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Fake anti-GTA IV story going around

A new story circulating the Internet claims that a 10-year-old boy in Tallahassee, Florida, committed a slew of crimes "just minutes" after playing GTA IV.
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Published: 603 days 14 hours ago | News | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 | Gaming
 
 

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kevanio09 - 603 days 11 hours ago
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they are looking for anything on gta 4, this is crazy
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Skerj - 603 days 11 hours ago
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Even if this was fake, it's sad that no one blames people for being bad parents anymore.
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Ovidius - 603 days 11 hours ago
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Maybe the game froze up? I almost committed crimes when I came home with a copy of GTAIV only to remember my PS3 needs to be sent in for repair. I better get it back by next Thursday. :(
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jones smokey - 603 days 11 hours ago
4 - lol
aevery time a gta comes out this always happens, more false story while some are true, i cant blive this until its officaly true and not a rumor, ...any way i dont give a f.... GTA4 kicks any games ass write now =D
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Alvadr - 603 days 10 hours ago
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The game has an M rating for a reason. Anyone under 17 playing this game is part of the problem
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TheExodus - 603 days 10 hours ago
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He thought it was OK because he could do it in a videogame? I haven't watched an episode of Jerry Springer in over a decade, but I take it you can still marry your sister in Tallahassee?
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ban fans - 603 days 10 hours ago
7 - Unbelievable (literally)
This just goes to show how desperate anti-video game groups are becoming. Nothing truly awful happened with the release of the game, so they just make something up to scare people? Like there isn't enough bad news to report on right now, let's just start creating fictional bad news. Disgraceful.

Another couple points from the article I have a problem with (if it were or is, in fact true):
1 A ten year should not be playing this game - where are his parents?
2 Why is there a loaded weapon in the house that this child could just go inside and grab?
3 In any incident of this severity (attempted GTA (ironic), shooting at police officers, a mugging, and a armed robbery of a restaurant) the child would not simply be handed back to the parents for later counseling, regardless of age. Child protective services would be all over the parents on this issue.

This report is so full of holes, it is ridiculous.
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Ali_The_Brit - 603 days 9 hours ago
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GOD-DAMMNIT! this makes me so mad. pathetic really there just TRYING to make crap like this up because they know its not how the world works. hell i remember people getting mugged and stabbed for a new mobile phone, has nothing to do with the item if its sought after enough
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DR-IVO - 603 days 7 hours ago
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fake or real seems like ratings mean jack sh#@ to anybody anymore.

if some parent bought alcohol for a minor everyone gets a fit and blames the parents for serving alcohol to a minor.

But when a parent purchases a video game for a minor that clearly states that you must be a certain age and meet a certain requirement to play that particulur game no one seems to want to blame the parents but only the video game itself.
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Owner360-PS3 - 603 days 7 hours ago
11 - duh
They wouldnt have posted the kids real name since he is a minor if this was true.The loser who made up this needs a life,or to get laid.
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znu - 603 days 4 hours ago
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im pretty sure that u wont even be able to play the game and commit those crimes within "just minutes" of playing the game
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DomUltra - 603 days 4 hours ago
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What can you do within' minutes? Hm... Crack a cop in the face a couple times and get shot, strange that this little shіt head wasn't erased from our existence otherwise, this is Grade-A material for Fox News.
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