I got some pretty mad inspiration from a wave of recent crimes that have some connection to games. I find them to be truly appalling yet funny at the same time, thinking that these guys should get the death penalty at least. If you guys find any more of these idiotic news stories, post em here. Maybe I'll update the OP if the mods allow the thread to stay alive :P.

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/dec/15/man-pleads-guilty-mortal-kombat-beating-death/ - mortal kombat killer. truly stupid and unbelievably horrid.

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/12/boy_killed_mom_and_shot_dad_ov.html - halo 3 murder. very very sad. a total tragedy.

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/08/29/20080829az-newborn29-on.html - possibly the worst thing i ever read on the news ever.

http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/686122/Akihabara_Massacre_17_Stabbed.html - the akihabara massacre. some insane otaku went on a rampage, stabbing some 17 people.

http://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/12/05/young-boys-hang-kitten-game-controller-cord-after-playing-gta - this... this is just stupid.

lol, some people just go too far.
Anyways, i thought mods were the only ones who made "official" threads XD

too far is.. well, there. they're just idiots.

cmon people, read em and weep

the mortal kaombat one is stupid, mortal kombat isn't even a good game, it just attarct 12 year old kids that want to say they are cause theres lots of blood

i read the akihabara one some time ago, i actually don't get that one, if the people theres sees the man stabbing someone why didn't they try to stop him, let alone let im stand there and stab another 16 people its just weird

well japanese people are built on absolute conformity. i think that guy just went insane because of the stress of the life. the people, i think they were just frozen with fear.