it's a shame people like this dont just kill themselves and leave everyone else alone

This really sucks. At least there were no children involved, that would have been a whole lot worse.

Wizards of the Coast?

I'll refrain from the easy cheap shot and offer my condolences her family and colleagues as well.

I didnt even know what Wizards of the Coast was... until I looked it up.

Very sad, somewhat puts recent events into perspective. Also, what Mushman said.

I'll keep the family in my prayers.

I know about WotC because of my old days playing the Pokemon TCG. Sad to hear this, Mushman put it best.

That is terrible. My thoughts are with Melissa and her family. I hate people like her husband. People looking for attention, so they cause these catastrophic events to get attention. Way to go jerk off.

Seriously I would never even think of hurting my wife. Never physically or verbally... all is love.

This guy is fucked up for what he did.

I understand the horrible loss and can never understand how it feels... but I really dont think its fare to say things about the husband, we dont know what went on and even if we did its not our place... no matter the outcome he had a family as well.

This is sad. But in order to lighten the mood, lets assume Joseph Batten was a PS3 fanboy.

Wow, that's horrible. My thoughts are with her family and friends.

@RJG

My thoughts exactly, news media is morally bakrupt, I won't be surprised to see that very title you suggested by used by the fucktards at fox news when(not IF, but when)they use this story to futher push thier vile agenda against videogames. :(


@Depchet

Dude, I partially agree with you, I really do, but no matter what the outcome is, he will still be a muderer.He at least deserves to be criticised for the murder, don't you agree.

No matter what was in his head at the time, ultimatly he commited a vile act.

This sort of thing is always an absolute tragedy. Ladies, please choose your douchebags more carefully. :(

@ dephect: Even though we don't know what happened, all we do know is the husband is a little crazy. No one should ever kill another human being, ever. Especially your wife, the person you vowed to protect and take care of for the rest of your life. I know he had a family as well, and they are in my thoughts too, but not the husband.

....Damn...

That sucks.

HAHA! Take that, Xbots!

That's terrible.

"Melissa had previously sought a protection order after finding out her husband had purchased a handgun."

So what were the authorities doing? I think they should be a change in the law concerning things like this, you hear lots of cases in the media where someone knows that someone else has the intent or potiential to kill (like stalkers)but can't do anything about it because they haven't hurt or killed the person yet.

So sad. My heart goes out to her family and friends.

I can only hope no children lost any parent's because of this tragedy.

must've been all those video games he played.

Oh my god, Dephect is no longer a PS3 fanboy AND he is a bleeding heart liberal. How can I ever hate him now???

lets all go out for free pizza!

I agree with Dephect. It's not our place to criticize the husband. Killing your wife and yourself is not "a little" crazy. The guy obviously had a severe mental illness to say the least. I'm not saying this justifies his actions (because it doesn't at all), but what I am saying is that criticizing this guy as though he were just as normal as anyone, and assuming he just did what he did because of a lust for evil is downright wrong. Saying that he "deserves death" or our judgment is not true at all. It's not our place to judge, and it certainly isn't right of us to spread hatred during a tough time for the families involved.

My condolences to the wife and the husband, as well as their family. It's a sad thing that happened to them. It's a shame the husband ended up taken over by his mental illness, and it's a shame the wife ended up a victim because of it. I feel sorry for both the husband and the wife.

I also agree with Infinitestrike. The Virginia Tech shooting for instance was a big example of guns being readily available to someone mentally deranged. Personally, I don't understand the need for guns being so available in general. While not everyone can agree with full on gun control, I don't see why everyone couldn't agree that people like this man, as well as several other deranged shooters throughout modern history, should not have been able to get their guns. Obviously this person had a history, or at least reputation, of being abusive, violent, and mentally unstable. Is that the type of person that should be able to buy guns in this country?