And games get blamed for violence again

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Berlin - German retailer Kaufhof will no longer sell violent video games and films, after a teenager - who was an avid gamer - shot dead 15 people before killing himself last week, the firm said on Wednesday.

"On the basis of what happened in Winnenden, we have decided to take all the games and films deemed unsuitable for below 18 year olds out of our product range," Kaufhof spokesperson Sonja Kittel told AFP.

"The products which we now have in the stores will be sold until the end of March but by April the sales will be stopped all together," Kittel said.

Thomas Burkhart, director of Kaufhof's media department, said within an hour of the decision, most of the games had been removed from the shelves.

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So this guy is a moron and no Kaufhof no longer sells violent games. Fantastic news for the other retailers.

[Necuno]

yes apparently it was cs first, but now they changed it to farcry2...

...books, scrolls, tapes, movies, cave paintings, music, comics; you name it- have had the blame since the beginning of time.

[Magnarmalok]

Does this mean I can blame Barbie for rape?

[AntiThesis]

It's getting to be insane. When retailers take the inevitable knock to their sales just to placate some people who are in a tizzy it goes over the edge.

[Voicy]

"who was an avid gamer"

You know ... news papers who do not have proper stories and have to resort to thinking up garbage like this to get on the "games are bad" bandwagon _REALLY_ grind my tits.

Using the exact same logic, the following statement rings true as well:

Bread is bad for you.

Prove it? Sure!

- 100% of violent criminals eat bread.
- 10 000/10 000 drunk drivers were reported to have consumed bread within 3 days of their accidents
- A census showed that every time a student fails a test, it occurred within 24 hours of eating bread.
- 100% of people developing lung cancer consumed bread throughout at least 50% of their childhood.
- 100% of suicides recorded in 2007 were by people who ate bread on a daily basis.
- 100% of divorced families were in possession of bread in their houses.
- Every recorded commercial airline crash had trace amounts of bread on board.

There you have it folks.

I mean really now ... sure the kid PLAYED games... even a lot of it. But if they want to point a finger at gaming, I want them to perform a study where a perfectly sane kid goes mental after playing games & watching violent movies for 5 years. Until then...

STFU!

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Voicy - thanks. That'll work as a blog for me A mild rant on anti-game bandwaggonery.

[Voicy]

I want royalties! Royalties I say!

Royalties and/or cookies

[AntiThesis]

Howabout the words "A bloke on the intertubes posted an interesting example"?

[Voicy]

Howabout the words "A bloke on the intertubes posted an interesting example"?

That'll do ... but only if you exaggerate on the size of my awesomeness.

[Dohc-WP]

Errr........... looks sees nothing interesting ! moves on