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Forums - Gaming - A 13 year old father slashes friend's throat after Gears of War 3 session, game gets the blame

This just shows that violent games are not good for stupid humans. I mean being 13 and a father and playing GOW and "knifing" others qualifies for being an idiot.

This is not proof that violent games are the problem its proof that mentally unstable people are and that they should not be exposed to violent movies, games, weapons etc. And that we need a psychological "test" for kids entering schools etc.

We also need some kind of aptitude check for people that want to have kids!

I hope the kid's kid is in an orphanage its not good be around such a moronic father.



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Yes, I'm sure the fact that he was 13, rather than the fact that he was clearly extraordinarily mentally unstable (not a lot of mentally stable 13 year old fathers), was the main factor behind his actions.



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why was a toddler playing a mature rated game ?



I'm pretty sure the problem lies in 13-yr old father lol.... fucked up people will be fucked up.....



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It's obvious that he had no other behavioral problems before he played Gears of War.



That's outraging, people should contain themselves when playing video games.
And the fact that the 13 year old boy is a father enrages me.



Yeahhh, ban the game. Just imagine what happens if a ban would be put on all violent games.



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who was babysitting while he was out slashing throats,very irresponsible

yeah we have 30yr old grandparents over here too,doesn't everybody or is it just us,can we blame weed too,video games and weed enemy of the human race



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Here we go again, someone is already crazy but lets blame games for everything. Just because games are foreign to people who don't play them doesn't mean you can blame everything on them. It's a type of entertainment that you have to realize does nothing to change peoples mental health just like shows and movies can't. If the person is already crazy which obviously he is if he is a father at 13 years old, forms of entertainment don't change that. It's the crazy kids fault so you shouldn't try and sugar coat it by blaming something else.