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MageMoa · 01-13-2009, 01:15 PM

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Last month we reported that a boy shot his parents because they took video games away. This morning the Associated Press is reporting that the judge has convicted this Ohio teenager who shot and killed his mother and wounded his clergyman father over a video game dispute.

In September 2007, Daniel Petric, then 16, had sneaked out of his bedroom window to purchase the game at a store against his father's orders. When he returned home, his parents caught him with the game and took it from him. About a month later, Daniel used his father's key to open the lockbox and remove the gun and the game. After shooting his parents, the troubled boy tried to frame his father by placing the gun in his hand.

Despite his lawyer's claim that a supposed addiction to Halo 3 turned Daniel Petric into a killer, the judge has found the 17-year-old guilty in the 2007 slaying of his mother and wounding of his father. Lorain County Common Pleas Judge James Burge said that video game addiction was not a defense. The judge also noted that there was evidence of premeditation on Petric's part.

Now Petric faces maximum penalty of life in prison without parole.

Source: *******
Date: Jan 13 2009

Relevant story: http://news.************/content/200...70338758.shtml

Seriously; this is horrible. I can't understand how someone could do this...

Digitalised · 01-13-2009, 01:17 PM

Its this kind of psychos that give us gamers a bad reputation.

shadowsworn · 01-13-2009, 01:19 PM

Yeah someone posted this a while ago.

Glad to hear that he got what was coming to him, though.

fenix40k · 01-13-2009, 01:21 PM

yep. Read it on the news.I think that all people who are like this boy have some "damage" in their mental health .Bad family condition or something else...in the end .The people dont like the games anymore...(older ones)

MageMoa · 01-13-2009, 01:22 PM

I just got a horrible feeling when reading this. I mean; I knew what he had done a few weeks ago, but this article made me feel bad.

Alivada · 01-13-2009, 01:25 PM

They are even thinking about putting warning lables on games that have Teen or Higher (so probably 15+ here in England) like "Games have been known to result in violent behavior" i think thats going a bit over the top.
P.S The boy was 16 i have to put some blame in the parents for wrapping him up and cotten wall and not letting him play halo 3 were you only get a spray of blood.

MageMoa · 01-13-2009, 01:30 PM

I think it would be better to stop selling games like GTA and other ''violent'' games. Game shops should give the adults of the child some info about the game first, so they know what for game it is.

fenix40k · 01-13-2009, 01:35 PM

or we need extra rooms (like for videos - porn xD) only when you are 18 you can enter.

MageMoa · 01-13-2009, 01:38 PM

Who is going to control that? <_<
You should make the games only available if the parents of a child under the 18 agree with it after being informed.

Alivada · 01-13-2009, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by MageMoa

I think it would be better to stop selling games like GTA and other ''violent'' games. Game shops should give the adults of the child some info about the game first, so they know what for game it is.

I disagree (espically about stop selling violent games) the Parent should research or simply ask its not the shop assisstant's job to look after the child.

01-13-2009, 01:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
shadowsworn Retired Staff Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 9,130 Reputation: 246	Yeah someone posted this a while ago. Glad to hear that he got what was coming to him, though. __________________ From which of this oak shall I hang myself?

01-13-2009, 01:22 PM	#5 (permalink)
MageMoa OnRPG Elite Member! Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 8,049 Reputation: 138	I just got a horrible feeling when reading this. I mean; I knew what he had done a few weeks ago, but this article made me feel bad. __________________ I'm only one voice in a million, but you ain't taking that from me!

01-13-2009, 01:25 PM	#6 (permalink)
Alivada OnRPG Elite Member! Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Somewhere over the rainbow Posts: 5,130 Reputation: 162	They are even thinking about putting warning lables on games that have Teen or Higher (so probably 15+ here in England) like "Games have been known to result in violent behavior" i think thats going a bit over the top. P.S The boy was 16 i have to put some blame in the parents for wrapping him up and cotten wall and not letting him play halo 3 were you only get a spray of blood. __________________

01-13-2009, 01:30 PM	#7 (permalink)
MageMoa OnRPG Elite Member! Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 8,049 Reputation: 138	I think it would be better to stop selling games like GTA and other ''violent'' games. Game shops should give the adults of the child some info about the game first, so they know what for game it is. __________________ I'm only one voice in a million, but you ain't taking that from me!

01-13-2009, 01:38 PM	#9 (permalink)
MageMoa OnRPG Elite Member! Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 8,049 Reputation: 138	Who is going to control that? <_< You should make the games only available if the parents of a child under the 18 agree with it after being informed. __________________ I'm only one voice in a million, but you ain't taking that from me!

01-13-2009, 01:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
fenix40k OnRPG Elite Member! Join Date: May 2006 Location: Monky Island Posts: 6,000 Reputation: 29	yep. Read it on the news.I think that all people who are like this boy have some "damage" in their mental health .Bad family condition or something else...in the end .The people dont like the games anymore...(older ones)

01-13-2009, 01:35 PM	#8 (permalink)
fenix40k OnRPG Elite Member! Join Date: May 2006 Location: Monky Island Posts: 6,000 Reputation: 29	or we need extra rooms (like for videos - porn xD) only when you are 18 you can enter.

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