Kids and Videogames.
Ok Iwas chilling at my house after a long ass day at the office, looking at the news and you guys won't believe this shit. Well I know it won't be that shocking to some people since most of us are aware of the GTA style thingie going around with kids these days. But this is the winner.
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Today, the tragic case of what the mainstream media dubbed the "Halo Killer" came to a resolution of sorts. According to a report from local Fox TV affiliate WJW-TV, an Ohio judge sentenced 17-year-old Daniel Petric to 23 years to life for fatally shooting his 43-year-old mother in October 2007. Petric was convicted of the crime back in January, but was spared the death penalty because of his age.
Both Petric's defense attorneys and prosecutors blamed the crime on the teen's "addiction" to the game Halo 3. His lawyers claimed that the teen had become obsessed with the game after playing it constantly while incapacitated for months following an injury. Pleading an insanity defense, they argued he would forgo food and sleep to play the game for up to 18 hours a day, creating a mental state where he didn't think death was permanent.
"The playing of the video games and the reality of shooting somebody in his case was blinded; it was merged," defense attorney James Kersey reportedly argued. "He had no thoughts during this process. During this time, he was blinded that his parents might be dead; that they might never come back."
When Petric's parents began to limit his time playing the game, he became distraught. According to an associated report, the teen planned the murder for weeks before entering his parents' bedroom and shooting them both in the head. Petric reportedly said "Close your eyes, I've got a surprise for you," before pulling the trigger and then altering the crime scene to make it look like a murder-suicide. He then fled with the game.
"His addiction was so strong, was running rampant in a tired, exhausted young man, that anybody or anything that stood between him playing the video game and not having his way was in peril," Kersey said of Petric's state of mind during the killings.
Petric's 45-year-old father, a local minister, survived his wounds and was in court supporting his son throughout the trial. Judge James Burge took the father's pleas for leniency into account in passing the sentence, which will make the younger Petric eligible for parole in the year 2032. Burge also pinned much of the blame on games themselves, voicing his wishes that game addiction should be studied further.
"I feel confident that if there were no such thing as violent video games, I wouldn't know Daniel Petric," said the judge.
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My comments on this:
1) That's why they rate game as "M" for mature Doh.
2) Guns don't kill people... people do. How the hell the kid got a hold of a gun to kill his mom?!?!?! A Videogame by itself won't make you kill your parent. Mental state of the individual is what cause them to go this way. I play all type of videogames and never ever crossed my mind to kill my mom or my brother or pop some heads. Getting rid of violent videogames won't eliminate people with mental issues to commit violent acts.
3) The kid was clearly mentally unstable before playing halo in the first place. Why? I'm sure halo wasn't out 17 years ago for him to behave like that.
4) He was so addicted to it that I'm sure his thinking was "Ok my mom is a covenant ! Fire at will master chief!! o shi she is gonna get the oracle protect it at all costs!" Pathetic. A 17 years old kid without self-control is serious business.
5) The judge is stupid. Did Jack the Ripper play halo3, GTA, or any other violent game in the first place to murder all those people? what about Hitler? I'm sure not...
6) Why didn't the parents limited him in the first place? Lack of good old ass kicking was missing here lol. He knew what he was doing was wrong, which is why he attempted to cover it up.
Post your comments about it. That will be all for today's topic have a good night folks!
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Today, the tragic case of what the mainstream media dubbed the "Halo Killer" came to a resolution of sorts. According to a report from local Fox TV affiliate WJW-TV, an Ohio judge sentenced 17-year-old Daniel Petric to 23 years to life for fatally shooting his 43-year-old mother in October 2007. Petric was convicted of the crime back in January, but was spared the death penalty because of his age.
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Both Petric's defense attorneys and prosecutors blamed the crime on the teen's "addiction" to the game Halo 3. His lawyers claimed that the teen had become obsessed with the game after playing it constantly while incapacitated for months following an injury. Pleading an insanity defense, they argued he would forgo food and sleep to play the game for up to 18 hours a day, creating a mental state where he didn't think death was permanent.
"The playing of the video games and the reality of shooting somebody in his case was blinded; it was merged," defense attorney James Kersey reportedly argued. "He had no thoughts during this process. During this time, he was blinded that his parents might be dead; that they might never come back."
When Petric's parents began to limit his time playing the game, he became distraught. According to an associated report, the teen planned the murder for weeks before entering his parents' bedroom and shooting them both in the head. Petric reportedly said "Close your eyes, I've got a surprise for you," before pulling the trigger and then altering the crime scene to make it look like a murder-suicide. He then fled with the game.
"His addiction was so strong, was running rampant in a tired, exhausted young man, that anybody or anything that stood between him playing the video game and not having his way was in peril," Kersey said of Petric's state of mind during the killings.
Petric's 45-year-old father, a local minister, survived his wounds and was in court supporting his son throughout the trial. Judge James Burge took the father's pleas for leniency into account in passing the sentence, which will make the younger Petric eligible for parole in the year 2032. Burge also pinned much of the blame on games themselves, voicing his wishes that game addiction should be studied further.
"I feel confident that if there were no such thing as violent video games, I wouldn't know Daniel Petric," said the judge.
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My comments on this:
1) That's why they rate game as "M" for mature Doh.
2) Guns don't kill people... people do. How the hell the kid got a hold of a gun to kill his mom?!?!?! A Videogame by itself won't make you kill your parent. Mental state of the individual is what cause them to go this way. I play all type of videogames and never ever crossed my mind to kill my mom or my brother or pop some heads. Getting rid of violent videogames won't eliminate people with mental issues to commit violent acts.
3) The kid was clearly mentally unstable before playing halo in the first place. Why? I'm sure halo wasn't out 17 years ago for him to behave like that.
4) He was so addicted to it that I'm sure his thinking was "Ok my mom is a covenant ! Fire at will master chief!! o shi she is gonna get the oracle protect it at all costs!" Pathetic. A 17 years old kid without self-control is serious business.
5) The judge is stupid. Did Jack the Ripper play halo3, GTA, or any other violent game in the first place to murder all those people? what about Hitler? I'm sure not...
6) Why didn't the parents limited him in the first place? Lack of good old ass kicking was missing here lol. He knew what he was doing was wrong, which is why he attempted to cover it up.
Post your comments about it. That will be all for today's topic have a good night folks!