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more about #tragedy FireflyPunk: Am I the only one catching an implication that pot is roughly similar to video games? more » mindf1ow: Weed should not be smoked unless its doctors orders. That baby paid the price for his lack of sobriety. High or drunk, BOTH are bad, and yet people al... more » MinusTimes: Just another example of the dangers of co-sleeping. The guy could have gone to bed at a decent hour and been perfectly sober and this would have more ... more » Mancomb Seepgood of the Elevator Protection Agency: A sad, sad accident but it had nothing to do with the pot. Anyone who tokes regularly knows the effects are pretty much over in a couple of hours so u... more » phisheep: The myth of killing children by lying on them in your sleep goes back thousands of years. See for example 1 Kings 3:19 in the story of the judgment of... more » BarfHappy: As a side note, i hope pot NEVER EVER gets legalized in any country i put a foot on. I am highly allergic to the active principle, and if not treated ... more » KiwiMan: There are plenty of cases of mothers and fathers putting their young children in their bed to sleep, then accidentally suffocating them. It's a traged... more » TheHeartless: As an avid gamer, and a big ol' pothead, let me give my anecdotal evidence as to why this guy is just an asshole who had a tragic accident. There is ... more » KindaGamey: A woman on an airplane was just reported to have accidentally smothered her baby because she fell asleep whilst breast feeding. True story. I don't th... more » Sabbatai: He slept. He didn't murder her and I doubt most mothers would call this negligence if they REALLY thought about how many times they have fallen aslee... more » TheOmnitron: Im sorry, I laughed when I read it. But Im an asshole. In all seriousness, this is sad. But, to look on the bright side, it proves Darwin has a point... more » Hahaue: I don't see why you felt the need to sensationalize the title. Neither marijuana nor video games had anything to do with it, you're just giving people... more » Sabbatai: So he rolled over on her when she was sleeping next to him..and when he was himself asleep. Not pot's fault. Not video game's fault... really not ev... more » SketchyIndividual: The accident (and it was an accident folks, it's not like the guy thought to himself "Hey, I think I'll smoke some reefer at noon then smother my chil... more » Octopain: I think your inclusion of Pot in the title is a little irresponsible. As you mentioned, after 12 hours any effects of the drug would be negligible com... more » Chester Coat Sleaves: Don't buy it. Kinda did but then I started thinking, as high as I've gotten over the years would I ever roll over onto a baby and not notice? The answ... more » Mrugby08: Makes me more convinced than ever that people should be given a test of some kind before being allowed to have children. more » Chronixal: Utterly tragic situation and one cannot begin to imagine the guilt and torment he must be feeling right now. Negligent and irresponsible he may have b... more » IvanDashSmith: I am a very heavy sleeper, and only after rolling onto my wife multiple times at night, smooshing and aggravating her in the process, has she agreed t... more » -MasterDex-: That's truly tragic but both the long gaming session and weed the previous afternoon are not to blame for this. The fact is that the child was asleep... more » -
#tragedy
Pot, Video Games, Child Care: Which One Is Not Like the Other?
A Florida father is looking at a long and uncomfortable tour of the justice system after getting high, gaming all night, and then falling asleep on his 7-month-old daughter, suffocating her in the process. More » -
#tragedy
15 Yr-Old Set On Fire, Started Over Video Game Debt
Florida teenager Michael Brewer was intentionally set on fire at a Deerfield Beach, Florida apartment complex and suffered second-degree burns over 80 percent of his body. Five youths from his school are in police custody. More » -
#rip
EGM Writer Passes Away
Andrew Baran, former writer at Electronic Gaming Monthly and EGM2/Expert Gamer, passed away on July 26 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. More » -
#crime
College Freshman Gets Life in Console-Dispute Tragedy
A Fresno man was sentenced on Friday to life in prison for shooting a 19-year-old to death in a dispute over a PlayStation 2, bringing to a close a tragedy first reported on two years ago. More » -
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Deceased Wrestler Loved Great Video Games
Earlier this week, tragedy struck when Japanese pro wrestler Mitsuharu Misawa was killed in a freak ring accident — suffering lethal spinal damage from a suplex. More » -
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Video Game Argument Ends In Accidental Death
A brother argument over video games has ended in death when an 11-year-old Mississippi boy accidentally shot his 9-year-old brother in the chest with a shotgun. More » -
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Wrestling Video Game Blamed For Child's Parachuting Death
Friends of 9-year-old Damori Miles of Brooklyn, New York, claim the boy was imitating moves from WWE SmackDown vs Raw when he jumped off of his apartment rooftop to his death wearing a makeshift parachute. More » -
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Man Dies While Playing Wii Fit
Tim Eves, 25, died on March 4 in front of his girlfriend while playing Wii Fit reports UK newspaper Telegraph. More » -
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#violentvideogames
German Retailer Drops Violent Games In Wake Of Shootings
Following last week's tragic shooting rampage in Germany that left fifteen dead, German retailer Galeria Kaufhof is pulling violent films and games from their store shelves. More » -
#arcades
Arcade Literally Explodes, Kills Somebody
Early on Wednesday morning, an arcade in Casablanca, Morocco exploded. Just...one minute it was there, the next minute, boom, it was gone. More » -
#crime
Suspect Shoots 9 People, Kills 2, Leaves Roommate His PS3
This past Saturday night, suspect Erik Salvador Ayala fired shots into a random crowd in Portland, Oregon. After killing two and injuring seven, Ayala shot himself in the head. The gaming connection? More » -
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Game Journalist In Murder Suicide
Former game journalist Jason Montes, 33 years-old, and his estranged spouse, 25, were found dead by police on January 11. He is suspected in this apparent murder suicide. 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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#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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#news
How Splinter Cell Voice Actor Survived Mumbai Terrorist Attacks
In late November, we brought word that game voice actor Michael Rudder (Far Cry Instincts, Prince Of Persia: The Warrior Within, Splinter Cell) was among the casualties in the terrorist attacks in Mumbai. More »
