Washington Navy Yard gunman, played Call of Duty

[garsands]

Experts have argued for many years people addicted to violent computer games can be affected by their content.

Call Of Duty are first-person shooting games where the gamer plays the role of military men on realistic missions.

Well what do you know

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/washington-navy-yard-gunman-aaron-2280976

The whole front page of the mirror paper had this as its headline story with images of the game.


But Its not all silly the Independent news paper gave GTA5 a glowing review.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...ly-the-greatest-series-ever-made-8819135.html

 

[Tune]

So do millions of other people.

 

[lurkio]

To be honest , if played COD I would probably go on a killing spree , starting with myself

Which is more likely to tbe the cause of this incident

1. He was a mental nutcase with mental health issues
2. He played video games with shooting in them

 

[Diplexbullet19]

Saw this coming after BBC news made sure they caught his friend saying it.

 

[MikeTheNative]

A terrible piece of reporting from a poor newspaper, not much more to say than that.

 

[Jono8]

Did he eat sandwiches as well? Because perhaps it was the sandwich eating that did it.

 

[fornowagain]

I like one of the comments

People were also killing each other in Victorian times, sure they hadn't been playing Grand Theft Stagecoach.

 

[MikeTheNative]

He had been seeking treatment for paranoia, insomnia and possible schizophrenia and may also have PTSD but him shooting firballs at orks in "violent" World of Warcraft is what tipped him over the edge.

 

[Edrof]

Media in Stupid Headline Shocker.

 

[Cosmic Schwung]

Did he eat sandwiches as well? Because perhaps it was the sandwich eating that did it.

I'm confident that nearly all murders are committed by people that have eaten sandwiches at some point in their life. How many more needless killings will it take before someone bans these bread-based murder spree inducers?

 

[Sleepery]

Wise words here:

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/09/18/the-lies-that-bind-us-the-mainstream-media-and-gaming/

The short version - just about everyone under the age of 30 plays games. It's only the over 60's running the newspapers who don't seem to have grasped this basic fact, and the really sad thing is that it obscures the true issues that cause this kind of behaviour.

 

[Divinious]

So is it more of a problem that he was a gamer or that he had access to a guns? Given that he had mental issues (PTSD) think I Know which I would have restricted his access too! Such lazy journalism is unfortunately much more common now days! When I was at school the big scapegoat of the day was video nasties generations before it was rock n roll, before that it was jazz music!

 

[Sleepery]

Well I could understand jazz music driving someone to violence

 

[arknor]

I like one if the comments

actually a medieval grand theft auto type game could be bloody amazing

 

[Five.Stars]

To be honest , if played COD I would probably go on a killing spree , starting with myself

Which is more likely to tbe the cause of this incident

1. He was a mental nutcase with mental health issues
2. He played video games with shooting in them

Would be a short spree then!

 

[agnes]

Let's be honest, anyone can be traced back to playing games.

It's just stiring up the mothers nest.

 

[wnb]

I can not be bothered reading the rest of that that article the first paragraph was enough for me. Most of it is complete fiction.

 

[Evilsod]

God help us all if he respawns.

 

[Kosmiche]

John McEnroe played Pong.
Felix Baumgartner played Space Invaders.
Francesco Schettino played Carrier Command.
Usain Bolt played QWOP.
Colin Mcrae played Take on Helicopters.

 

[Evilsod]

I think you'll find Felix played Just Cause.