UAV found him.

In hindsight maybe not such a fabulous idea to have an article poking fun at him, but how the hell were we supposed to know he was gonna turn up dead, eh?

Such a shame.

@ The Young Scot

Violent videogames!

Well because of this, I'm never banning my children from anything when they are 13 and up.

If I get children.


But anyways, prayers and such for the family. This really went off the deep end for them, as well as the kid.

He killed himself after playing Halo 3.

UAV is offline.

Thats fairly close to my city, I wonder how he died, and I never knew kids were this stupid..

Barack Obama wins the presidency and the next day they find the body, coincidence? Probably.

Man that sucks, I was really hoping he was just hanging at a friends house playing COD4. Major drag. My condolences to the parents, its sad that them doing the right thing ended like this, and I know they are totally going to blame themselves, doing the what if factor. Yea maybe if they had set limits and not have him go cold turkey before, this might not have happened. But its to late for that. (Prepares for the incoming media shit storm.) But maybe this will bring this whole video game "addiction" problem into the light more so those that have a problem can get help.

@Kasmodiah

Have you ever experienced a little thing called sympathy, Some people just lost their son and you want to call them murders even if they were for decency sakes can you not run your mouth in a attempt to fell above the fray.

"UAV found him."

OMG, I'm ROFLing right now. That's so fucked up.

@Vexed Alex

It's life, get over. Freaking Moral Crusaders have their panty's in a bunch.

This happens everywhere, but when it's "game related", the whole world needs to know. There are other things people worry about, and not some spoiled 15 year old who got taught a lesson, even though it was a harsh one.

Life = Death. Being insensitive tp joking about someone's death is like being insensitive to joking about life.

"Hey Alex, Living Good?"
"Yeah"
"Well live some more, you conservative hippy".

I'm gonna guess that he was killed/died within about 72 hours of running away. People that run away from households that aren't fucked up beyond belief either come back in a day or two or die within a day or two.

@Gamer Named Tim Quote;"There are far too many jokes about this.

And dammit, I'm lol-ing at nearly every one of them! STOP before we all end up in hell."

I can't help myself either, I feel so dirty.

My sincerest condolences to the parents.

To a lot of you, this would be a good time to try to prove the Internet Dickwad Theory wrong.

Seeing as I live close to Toronto I've been following this case from early on as well. The Toronto Star has repeatedly inferred, without substantiation, that CoD4 online gamers lured this kid away from his home for nefarious reasons. As a parent I feel really sick for the kids family; however, I am more sickened by the bullshit yellow journalism that has tried to blame a video game for this.

While it's sad that the kid has been found dead, I keep thinking that the parents might be somewhat to blame as well. I'm a parent of a 3 year old (and hopefully another in the near future), is it really hard to spend some time with ones kid(s) nowadays? I don't know how many times playing COD4 (after the my child goes to bed) online you can hear some kid bragging about how long he/she has been playing that day, I find that to be kinda sad and depressing at the same time.
Maybe the parents should get involved in there childrens lifes and find out who they are as people. Then again we as a society, we don't accept responsibility for our actions anymore and believe its always someone elses fault and not our own.
So maybe, just maybe, Brandon Crisp's parents are to blame for letting there kid sit in front of the tv all day as well.

@InfraredChimera:
But they were the ones that took the game away. They did what I would have done if I had a kid whose grades were slipping because he was playing to many video games. Sometimes you just have to blame the kid for being an idiot.

It's very unfortunate. I'm a resident of Toronto so this one hit close to home. My condolences to the family.

@ Scrixx

You we're joking about his death. You were being an insensitive prick.

And yes, people die every day, but that doesn't mean you have to be an asshole about it. Kids do stupid things. I've done stupid things, and you've most definitely done stupid things. You and I were just lucky we weren't killed, and if you did die, would you like someone insulting your family while they're hurt?

You're absolutely sickening. I hope you never loose a child, or anyone close to you for that matter. It's probably cool with you, right? I mean, people die every day. What's one more, even if it is in your family?

Sad news. This kid lived close to a friend of mine. Doubt they knew each other though.

Failed parenting.

Alright, if we're going to do this, let's stick to a format.

People who are faking sympathy, listen closely. In addition to voicing your sympathy even though it adds nothing at all to the conversation, make sure to ridicule the people who are making jokes. Remember, the more you yell it them, the less insensitive you look. Don't forget to throw a "my heart/prayers/thoughts go out to the family" in there for good measure, no matter how obvious a statement that is and how many times it's already been said.

People who are making jokes, remember to instantly attack anybody who expresses grief. It's fake, and they deserve to be punished for it. Don't forget to put put things in perspective for everyone by commenting on how many people die every day around the world, because that really helps. Remember, everyone loves a jokester.