, and the media blames dark souls because of it. i mean, how stupid can they be? if it was dark souls, the kid would have died 23 times before finally killing his teacher
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I remember watching the nra give an address on gun violence after sandy hook and he blamed the entire thing on a 2d game called. "Kindergarden killer" that didn't even qualify for newgrounds.
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Sigh. The media will always do this. Remember when that kid killed people and they tried to blame minecraft?
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