Violence at GTA IV Launch
Posted on Apr 29, 08 07:48 PM PDT
I'm an avid video gamer, but it is incidences such as the ones described below that make me hopping mad as they bring nothing but disrepute to the world of video gaming. Apparently a man was stabbed while waiting to pick up the highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto IV, while muggers shattered the jaw of a teen who just picked up a fresh copy. Thankfully, the stabbed victim did not give up his ghost as unlike a video game, you don't have extra lives in the real world. For crying out loud, it is only a video game and you can hardly get any decent resale value from game stores for it. I suppose in a small way the type of game does have a bearing on how the target demographic acts - you don't hear incidences of stabbing and jaw-smashing when a new Pokemon title or Mario Kart Wii was launched.
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