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GTAIV - Violence flares after launch
Jetrockite | 2:08 PM on 04.29.2008 10 comments




A 23-year-old was repeatedly stabbed in Croydon, south London as he walked past 100 people queuing to buy the controversial game, in which players rob and murder their way through the criminal underworld.

A hooded man with a knife - who is thought to have known the victim - jumped out of the line outside Gamestation and stabbed him several times before running away.

This was bound to happen. Although this means a new opening for the tabloids to attack the gaming industry once again, I see no clues or signs that the game was an influence to what happened.

If you have the common sense, you can see it has nothing to do with the game. The only thing I could think of is the high demand of the famous title. Maybe they had no money and didn't want to miss out, maybe they were planning to attack these people, you never know, but this creates so many gaps in which Rockstar can be attacked.

I was reading this article and I then came on to this.

However, there are concerns that the game, which follows an Eastern European criminal as he comes to the United States and turns to a life of crime, will fall into the hands of younger children.

Responsibility lies within the parent of the child. These "false conclusions" are so biased that they don't take a reality check whenver they think about these sort of things, which usually (and probably will in this case) end up as a complaint towards the company. "Don't release the game, it's too violent for children" - That's what age verification is for, and being a good parent. Retailers aren't so retarded that they would sell a copy of GTAIV to a child.

Obviously justice will be served for the victims, but still, I'm more focused on what the tabloids will say. What do you think?

(Sorry for my lack of imaginative writing, I'm not used to blogging...yet :P)

via. The Guardian



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Itchy's Destructoid Blog
Oh. That's not good.

Did the man die?
king3vbo's Destructoid Blog
I have no idea why, but Im getting major deja vu
Jetrockite's Destructoid Blog
@Itchy
No, the victims didn't die. They were described as "comfortable" in the article.
Itchy's Destructoid Blog
Jetrockite: Oh, as long as he's "comfortable". Funny that the suspect "knew" the victim. If anyone you'd stab someone you /don't/ know, you'd think.

King: I think it's because you, and everyone else was expecting this.

Now, for the real question. 360 or PS3 version?
Jetrockite's Destructoid Blog
Have no idea, yet I don't think it matters.
mid3vol's Destructoid Blog
king: i think it's because you, and everyone else has read this on the front page.
Dead Movie Star's Destructoid Blog
So he stabbed the guy and ran away... clearly he wanted the game.
braulio09's Destructoid Blog
hai gheyman

u r in mah dtoidz...woah

also, this is in da frontpage but i dunno if you posted it before jimmles
Jetrockite's Destructoid Blog
I posted it before him. Just before though.


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