Sad stuff. I know what it's like to get angry over gaming stuff but this is so far overboard.

Bullshit that they blamed videogames for one of the reasons.

At least hes going away for a long time.

Disgusting. Hope he burns in hell.

Is it really that hard to exercise some self control? I mean I love my video games too but when my fiance walks buy and yanks my guitar hero controller out I don't go all Bruce Lee on her.

May the pain his *** receives in prison make the pain he inflicted on that poor girl seem like a paper cut.

I hope he gets eaten alive in prison. Stupid mother fucker. I once kicked my cat really hard for doing something similar. But thats a fucking cat. He killed a child over a fucking game. Burn in hell asshole. Sorry if that sounds harsh but I am a parent and this just sickens me.

Bizzare that they always blame on Video Games everytime somebody is acting stupid or out of control...
I'm playing Videogames since 22 years and it never came up to my mind to pick
up my little sister, throw her agains the wall, making a "Guille Flash-Kick" in her face and doing a Hokuto-no-Ken thousands fists in her face....
...this guy is just plain stupid retarded and is trying to blame it on games just not to be convicted as what he simply is: A Murderer.

I know for me as a gamer I never like to buy in to the "games lead to violence" theory but this is a case where you can't just dismiss it.

I think from the ruling the jury found that he wasn't trying to kill the girl but he still wanted to hurt her.

It's assholes like this who give the rest of us a bad name. The one in a million who would actually get violent over a game is all people remember.

@Witzbold: What'd you expect Witz? "Man overreacts in response to interruption of addiction."? This is the news we's talking about!

From the sounds of it, the kid didn't stand a chance in between a bunch of neglectful parents. Maybe Human Services should've taken the kid in the first place, let the parents either wallow in their misery or snap to it and fix their lives to regain their child.

Gaming was just his addiction. If he had been high/drunk I doubt the result would have been any different. There is probably something wrong with him and it was only a matter of time before he snapped. It's terrible that his daughter was the one who was caught in the cross fire.

*sigh* god damnit, more blame goes on bad video games or video game obsession because of what a bunch of stupi ass people do.

I wouldn't say that they blamed his obsession, rather they stated that his obsession gave him probable cause. Either way it didn't matter that it was an obsession with games, just that it was an obsession. It could have as easily been a bottle of alcohol or a collectable Hummel figure that got knocked over and the prosecutors wouldn't have changed their tac. We have to remember that this is a case that was only tangentally about video games. It's more of a case about how some people don't deserve to be parents.

@Witzbold: Yes, why can't they blame it on a lack of self control? Just because the Xbox was the catalyst.

Can you say bend over and spread em? This bastard is gonna someones bitch real quick and he'll squeal like a pig once his one way chute gets violated.

So uh, why didn't he get the chair again?

Oh, that's right. Our legal system is just as retarded as our political system! Oops!

Fucking douche bag. Rot in hell you peice of shit. I hope your head gets crushed. Better yet, drown or burn to death. Both are fit for such waste of fucking human life.

Sorry for the excessive profanity.

@TheBoxNinja, Ampillion : Now with 50% more LJ gaming blog., Solitary_Satellite & Witzbold: No one is blaming games here. The prosecution used his obsession as probable cause but they didn't say that the games made him do it. If that was the case then they would be prosecuting the game companies. Games just happened to be this man's obsession and what set him off. Please don't make this out to be an attack on games when it clearly isn't.

@Witzbold: Strictly speaking it was the video game that prompted him to act like a moron and do something he will regret for the rest of his life.

@ballaboy311: I don't think you can justify kicking a cat any more than you can justify kicking a child. If you're that angry, kick yourself.

Woa, that's a whole lot of sadism for one thread. You guys might want to ease off the video games for a while.

I kid, I kid...

Last time I read an article conserning this same subject, it gave me the image that the persecutors weren't actually blaming videogames but rather the obsession itself. That way I thought many of you were overeacting by saying that they blame this on videogames.

Now though, I think that the persecutors should've also informed that this wasn't about videogames. A guy with that state of mind could've lost his temper no matter what the obsession was based on.

Maybe they weren't so smart to figure out that this would create gamers a bad image. Or they didn't care, they didn't want to, or they are just dolts and actually think it was the particular obsession into videogames.

I feel sort of bad saying this..

But I spit out my soda in a mixture of a small laugh and utter "wtf" when I read "Like a walnut"

This guy needs to rot in a 4x4 square of concrete. I just hope the Media won't starts saying "ZOMG MASTER CHIEF TOLD HIM TO DO IT ZORZ"

@ballaboy311: I once kicked my cat really hard for doing something similar. But thats a fucking cat.

News flash: kicking a cat isn't ok either, champ.

Any news publication that uses the word "tot" in their headlines shouldn't be allowed to report news.
@AGiES: Thank you for that. Yes - let's all remember that no one is blaming games, and the quotes we're picking up on come from the closing arguement of a prosecutor to a jury, not from a media outlet to the public.

@ballaboy311: I hear ya. I stabbed my dog once after I got a bad hand in cribbage, and then I got so mad about the vet bills I stabbed it again. I was pretty annoyed about the carpet after that second time but I took it easy and just punched it in the head because you gotta draw the line somewheres.

I wonder if he had anything on record to say about it other than the muttering...

Wow the "cracking her head like a walnut" was a really disturbing thought. So sad.

@jettokisora: Wow a cat is no where near the same thing as a human child. Why should I not be mad at a cat that I scold evertime it goes near it but still does the same thing? I invested a lot of money into my system and everything that it comes with. For it to be ruined by a stupid cat that knows better. Seriosuly get a grip on reality before you turn out like this guy.

@ballaboy311: Are you serious? Kicking a cat because you're pissed is just as fucking bad if you ask me. There is no reason to beat domestic animals, they're more well behaved than most people and certainly don't deserve any form of abuse.

Let him rot.

@ballaboy311: Why don't you wake up and face reality. The cat is a living creature that can't defend itself anymore than a baby could defend itself against a large human abuser.

Get your head out of your ass.

@Ignatius: There's no way a judge can grant capital punishment for third degree murder. If you can't prove intent to kill then there's little reason to believe that prison time and remorse aren't punishment enough.

This guy will go to hell, then go again when he dies.

@ballaboy311: You should train your cat not to fuck around with your hardware. Just pinch that bitch from the neck and yell not to do it again. Otherwise you'll end up kicking babies.

@Moonchilde: Hey leave the guy alone, he's probably taken enough crap about his cat-kicking tendencies I know my wife thought it was weird when I stabbed the dog and the kid was running around squawking about it so I know what he's going through.

@ballaboy311: Are you really justifying kicking your cat? That's pretty disgusting.

@Ignatius: he didnt get the chair because it was an act of rage and not premeditated. there is a difference, and he deserves to rot for the rest of his life holding some ones pocket and getting traded for cartons of cigarettes. he will make a good girlfriend for bubba.

@Moonchilde: Why don't you go back to the PETA forums? Seriously its a cat. I didnt kick it that hard. I simply taught it not to mess with it ever again. Guess what? IT WORKED.

@AGiES:

Perhaps not capital punishment, as this was nowhere near first-degree (which includes intent, malice and planning).

I think he qualifies for at least second degree, which he did with intent and malice. He pummeled her so hard that he fractured her skull, one of the strongest human bones, even in a 17-month old.

@ballaboy311: Your cat doesn't know better, retard. You're barely (if at all) better than this guy who took his anger out on his daughter.

Here's an idea, make it so that your system is out of reach or protected from your cat... wait, no, here's an even better idea: Don't get an animal in the first place. You're obviously too much of a dumbass to carry that kind of responsibility.

What I find very odd is that it's most likely we are NEVER going to hear about any "Wii killing". I begin to wonder if we are not messing some things up by believing that violent videogames doesn't have anything to do with violence. Some people believe that the opposites atract one another, though it is the similarities that bring people together. Violence brings violence.

@ballaboy311: Why should I not be mad at a child that I scold evertime it goes near it but still does the same thing? I invested a lot of money into my system and everything that it comes with. For it to be ruined by a stupid child that knows better. Seriosuly get a grip on reality before you turn out like this guy.

I hear what you are saying loud and clear.

@jettokisora / @MOONCHILDE: Well put, both of you.

@ballaboy311: A cat doesn't "know better" - A cat has no idea what a game console is, or how much of your precious money you put into it. Asshole.

@ballaboy311:

You're welcome to join mr spellman.
A small animal is no different from a small child, they're equally defenseless no matter what your personal opinion are about them.

@jettokisora: Thanks for taking what I said and totally twisting it. Why don't you guys all stop trolling and stick to the news at hand.

@ballaboy311: I'm not the idiot going around saying people who abuse kids should go to hell and then say I kick cats. Does that really make sense? Take a look at what you wrote again, because it doesn't make sense. Like Chewbacca living on Endor, it does not make sense!

@DIPIC: Props to you, too.

@ballaboy311: What you need is a dog like me dude. You choke 'em out now and then they get the message, not like a cat. My dog behaves real good now, hell it goes goes into a corner and whimpers now when I get home and I don't even need to do anything anymore.

@eld: I have a son and would never EVER do anything to harm him. What do you know about having a child? Obviously nothing because you think that it is the same thing as a cat. My son has knocked over other things besides my console. I did not even raise a hand in anger at him. I simply told him what he did was wrong. So shut up! Seriously until you have a kid you will not know the difference between a cat and a child.

@BALLABOY311: Nobody's twisting your words. They're just pointing out how they revealed your abusive royal dickness.

*Sigh* This would have happened no matter what the obession was. If it was drinking and the child knoced his beer over it could have been the same result. I know we can all over react when something we really enjoy gets damaged, but killing someone over it is just an extreme and should be dealt with life. Just sucks that this has to be added to the list of things that are turned to make gamers look bad. Thank god the guy wasn't addicted to Mass Effect...fox would have had a ball.

crazy stuff

Just another Xbot. Maybe he vented out his anger of Sony on his daughter. Regardless, what a dumbass.