Nerd rage can be a powerful drug, as evidenced by a 16-year-old boy in Chile who recently stabbed his brother to death for turning on the PS3 without permission.
The older brother, aged 18, infuriated his sibling when he turned on the console without asking, and was allegedly stabbed in the chest with a knife obtained from the kitchen. The youth would later tell police that things "got out of control" in what could be considered the "no sh*t" statement of the week.
If charges are filed, the boy could face up to five years in prison, where he'll likely find himself in a shower with plenty of folks who aren't keen on asking permission.
Chile boy 'kills brother' over PlayStation row [BBC, thanks Dan]
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9:20 AM on 04.29.2010 | 
I'm Dan, thank YOU for posting my tip. x x x
Agree entirely Patriot, as it was just for turning it on, sure if someone like smashed my PS3 or something, THEN i'd fucking stab them! But for just turning it on? jeez kid, get some real fucking problems in your life!!
Dan, huh? I always had you penned as a Milhouse...
or Tarquin.
or Rhodesia.
or Special K.
or Crash Bandicoot.
Fuck, imagine what he would've done to him if the guy DESTROYED the PS3.
Kill him, resurrect him, and kill him again?
Fuck you haters.
OOPS THE AUTHORITIES DON'T CARE! GERMANY WON'T GET 1 OUT OF 10 UPCOMING TITLES. SORRY!
but on topic, i dont understand where these kids get this rage from? yeah when i was little i would throw controllers etc. but i would never think of walking into my kitchen grabbing a knife and stabbing a relative. then again im sure these 2 kids had 3 different fathers.
[read article] looks like they were orphans. no wonder they have no common sense, they had no real parents to raise them in the first place.
i hope this kid gets stabbed in the ass when he goes to prison.
Before or after you stabbed him in the chest
Wat.
Bonus points: can anybody guess my real name?
yeh yeh..it is fucking oevr the top...
but hey...people kill each other for a cigar these days..
I blew my mind yesterday when, after many months, I finally read your name as Mr Andy Dixon and not Mr Randy Dixon. It was startling to say the least...
Nickname Butcher.
Not you I'm assuming.
Got to love phone's as-of-yet untrained auto correction.
not that it matters....
I thought you were calling me a "nickname butcher" for stealing your classmate's name...
@MidnightOwl
You're not alone, easily half the people here call me "Randy". Must be an optical illusion.
@Dv8thwonder
"I think Europe might one day ban videogames."
Chile is in Europe?
If you kill someone... 5 fuckin years? Whats going on!
Excellent; then in order to keep my life a bit simpler, let's just stick with Randy.
Now, wheeere did I put that birth certificate of yours...AH, here it is...
and nops, chile is in south america.
here you can read more about the news: http://www.mercuriovalpo.cl/prontus4_noticias/site/artic/20100429/pags/20100429000406.html (if you understand spanish XD).
the thing is, both boys didnt have a family and were adopted by a woman from belgium that never was at home and blablabla. tipical story. and he is risking 3 years and 1 day in prison for this. probably he is going to end up in SENAME (national service for the underage) that is pure crap and probably will end up looking like this:
http://andateala.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/flaite5qa.jpg
What does mom and dad think of this?
I guess us chileans will have to keep on holding on to XenoClash to show our faces around the gaming world.
No see this is nerd rage. Not butthurt. Butthurt only induces whining.
Also, Sexy's name is Dan. lulz
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6154624.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-473001/Boy-murdered-brother-Xbox-row-jailed-10-years.html
http://kotaku.com/5032443/xbox-developer-dead-in-murder+suicide
@leox001
actually i dont think it was that big, and even then what makes you think he couldnt play his ps3?
also "things getting out of control" is an understatement at the same level as saying hitler was a douche