Warcraft nut threatens suicideGet a lifeBy INQUIRER StaffMonday, 5 January 2009, 14:07A CRAZY 17-year-old World of Warcrack player told a game moderator that if he didn't get his way he would kill himself.The Ohio teen told the customer services rep that he had nothing else to live for other than his marathon sessions in the fantasy role playing game and that his frustration with the game had become so all-encompassing that he had decided to top himself.The employee, no doubt keen to avoid the kind of headlines that would follow the untimely demise of a pimply social retard blamed on the ridiculously addictive game, called the cops who traced the miscreant through his IP address.They then kicked in his back door and slapped a charge of first degree misdemeanour on him.He, of course, insisted the whole thing was just a joke.Who's laughing now sunshine? µ
Tetris 'helps to reduce trauma'TetrisStudy subjects who played the computer game had fewer 'flashbacks'Playing the computer puzzle game Tetris can help reduce the effects of traumatic stress, UK researchers say.
Playing this game could seriously damage your healthCalifornian congressman wants fag-packet warningsBy Stewart MeagherTuesday, 13 January 2009, 12:57A REPUBLICAN congressman from California is pressing for legislation which would force game producers to label packaging with tobacco-style health warnings.Joe Baca thinks that games rated as suitable for kids aged 13 or over should carry additional warnings about the implications of playing addictive games for hours on end in a darkened basement.In a statement, Baca said that, "Research continues to show a proven link between playing violent games and increased aggression in young people. American families deserve to know the truth about these potentially dangerous products".Here are some of the labels we'd like to see:Extended use of World of Warcraft may lead to sexual dysfunction and reduced sperm count.Warning. Unsupervised use of Spore may lead to severe Darwinism.Second hand gaming kills. Please buy new games... you cheapskate.Guns don't kill people... Grand Theft Auto does.
Rape video game pulled from AmazonBut only after complaintsBy Sylvie BarakFriday, 13 February 2009, 15:41A SICKENING game in which players first stalk and then violently rape women has been pulled from Amazon.com after being exposed by the Belfast Telegraph.Rapelay, the Japanese rape simulation game made by Japanese firm Illusion, which doesn't market or sell its games outside of Japan, was being sold by Amazon to UK customers through Amazon Marketplace. Other games made by Illusion include Battle Raper and Artificial Girl, so Amazon must have known what it was dealing with.rapelay_70122tPeople who had played the game posted reviews in which they described the graphic, vicious, violent sex scenes and the 'tears glistening in the young girl's eyes' as she's being raped. When her attacker is finished, the victim apparently cries and begs to die.The game purportedly starts out with the main player 'stalking' a woman through an underground station before violently raping her. The next objective is to rape the woman's two daughters, presented by the game as 'virgin schoolgirls'.But players bored of chasing just three victims are apparently able to switch on 'freeform mode' where they go on a rape rampage, attacking any woman they see and even allowing other male characters to join in.Players can also impregnate their victims – who become more and more visibly pregnant with every subsequent rape – but are warned to force the girl to abort or the woman can extract revenge by pushing the player under a train if she gives birth.Graphic descriptions and screenshots of the game are available online, but it physically churns our stomachs to publish them here on the Inq.amazonA product description of the game on the Amazon website reads, "Rapelay is an offshoot of the Illusion series, Interact Play. You, like in previous installments, play as a public nuisance that gets away from captivity and starts scouting for new targets. This time around you find a family of a single mother and her two daughters. You quickly begin your hunt and capture each woman one by one. The gameplay involves an amusing training/disposition system with which to break each respective target to your liking".Amazon has now withdrawn the game and has suddenly seen fit to deem it 'inappropriate'."We determined that we did not want to be selling this particular item," a spokeswoman said.We wonder how much of that determination happened after the Belfast Telegraph's story. µ
wow sounds like real world stuff in some God-forsaken part of our globe
But that one was worst! cause you could have your character at home sleeping, an men could buss dong your door and rape you, male or female character.THAT was some harrowing ish! you playing your character, in your house, men kick down your door, and gang rape your MALE character....
Ecstasy found in boy's GTA boxBy GARY O'SHEAPublished: 08 Apr 2009A SHOCKED dad bought a computer game for his son from a high street store — and found four ECSTASY tablets inside the box.Richard Thornhill, 34, bought two pre-owned Xbox titles with his 12-year-old son Jamie from retail giant Gamestation in Cheltenham, Gloucs.When he returned home he noticed an unusual lump inside the game’s inlay and was horrified to find the potentially-lethal ecstasy pills inside.It’s believed a drug user sold the games back to Gamestation forgetting his illicit stash was hidden inside.Now Gamestation — which has 240 stores nationwide — has been warned to check games packages before re-selling to children.Mr Thornhill, from Gloucs, said: ”We bought the games and I dropped him off at home afterwards. I put the game down to one side and felt a lump.“When I opened the box up the cling film wrap fell out. I couldn’t believe it. I know they are ecstasy tablets because they have the Mitsubishi sign on top of them.“I’ve got two children and my son plays Xbox all the time. He could easily have opened the box up and found them.“I dread to think what the consequences would have been if he had. He’s only 12. He could have died.”Mr Thornhill visited Gamestation last Sunday to buy two second-hand Grand Theft Auto games for Ł30.After discovering the Class A drugs — linked to 30 deaths a year — he took them to police.He said: “It was a pre-used game, but that shouldn’t make a difference. My wife is beside herself over this because she keeps thinking about what could have happened and so do I.“The store asked us to bring back the game and the tablets and told us we’d get a refund, but that’s not good enough.“They shouldn’t be asking us to give the tablets back - what are they going to do with them?“Their attitude has been awful. It was as though they didn’t really believe us. They did apologise but more needs to be done.”Last night Gamestation announced an internal probe into the fiasco.
