Tag: killing
Japanese woman jailed for killing virtual husband
Let’s be clear here, before we start. No physical harm has come to anyone here, so before you get all “omg wtf computer games make people violent”, think again. A Japanese lady has been jailed after she hacked into a game called “Maple Story”, and ‘killed’ her virtual husband’s avatar…
Grand Theft Auto IV blamed for Thai killing – game pulled from shelves
This isn’t your usual tabloid shock story, where there was a robbery and one of the items taken just so happened to be a PlayStation. This is FOR REAL.
A Thai teenager has confessed to robbing and killing a taxi driver – then allegedly told police he was trying to recreate a scene from Grand Theft Auto. There’s no denying the facts or fudging the issue here – he was copying the game. It’s a 100% confirmed copycat crime. There’s going to be trouble over this. Big trouble.
“He said he wanted to find out if it was as easy in real life to rob a taxi as it was in the game,” chief police investigator…
