Archive for the tag "murder"

UK paper looks for “games turned me to crime” stories

Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Crime, Journalism, UK | 5 Comments »

This is fantastic. As you can see here, an unnamed British newspaper is offering "hundreds of pounds" to people who can provide them with a good enough story of how ... Read more..

“Xbox dad” gets at least 22 years for murder

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 Posted in America, Crime | No Comments »

Tyrone Spellman, 27, of Philadelphia, has been sentenced to between 22 and 45 years in prison for killing his daughter after she pulled over his Xbox 360. "I've been doing this ... Read more..

Murderer acted out killing as if in videogame, says defence

Thursday, February 28th, 2008 Posted in America, Crime | No Comments »

A laywer, here, is trying to get a murderer off the hook by telling the jury he lives in "a different world than you and I," the other place being ... Read more..

Games “nomalize” (sic) killing, says report

Saturday, February 9th, 2008 Posted in Stuff, Violence in games | No Comments »

According to this, a recent study at the Indiana School of Medicine has shown that, "Exposure to violent video games, even E [Everyone - Ed] rated video games, increases aggressive ... Read more..