in this list we take a look at some crimes which lead to death and deaths which were
influenced or blamed on video games,
Manhunt Rampage Manhunt is a stealth survival horror game
developed by rockstar north and published by rockstar games, it was released on playstation
2 on november 18th 2003 in north america, and april 20th 2005 in europe.
the game's plot follows a supposed executed death row inmate who is forced to produce
a series of snuff films for a film producer. on its release the game was surrounded by
controversy this was due to the level of graphic violence within the game.
the game features several executions, these include suffocating victims with plastic bags
while pummelling them to death they also include beaten victims to a bloody pulp with baseball
bats, crowbars and a variety of bladed items. Once you achieve an executions you earn points.
Due to the graphic material within the game it was banned in several countries.
Just 3 months after the games UK release it made headlines in the british newspapers, some
headlines included "murder by playstation" this came after a 17 year old stabbed his
friend to death with a claw hammer, the 17 year old was said to be obsessed with
the game, his younger friend 14 year old stefan pakeerah owed him 75 pounds.
the 17 year old's initial idea was to rob stefan, he lead him to Leicester park equipped
with a knife and a claw hammer he then carried out the horrific act which lead to stefans
death. stefans parents blamed the violent video game for
the vicious attack carried out on their son, in court it was said that despite the publicity
surrounding the case which linked the murder to the 17 year olds obsession with computer
games, the game shall not be involved in the case.
Due to all the attention on the case a campaign was started in england to have the games removed
from stores, some labelled the game as a "murder simulator"
and claimed it influence kids to go out and murder people.
this lead to the entertainment and leisure software publishers association to make a
statement they said "we sympathize enormously with the family
and parents of stefan pakeerah. However, we reject any suggestion or association between
tragic events and the sale of the video game Manhunt.
The game in question is classified 18 by the british board of film classification and therefore
should not be in the possession of a juvenile." in the end the 17 year old got life in prison
and Manhunt was banned in 5 countries.
World Of Warcraft Suicide World of Warcraft is a massively multiplayer
online role-playing game created in 2004 by blizzard entertainment.
In the game players are able to create their own character they then enter severs based
on there preferred setting they must do quests and other missions in order
to level up and develop their character. Xiao Yi was a 13 year old boy from China who
was addicted to the game. He would play for hours on end without breaks,
his parents noticed his concerning behaviour, his father said "when playing the game my
kid was like someone taking drugs who could not control himself"
in may of 2005 the 13 year old committed suicide by jumping from the roof of a 24 story building.
his suicide notes were written in the perspective of his world of warcraft character in them
he spoke of his addiction and said he hopes to be reunited with
his online friends in the afterlife. His father had also said "His mother and I
were very worried about him. But we knew little about the Internet and we did not know how
to save him" they had once found him in starving in an
internet cafe after two days of playing online role playing games.
his parents questioned him and he told them that he had been poisoned by games and could
no longer control himself.
Grand Theft Auto Killing Spree In june of 2003 a teenager by the name of
devin moore who was obsessed with the grand theft auto series went on a killing spree,
by this time the most recent grand theft auto to be released was Vice City, in it you play
as tommy vercetti, a mafia hitman who is released from prison. after his involvement
in a drug deal gone wrong he seeks out those responsible while building a criminal empire.
in the game you can decapitate people, go on a car stealing rampage and even starts
massacres with a chainsaw. the teen was a big fan of the game.
devin had left his home on the morning of june 7th 2003 he then decided to steal a car
while cruising around he was pulled over by the police
and taken into a station. Once in the station devin lunged at officer
arnold strickland and grabbed his 40 caliber glock and shot strickland twice killing him.
an officer by the name of james crump heard the shots and came running in, devin shot
him three times killing him. devin then walked down a hallway toward the
emergency dispatcher room, he went in there and shot the dispatcher by the name of ace mealer
five times killing him.
the event only lasted a few minutes but had disastrous consequences.
devin then went outside to the parking lot, jumped into a police cruiser and took off.
once police captured him again he reportedly said "life is like a video game, everybodys
got to die sometime" many people including the media tried to blame
his obsession with grand theft auto on the murders.
Halo Parent Killer Halo 3 is a first person shooter developed
by bungie for the xbox 360, released in 2007 its the third instalment in the halo franchise.
You play as master chief, a cybernetically enhanced supersoldier, you battle against
alien races known as the covenant during an interstellar war.
16 year old danny petric of ohio started playing halo after a snowboarding injury kept him
at home for more than a year. he spiralled into depression and didnt sleep
well and just about ate anything, all he wanted to do was play halo 3.
believing he starting to become obsessed with it his parents confiscated the game.
they locked it in their gun cabinet believing danny wouldnt be able to access it, well danny
managed to get the cabinet open. he took the game and a gun.
Full of rage he stormed into the lounge and shot them while they were watching a baseball
game, he shot his father in the head but he survived, his mother died.
his father blamed his sons crime on halo 3. danny was convicted of murder and attempted
murder and was jailed without the possibility of parole for 23 years.
Xbox Addict Killer Tyrone Spellman from philadelphia was addicted
to playing xbox and would play for up to 7 hours a day without breaks.
while playing xbox on september 7th 2006 his 17 month old daughter accidentally pulled
the power socket out the wall causing the xbox to turn
off. As tyrone was about to complete a mission
this infuriated him, he hit her over the head repeatedly causing her skull to crack which
lead to her death. he done all this while his pregnant girlfriend
slept in the next room. he then fled from the house and his girlfriend
and mother to the child found her dead. the 27 year old confessed his crime to the
police the next day. he got up to 47 years in prison for the crime,
tyrones lawyer said "tyrone is not happy with the verdict and does not agree with it".
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