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more about #danielpetric stranger: Yeah, it must have been the Halo. Nevermind that in 5 minutes of Google-ing the Petric family you'll come to find that Mark, Daniel's father, is a min... more » TheHeartless: I'm sorry but I believe that people are better than that. I believe, as should we all, that people are not so weak-willed that a video game could con... more » doubtful: The judge should be censured. There psychiatric community does not recognize an addiction to video games, and it is overstepping his limitations as a ... more » Billkwando: I call bullshit. If he "didn't think the deaths would be real due to his immersion in Halo 3", then there better be bloddy asscheek prints at the scen... more » Squaretangle: After reading through the comments, I found it curious that we, the gamers, aren't defending this kid. We're the majority that is scoffing at the sent... more » Islandkiwi: There's more to this story, there just has to be. Did the father speak in defense of the son? Was the child abused, or lacking mental capacity? Becaus... more » Heliophage: Just shoot him when he gets out. Don't worry, you'll only be gone for 20 years, you play games all the time. more » Boom-Chicka-Ah: Here to Create a Star Commenter Empire: so howcome mlg players aren't shooting up a school or something? i mean to become MLG you gotta play A LOT no? more » yodaddy: At least they charged him as an adult instead of a minor. Cause hed be getting out at age 23 instead of doing 23 years. more » Char Aznable: Clearly this kid deserves the chair. more » Mike Yeager: I was really hoping that by lenient sentence you meant that they just threw him in the electric chair, gave him a lethal injection, flipped the switch... more » MellowJade: That's a dumb defence. I mean any person is age knows that shooting a gun at a person=death of that person. Then he gets off with 20 years. Some times... more » Slagathorian: "Defense lawyers argued video game obsession as a motivating factor behind the killing...that Daniel didn't think the deaths would be real due to his ... more » Fadecy: Rival Schools for PSN/XBLA PLZ: Wow, really? This is like giving someone a shorter sentence for rape because they watched tentacle rape hentei more » uppitycracker: This is just going to set a standard that will gradually grow more and more lenient on cases like this. It's pathetic, and it'll probably take some ti... more » anabbeynormality: Is this article talking about game addiction or media sensationalism? Those are completely different topics that this article uses interchangeably. Wh... more » Captain K'nuckles: I'm not planning on taking it seriously until it prematurely claims the life of a beloved, burgeoning artist. more » Insomnia Bob: "Halo 3 INSPIRED Matricide?" ...did he teabag his mom after he shot her? more » Insomnia Bob: Anything can be life disrupting if not done in moderation. Be it gambling, booze, drugs, whatever. Some of those components have actual physically add... more » wild_world_girl: "That's not to say that 17-year-olds have been committing matricide since time immemorial." You mean "haven't" - otherwise it makes no sense. more » -
#gameobsession
Video Game Obsession Cited In Halo Shooter's Lenient Sentencing
An Ohio judge has granted Daniel Petric a lenient sentence today, citing the teen's video game addiction to Halo 3 as a potential contributing factor in the 2007 shooting that left his mother dead.
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#editorial
How Seriously Should We Take Game Addiction?
A Chinese gamer swallows razor blades in a suicide attempt, Daniel Petric shoots his mom and Brandon Crisp runs away from home – anyone see a pattern here? More » -
#murder
Petric Convicted Of Halo 3 Inspired Matricide
Daniel Petric, the Ohio teen who shot and killed his mother over a dispute involving Halo 3, was convicted today of aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder, and other charges related to the heinous crime.
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#ontrial
Halo 3 Shooter's Attorney Argues Insanity Due To Video Game Addiction
Defense attorneys for 17-year-old Daniel Petric, who stands accused of killing his mother and shooting his father in the head, argued yesterday that the teen's video game addiction directly led to the incident. More » -
#tragedy
Teen Shot Parents Because They Took Away Halo 3
Prosecutors at the murder trial of 17-year-old Daniel Petric claim that the teen shot both of his parents, killing his mother, because they wouldn't let him play Halo 3.
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