Murder Blamed on Counter-Strike

[CSN NewsBot]

Every once in a while a news article comes along about some violent act being blamed on our beloved Counter-Strike and its counterparts. During the infamous sniper shooting spree around Virginia, a lot of controversy was tossed around with regards to games with sniper rifles like CS and there have been the occasional news story about violence at LAN's provoked by games like CS. An article, published today and hailing from Australia, seems to be another extreme example of this trend.

ONE of the world's best-selling computer games was the inspiration behind a terrifying random attack on a Sydney family that left father Josef Logozzo dead, the Sydney Supreme Court heard yesterday.



Sophear Em was so fascinated with the game Counter-Strike that he and an accomplice dressed in black fatigues, balaclava and ski goggles to emulate characters from the game.

For the full article, click here. It's always sobering when something like this happens and it's never pretty seeing the media lash out at violent video games and television. However, what strikes me odd about this is that the idea of wearing "black fatigues, balaclava and ski goggles" is not something unique to Counter-Strike and neither is firing a gun.

[Urban Terror]

OR MAYBE THEY JUST WORE THE SKI GOGGLES AND THE MASK AND BLACK FATIGUES SO NOBODY WOULD RECOGNIZE THEM.

[snkcube]

People are idiots these days.

[bladefist17]

stupid people dont deserve the right to live.....such as journalists

[Bokuho]

Yeah, I don't see the connection. OMG, Rainbow Six also has characters wearing ski gear and such, let's blame that too. Oh and hey, so does 007:Nightfire. Yeah, let's blame a Bond game while we're at it.



Unless the guy(s) actually come forward and admit themselves that they were specifically imitating CS, there's no reason to connect the two.

[ICE]V[AN]

I guess all those train robberies in the wild west were influenced by cs too... i hear they covered their faces with bandanas.. shocking...

[gumplunger]

Bokuho wrote..

Yeah, I don't see the connection. OMG, Rainbow Six also has characters wearing ski gear and such, let's blame that too. Oh and hey, so does 007:Nightfire. Yeah, let's blame a Bond game while we're at it.



Unless the guy(s) actually come forward and admit themselves that they were specifically imitating CS, there's no reason to connect the two.

I'm guessing the point is that the guy(s) did come forward and say "We did it because CS warped our minds, it's not our fault".

[Lento]

"One Game to rule them all, One Game to find them, One Game to bring them all and in the darkness bind them."

[azz0r]

Ofcourse games are to blame, not the phychopaths that do this.

[masterren]

Yes...and CS is also responsible for famine and endangered species.

[BhArJ]

I think its funny that in a artical thats about people blaming vidio games for violence they put a ps2 ad in the middle of it......oh the irony

[wolf8218]

Hmm, if CS is such an influence, why don't the terrorists yell out "The bomb has been planted" when they bomb people?

[Pizza]

It's pretty clear using a mouse and a keyboard pretty much teaches you how to get a hold of a pistol(b, 1,then a number from 1-5),and shoot it and aim(move mouse, mouse1). And as far as using a high powerd sniper rifle from great distances away... cs just teaches you all those fine skills!

[Laggasaurus Hax]

why dont we blame osama bin laden? he's done more harm than CS ever will.

[Schnimph]

thats right... blame videogames... don't blame the people who gave them access to the guns or dont blame their parents for rasing them to be murderers... blame the videogames...

BhArJ wrote..

I think its funny that in a artical thats about people blaming vidio games for violence they put a ps2 ad in the middle of it......oh the irony

thats hilarious