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GTA IV Causes Real Violence Edit
Game Leads to Real Stabbings & Theft


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GTA IV Causes Real Violence - Game Leads to Real Stabbings & Theft (VIDEO)
Game Leads to Real Stabbings & Theft
Published: Apr 30, 08
Comments: 1
Views: 3,417

Grand Theft Auto IV… GTA IV… GTA4… it seems that’s all we’re hearing about these last few days.

Released worldwide (except in Japan) for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on April 29, Grand Theft Auto 4 has gamers shaking in their boots with anticipation. The Rockstar Games product is expected to bring in $400 million in the first week alone! In the first day, they were taking 80 orders a minute.

But people are taking it too far. Gaming obsession has been taken to a sick extreme. A man was stabbed after he and another were faced with the last copy of the game in one story. No joke.

Another kid was so jacked to get the game in his hands, he broke into a store, maced people on the sales floor and stole a copy. The game has been accused by a lot of people for encouraging violence, theft and vandalism so events like this only helps to further that point. Boosting that claim even further is the 2006 story of the 8 year old who stole his teachers car, attributing the game for his inspiration.

 

References:  rockstargames, reghardware

Filed In:  commercials games internet marketing news pop culture reviews tech world








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Chris Skleryk on May 1, 08  125 Trends   75 Comments
Hey i got an idea, lets just blame GTA for 9/11. Does anyone remember when the ps3 came out? and how ppl in line got shot in huston? why not just blame all violence in the world on gaming consols. The media has made it acceptable to make these kind of video games available, with all that positive coverage they do... The more they cover this "GTA Story" the more ppl are going to want to buy it. I don't see how they help anything? rather make it 10X worse.
Chris Skleryk on May 1, 08  125 Trends   75 Comments +1


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