An article by Michael Swiontek of the New York Post states that the man who gunned down five people and wounded 16 in an Illinois lecture hall was a 'loner' who opted to study rather than party and was obsessed with the 'ultra violent' video game Counterstrike. One of his dorm mates stated he played a lot ot of video games especially Counter Strike really loud. The article says that the killer shunned medication for an undisclosed illness and purchased weapons like those used in Counter Strike such as a Glock handgun and Pump action Remington shotgun.
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Nothing. It's up to the gamers to stop consuming content from companies that they don't agree with.
How do you know if you agree with it or not unless you play it? Which without conventions forces gamers to rely on trailers. Perhaps Demos should be made more frequently. But companies need to do better as well.
But is that not what they have now? Tons of gameplay or are you talking about watching actual gamers play it versus the trailers and streams? The big issue is that some companies pay streamers and influencers and they create content but for me; that is hardly a fair, unbiased, and factual look at a game.
They usually are attached to the money sadly. It would be nice to have gamers in charge but you have so much money invested that business people are needed. Hence the issue; you need people who know business but are also gamers who know have an eye to the community. It sounds simple in theory that if you give gamers quality games that they want to play; money will be made. But that is not always so.
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Yup, it's the fault of video games and not the fault of his mental illness and lack of medication.
Jack Thompson made the right assumption on this killer; this loser was a Counter Strike Junkie. But then again what kind of man who stays home all the time and study not at least unwind a little and participate in some recreational activities like videogames.
You know what they say: All work and no play makes jack a psychotic murderer...oh no wait, is that how it goes?
I love Counter-Strike!
How dare a mentally unstable person put shame upon such a great tactical shooter!
How DARE he!!!!
and.......so what?!?! i bet he even ate at mcdonalds every once in a while too. I am sure we could come up with a way that would cause him to go nutts. Stop looking for a scapegoat. How about violent movies, tv shows toys. I mean seriously why cant people just be crazy these days. The guy went nutts, something was wrong with him and for some reason no one caught it in time. Case closed! No it wasnt the video games, millions play counter strike but not a million plus people go shooting at schools. Get real
So the guy legally buys firearms from the corner store (not literally of course) but that is not the problem. He stops taking medication for an "undisclosed illness", but that can't possibly be the problem.
But the fact that he was a loner who played video games means that he was a time bomb just waiting to go off.