Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.

Or a pretzel! ZING!

Tracid

DimensionWarped

Case in point: People still think that rampant industry is wholy to blame for global warming, in spite of the fact that this largely natural warming trend (which will equally naturally reverse in a few years) is currently naturally raising temperatures back to the levels they were at during the non-industrialized medieval ages. People still CFCs were responsible for the hole in the ozone layer over the Antarctic, when that's been proven to be a natural result of the magnetic fields of this planet. And people likely forgot that back in the 70's, we were negligently plunging the world into an ice age (that one got _really_ kicked to the curb as it directly contradicted the current "global warming" theory).

On a positive note, the Duke Lacrosse prosecutor just got sentanced to jail time for his breach of ethics. It's only one day, but the maximum sentance would have only been 30 days and $500.

Purple Dave

KM91

Combinator

silvery_eagle

EnigmaNemesis

Jaimz11785

Yoshi1001230

slapBOXmaster

...oh wait. You mean he used guns? oh.

Aho

thaKingRocka

Sylar

maxlaws

Weresmurf

FreddyGlitter

exolstice

somari

Infradead

K4el

BigManZam

SpasticSloth

But my original point still stands. No more lame pot-shots at Sonic in a piece that isn't funny, it's sad.

Erinaceus

headgoomba

Knoxximus (360/PSN)

silentbobfan

Erinaceus

Tyjet88

"However, it's not just that. Lately, I've been looking for boxes to count, with absurd amounts of periodical loading times in between."

"But the worst effect? I'm feeling a steadily-rising need to kiss a member of another species. Help me."

Draconis

Darkest Daze

bang bang

Next, bank robbery blamed on super mario bros.

"GIMME THE COINS!"

Nintendogs linked to animal abuse.

F*cking SIT!

Terrorsaur

Dimipapa

OMG what have I become!!!!!

reddevil

presto117

I am so late to this party it's not even funny. So just insert some joke about the lack of quality of Sonic Next-Gen/Shadow the Hedgehog/Sonic Riders, and we're cool.

Dangeresque: I know Gundam is dirty but I love 00

Thomaticus

Witzbold

If Sonic happened to be Doom instead, would his actions suddenly then be scientifically explained by the "School Shooting Experts"? Most likely.
Would Doom have actually contributed to his actions? Most likely not.

/Rant

Patient

Jesse in Japan

Witzbold

Digitalguardian

narcosis219

onikuwagata

JunjiHiroma2k7

jaredgood1

ninjafetus

Atheist Jew

Now that was some disturbing shit, not to mention apparently the teacher did try to take it up with the "higher" powers at the uni, but nothing came out of that.

Heres a link that still has a sample of his plays. Take a look at it for those who are curious or have not seen them before.

[www.thesmokinggun.com]

Clearly those should have been warnings enough to warrant something. Follow the link below for a student in a separate incident where a violent piece of writing leads to his arrest.

[cbs2chicago.com]

Anyways, after checking this stuff out, would be interested in hearing what some of you people think.

Witzbold

kagebutsu

At any rate, pointing fingers doesn't do anything. The only person truly responsible for it is dead, and the only thing that can be done now is put measures in place so something like this doesn't happen again.

Why do people always feel the need to blame something? If you want to blame something, blame the 'man' who pulled the trigger. Not the shows he watched, not the games he played, not the books he's read.

Heliophage

And I knew Sonic would one day be the cause of something horrible. I used to think it was my friend's rampage after playing the new Sonic game for PS3, but this... damn...

Krimmson

flatluigi

Shame on Sega.

lishi

You get my point.

RPharazon

dead_red_eyes

I used to do Taekwon do, and I watch Tv, and I played sonic games. OH NO! Oh wait I don't like basketball or remote control cars. It's good.

I do hate the way that rather than people just saying. The guy had problems, they have to find a scapegoat. Video games are just the new target. The older generation didn't really have them in the form they are today, and many don't understand or play them. So it's easy to make them fear it.

Zim

mandlebaum123

Zero_

Foggynotion

UNRELATED STORY:

So today, I decided to turn on my Xbox 360 and play some Halo 2, in preparation for Halo 3, so that I was all practiced up. When I turned the console on, I discovered some strange lines on the screen, so I turned it off and turned it back on. When I turned it on again, there were 3 red lights staring me in the face. So with a dramatic NOOOOO!, I turned the console off and on again and it still didn't work. I even took the HDD off to reset the chip, and it still messed up.

This sucks in itself, but the worst part of it is, the average time to get a console repair is 6 weeks right now. As you may have assumed, that means I won't have a console for Halo 3, which I pre-ordered. This is definitely proof that it doesn't matter what you do, Xbox 360 consoles just break. I say this because, I took such good care of my console since I knew how fragile they are. I mean, I treated it like it was my baby, since I don't really have much money.

Anyway, I just wanted to vent a little bit, and tell someone about it. If anyone knows how I can contact Steve Ballmer, that would be great. I hear he's pretty liberal with his Xbox 360's.

EternalGameNation

I recently conducted a study to assess the impact that basketball has on violent behaviour. I put one group of people in a quiet room and had them play snakes and ladders, while the other group played a basketball game in front of a small but vocal crowd.

After the game was completed, there was a clear difference between the two groups. The group who played basketball clearly had elevated levels of adrenaline, talked more loudly, and were more likely to exhibit aggressive behaviour. Some of the subjects even showed aggression during the match itself. This clearly shows that basketball leads to violent behaviour.

Something needs to be done immediately about basketball. It is a menace and is corrupting our children. This revelation about Seung Hui Cho just reinforces this fact.

Marlor

Gamemaster

Truepatriot

*waiting*

*waiting*

*still waiting*

Hand_O_Death

天雷

Elly

FelixLighter

Honestly, I feel sorry for him. Here's a kid who was failed by the health and school systems to the extent of gross negligence. Now, even after his death, people have the gall to blame it on something so trivial video games. This is just another example of everyone playing pass the buck. In the end everyone is so focused on the "evils" of the world that the real problem never gets fixed.

EmeraldDragon

Scazza

/sensationalism

Gamemaster

Foggynotion

Gakuen Nomad

XGamerX

kyosen

Heyyou27

Trowble (XBL/PSN)

More people have probably choked on a french fry than been killed by someone who thought they were Sam Fisher or something.

splines

Polluted

GustavoSM

Ryu Kazama

Not like that adds any relavency, but thought that was the fact is he just happened to play cs.

Ape.of.Gods

JuryRigged

JAcK0R

ubiquitous

lolz@mass media

Witzbold

resetbutton

Morpork