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3 Teens Arrested; Say 'Grand Theft Auto' Taught Them About Molotov Cocktails

WSBTV writes: "Fulton County officials said they have arrested three teens and charged them with 57 felony counts in connection with a recent series of car bombings with Molotov cocktails in the city of Milton, north of Atlanta.

The felony charges include arson, criminal damage to property and possession of explosive devices in six vehicle fires between 11 p.m. July 24 and 3 a.m. July 25. Each teen is charged with 19 counts.

Officials said the teens -- ages 15 and 16 -- told authorities they learned "how to do it" from playing the video game 'Grand Theft Auto.'"

Arsenic135743d ago

This is the new plead insanity trend. Blame it on GTA. I'm gonna commit ritualistic murders and blame it on Viva Pinata.

Megatron085743d ago

They should of watch terminator and they could of learned how to make pipe bombs instead

N73605743d ago

Amen to that brother amen to that...

NegativeCreep4275743d ago (Edited 5743d ago )

Oh yeah GTA is becoming the scape goat for all these little bastards that don't have more than half a brain.

"GTA taught me about assault weapons and shotguns, nevermind the fact of me watching Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone action flicks all throughout my childhood. The videogames are controlling me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

These kids need to get their a**es beaten for being so irresponsible.

mfwahwah5743d ago

"ages 15 and 16"

Yet no one is going to question why their parents bought the game, they'll be too busy crying over GTA.

yesah5743d ago

i told em to include that "dont try this at home" label

sumfood4u5743d ago

World is going to change the term Escape Goat to GTA!

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Kami5743d ago (Edited 5743d ago )

even my rabbit knows how to make molotovs and and does not play GTA.

Now people are going to start blaming deaths and crap on video games more than ever, it happened with steroids, it happened with some drugs and now its happening with videogames.

DarkBlade5743d ago (Edited 5743d ago )

That true and how about if they learn that from the movie warriors. lOL Also GTA doesn't show you how to make it so that a lie. I know who's going to be blamed next Youtube it has everything, well almost.

Shane Kim5743d ago

Aaaaah, Warriors...great movie :D

m235743d ago (Edited 5743d ago )

This is getting stupid, all these stupid kids just blame gta for every thing they do.

theusedfake5743d ago (Edited 5743d ago )

i've definitely never heard someone say:
"I got straight A's, thanks GTAIV"

who knows... could happen, right? ;)

mfwahwah5743d ago

Next time I have an opportunity to thank GTA for something I will. I'll be like "GTA taught me how to save puppies and cure cancer!"

BLuKhaos5743d ago (Edited 5743d ago )

I had a friend who would smoke weed everyday and ironically he was a straight A student,sadly on july 18,2006 his life was ended when he was hit in the head by a stray bullet.

OC_MurphysLaw5743d ago

Cause last time I played any of the games it just let me use a molotov. Never once did the game "show" me how to make one.

@Aresnic13....you nailed that one on the head. This is the new insanity plea.

RealityCheck5743d ago

Agreed, you get more details on how to make one from wikipedia and it's been shown in many movies.

Voiceofreason5743d ago

Oh well then they should go to a home and their parents should be charged also. SInce they are all under age and GTA4 is for adults only. Maybe its time we make parents responsible again.

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Looking Back At 2008, An Unbelievably Incredible Year Of Video Game Releases

Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."

ChasterMies3d ago

Some of these low paid video game “news” writers weren’t born before 2007.

just_looken3d ago

Here here

Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.

I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing

CrimsonWing694d ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker4d ago

1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.

It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!

KyRo4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.

Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.

CrimsonWing694d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.

Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:

- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2

I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.

Profchaos4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.

I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.

I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.

But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.

Gameseeker_Frampt3d ago

Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.

2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.

just_looken3d ago

It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5

Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.

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Where are These Missing VR Games?

As is they're coins down a sofa, some announced games seem to just disappear. So just where are these missing VR games?

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anast55d ago

There wont be enough demand until the tech gets better and more affordable.

ApocalypseShadow55d ago

The article is more concerned with where the announced games are. Not about VR demand.

Even with my thoughts on Facebook, they did supposedly sell over 20 million headsets. Not that I think that many are still using their Quest headsets. But even if it's only 10 million users and 5 million are interested and able to play GTA SA, that's still a lot of consumers and a lot of sales.

It just comes down to why these developers are taking so long. Is something like GTA canceled? Is it being held back for a future event? It's not like there's competition in the stand alone space. And now that I have a Quest 3 myself, I'm wondering as well what's the hold up.

Profchaos55d ago

For GTA SA
Meta made a lot of budget cuts and cancelled a fair few exclusive game contracts we don't know if this was cancelled but it's possible and this was announced prior to the release of GTA definitive edition which was slammed and eventually moved to be supported in house by Rockstar.

Since then we have just gotten the mobile versions a d they are actually the best way to play the definitive edition unfortunately the consoles never got a retrospective patch to implement the improvements they made in the mobile games.

But for VR we know a VR mode was found in the definitive editions game files thanks to data miners so seeming it was meant to be using the definitive edition as a base given its ue4 that makes sense. And the mode is there right now (some Polish may be required still) I would assume this is ready to go but meta got cold feet and cancelled it given the games reputation.

I do hope Rockstar forge ahead and still just launch it anyway on psvr2 as it's a game I've loved since day 1 on PS2 I'll even tolerate the de version to get it in VR

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The Best Video Game Reboots of All Time

Like the film or television industry, the world of gaming has seen its fair share of reboots over the years. While some of these video game reboots have had

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