raggety writes "A British online paper called the Mirror is reporting a very odd story. At the center of it all: a Playstation3 and GTA4. The cast and characters? A couple who had been living together for over 30 years and their 10 year old son. The background? The couple buys their son a PS3 and a copy of GTA4. The end result is a dead woman from playing GTA4 every night till 5 or 6AM. It seems that the system was setup in the bedroom and the husband wasn''''t getting any sleep (due to her gaming addition). So in his sleep deprived state, he decided to act out like some WoW character and stab her 20 times.
Can you say over reacted? I can see the guys point that he needs some sleep but this is a tad excessive. I wonder if he checked the receipt to see how much she paid for it and went into a rage? All he had to do was take it back or mash it up into itty bitty PS3 meatballs but NOOOOO, the gaming industry takes another black eye for someone''''s rage issues. I can already see the parents reaction. Kids will be banned from playing this game and they won''''t get that PS3 they wanted for Christmas (and that''''s a bad thing???). There will be congressional hearings about the rating system on video games. Uncle Creepy will play his version of "7 mins in heaven" with me except there''''ll be alot more screaming. In short, the apocalypse.
The topper on the cake for this little goat rodeo we call a family is that the man was sentenced to life in prison today. For those you having trouble with remembering your own birthday, today is April Fool''''s day. The interwebs is abuzz with deciding whether this is a hoax or not. I''''ll let you decide.
On the plus side, maybe this could increase the KOF membership since it means that there will be less consoles and more PC gaming. At least until someone decides to go postal on their Chihuahua for turning their WoW character into a gay troll.
Link to the Neowin Article"
