gamepolitics: CRIME FILES: Dad Shoots PC 'cuz Junior Games Too Much

ace_ofspade, 2006-04-25 11:45 pm UTC

al0ysiushwww, 2006-04-26 12:11 am UTC

sqlrob, 2006-04-25 11:45 pm UTC

turbinerocks, 2006-04-25 11:46 pm UTC

goodrobotus, 2006-04-25 11:58 pm UTC

zippydsmlee, 2006-04-26 12:29 am UTC

goodrobotus, 2006-04-26 12:58 am UTC

zippydsmlee, 2006-04-26 01:47 am UTC

sqlrob, 2006-04-26 03:25 am UTC

gamepolitics, 2006-04-25 11:42 pm UTC

turbinerocks, 2006-04-25 11:44 pm UTC

ace_ofspade, 2006-04-25 11:47 pm UTC

Drywall and siding? -

riffraff1138, 2006-04-25 11:48 pm UTC

no_relation, 2006-04-25 11:54 pm UTC

nomoremermaids, 2006-04-26 12:03 am UTC

origamifrog, 2006-04-26 12:16 am UTC

garbagepa1lk1d, 2006-04-26 03:30 am UTC

lampdevil, 2006-04-26 08:00 pm UTC

lordlundar, 2006-04-27 01:26 am UTC

nightwng2000, 2006-04-26 12:07 am UTC

turbinerocks, 2006-04-25 11:43 pm UTC

hee hee -

jabrwock, 2006-04-25 11:47 pm UTC

Was it a CRT? -

eternallegenduk, 2006-04-26 06:28 am UTC

	howdoyouplead 2006-04-25 11:39 pm UTC (link)
	At least it wasn't the tower. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	gamepolitics 2006-04-25 11:43 pm UTC (link)
	wonder if the kid had an Alienware? they're in Miami... Now shooting THAT would be a hangin' offense. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

origamifrog, 2006-04-26 12:10 am UTC

zippydsmlee, 2006-04-26 12:32 am UTC

	Well, that's a bit extreme. pelka64 2006-04-25 11:43 pm UTC (link)
	This is by far the craziest thing I read here yet. (Reply to this)

	poet_ninja 2006-04-25 11:52 pm UTC (link)
	What do we call this? "Violence against videogamers?" "Pixelante-antism?" Seriously. I got nothing here. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	I've got one. riffraff1138 2006-04-25 11:58 pm UTC (link)
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poet_ninja, 2006-04-26 12:02 am UTC

	Caption for the picture. nightwng2000 2006-04-26 12:11 am UTC (link)
	"There's a video game in that camera! I know there is! Come here you!" nightwng2000 (Reply to this)

	al0ysiushwww 2006-04-26 12:14 am UTC (link)
	After so many years of being in the same room as violent video game after violent video game, the father fell victim to the pattern. Think before you game. (Reply to this)

	He should've chopped it in half. timed95 2006-04-26 12:15 am UTC (link)
	He looks like David Carradine. (Reply to this)

	grimm24 2006-04-26 12:25 am UTC (link)
	Wow this is probobly the first case that people have been violent AGAINST games. See JT, games dont make people violent, not playing games makes you violent (Reply to this)

	featherspy 2006-04-26 12:27 am UTC (link)
	I bet the son was really playing some God-Awful Hentai Love-Sim. The dad did his kid a favor! (Reply to this)

	zippydsmlee 2006-04-26 12:35 am UTC (link)
	featherspy Not all of them are god aweful....just most L I liked Sexy beach whish it had more ..uumm content....altho ti seems to Hentai Love sims have more plot and sotory issues than anyhting else...... (Reply to this) (Thread)

	zippydsmlee 2006-04-26 12:36 am UTC (link)
	Forgot to add its like anythign else you want a good story dont go to the porn section..altho in hentais case if you dont want to see stuff that fcks with your mind (tentaciles rape,gang rape,rape, rape ect) L 0-o (Reply to this) (Parent)

The dad is 100% certain to get 20 years in prison, mandatory sentence.

funnydale
2006-04-26 12:54 am UTC (link)

In Florida, we have a little law called "10, 20, LIFE". There are big billboard advertisements in the area where I live,(Tampa by the way, I live across the bay from this idiot) that basically says this

If you point a gun in the commission of a crime, you get 10 years, mandatory.

If you fire a gun in the commission of a crime, you get 20 years, mandatory.

If you shoot someone in the commission of a crime, you get life, with no possibility of parole.

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	Re: The dad is 100% certain to get 20 years in prison, mandatory sentence. pixelante_ninja 2006-04-26 01:20 am UTC (link)
	Nope that's not how it works, see all of those are in the commission of a crime, like during an armed robbery. The sentances will be different if that alone is the crime. Funny how it works, huh? (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

thejury_rigged, 2006-04-26 02:56 am UTC

Re: The dad is 100% certain to get 20 years in prison, mandatory sentence. -

whitedingo, 2006-04-26 03:29 am UTC

Re: The dad is 100% certain to get 20 years in prison, mandatory sentence. -

thejury_rigged, 2006-04-26 04:39 am UTC

Re: The dad is 100% certain to get 20 years in prison, mandatory sentence. -

boffo97, 2006-04-26 03:13 pm UTC

Re: The dad is 100% certain to get 20 years in prison, mandatory sentence. -

pixelante_ninja, 2006-04-26 10:12 am UTC

	Quick observation andrew_eisen 2006-04-26 01:04 am UTC (link)
	You know, if you’re 22 years old and still living with your dad, the least you can do is the laundry. Andrew Eisen (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: Quick observation goodrobotus 2006-04-26 01:11 am UTC (link)
	LOL True, the kid was lazy, but then you should really expect to get a gun pinted at you if you refuse :P (Reply to this) (Parent)

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nightwng2000, 2006-04-26 03:05 am UTC

Uh oh! -

awel_cruiz, 2006-04-27 04:47 am UTC

	Wow, thats hilarious in a sad sort of way bennyboy371 2006-04-26 01:09 am UTC (link)
	Hey look, its an anti-gamer psychopath. Wow, what will the politicians say about this? That if the boy didn't play those pesky games so much, his father wouldn't have had to shoot at him? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: Wow, thats hilarious in a sad sort of way dramagirl42 2006-04-26 02:52 am UTC (link)
	To say anti-gamer seems a bit of a stretch, since the the issues the man had could've been caused by the son 'spending too much time' on anything: a new girlfriend, batting cages, the dog track, etc. I think it was his son's sloth that irked him rather than the medium by which the sloth was encouraged. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

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awel_cruiz, 2006-04-27 04:50 am UTC

finaleve
2006-04-26 01:28 am UTC (link)

I don't know what to really say on this. It's probably the most moronic thing someone could do, yet was the safest and probably abrupt way to stop a gamer from being...well a gamer. I mean, com'on, what better way to stop someone from playing a game?

But i digress, the kid is okay though probably scared to death. Fathere apparently has anger issues that he needs to stop subscribing to. One can assume that he failed parenting.

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	It's not the game or the laundry andrew_eisen 2006-04-26 01:35 am UTC (link)
	It’s certainly arguable but I don’t think this is about video games. The boy (if you want to call a 22 year old a boy) could have been watching TV, reading a book, or listening to music and his father would have had the same reaction. He just happened to be playing computer games at the time. Andrew Eisen (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: It's not the game or the laundry father_time89 2006-04-26 02:00 am UTC (link)
	I thought the article said the Dad was fed up with him playing computer games, all the time and that this was sort of the final straw for him to do something stupid. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

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kurisu7885, 2006-04-26 02:30 am UTC

Re: It's not the game or the laundry -

kroninokiller, 2006-04-26 04:41 am UTC

What Jack doesn't get... -

boffo97, 2006-04-26 01:41 pm UTC

	Maybe... jbourrie 2006-04-26 02:01 am UTC (link)
	Maybe he wasn't mad about the laundry. Maybe his kid was playing one of those light-gun games, and the dad was just trying to join in as a second player... (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: Maybe... kroninokiller 2006-04-26 04:40 am UTC (link)
	lol. i feel bad for the son, now he knows for a fact his dad is nuts. (Reply to this) (Parent)

It's pretty safe to assume......

kurisu7885
2006-04-26 02:05 am UTC (link)

That as soon as JAck sniffs this out, the laundry bit of the stroy will be tossed out the window and the game the kid was palying will be the sole focus, liek the kis didn't flych as he was desensitized and the dad was watching him paly it and the kid sliced off anotherh uman's head and the blood spray caused the father to switch off into a violent "mode."

course, it souncds like a similar situation in the Thompson household that may or may not take place soon, and I woudln't be surprised if this inspired Jack to pay a "visit" to E3.

	Re: It's pretty safe to assume...... ace_ofspade 2006-04-26 02:25 am UTC (link)
	He'd have to strech this pretty far. And Thompson never leaves his computer chair, constantly refreshing on the main page. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

kurisu7885, 2006-04-26 02:28 am UTC

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kurisu7885, 2006-04-26 02:25 pm UTC

Red-faced Oregon man busted for brandishing phony gun outside school

lost_watcher
2006-04-26 02:28 am UTC (link)

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0425061red1.html

APRIL 25--Meet Dusten Jacob Williams. The 20-year-old Oregon man was arrested yesterday afternoon for brandishing what appeared to be a handgun outside a school. After parents reported seeing a man pulling the black handgun on pupils in the parking lot of Connestoga Middle School, the school briefly went into lockdown. According to Beaverton cops, Williams pressed the gun into the stomach of one student and pointed the weapon at the school and pulled the trigger before riding off on his skateboard. Williams was apprehended a few blocks away with a BB gun designed to look like a Glock. The unemployed Oregonian, who was eventually charged with disorderly conduct, told cops that he was showing the replica gat to friends and probably should not have been doing it outside a school. Now as for the face paint, apparently the 6' 4" Williams was going for a devil/"Revenge of the Sith" look, surmised one law enforcement official. So what kind of guy parades around in the middle of the day with red and black paint on his face a la Darth Maul? The kind who waves a fake gun around outside a school and then escapes on his waiting skateboard.

And who do we blame!

STAR WARS!

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	Re: Red-faced Oregon man busted for brandishing phony gun outside school dramagirl42 2006-04-26 02:56 am UTC (link)
	If only he'd had the culturally appropriate shame for his reenactment desires! Then all we'd be dealing with is video of him in his buddy's basement trying to take out the Skywalker miniatures while singing his theme music direly out of key. ;) (Reply to this) (Parent)

jargon_john, 2006-04-26 12:05 pm UTC

nomoremermaids, 2006-04-26 06:39 pm UTC

	This guy's real problem tollwutig 2006-04-26 02:30 am UTC (link)
	He spent a weekend with JT in a small secluded area.. it'll make you mental (Reply to this)

	Haha x_vader_x 2006-04-26 02:53 am UTC (link)
	He only shot the monitor and not the PC... His son is just going to buy another monitor now... (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Oops, typo! jabrwock 2006-04-26 04:06 am UTC (link)
	actually apparently he missed both, and shot the wall... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	nutzoid 2006-04-26 02:59 am UTC (link)
	I use this case as evidence in my new crusade against those who do not play games. Not playing games leads to MURDER and MAYHEM!!! (Reply to this)

I wanna try a littl experiment here

skemodan
2006-04-26 04:24 am UTC (link)

Jack tried using this article in defense of his stance in another article's discussion thread. However, we all know that this article in no way even CORRELATES to anything Mr. Shitforbrains has to say. To prove my point, I have made some minor adjustments to the original article. Obsoive:

Dunedin, Florida - A Dunedin dad probably made his point about his son spending too much time doing your mother. Pinellas Sheriff's deputies say he shot your mother as his son sat near-by. Forty-four-year-old Joseph Langenderfer was arrested Monday afternoon at his home on Frances Street.

His 22-year-old son Tim called 911, saying he and his dad were arguing and his dad had just shot your mother.

The older Langenderfer reportedly told deputies he was mad that his son had not done the laundry and was spending all his time doing your mother on their sofa. He told deputies that although he told his son he was going to shoot your mom, the gun accidentally fired.

The bullet hit the wall about three feet from where the son was sitting.

Langenderfer is in the Pinellas County jail charged with one count of attempted murder, (accused of trying to kill his son, not your mother.)

Did you catch it? I read through my revised edition and it seems to make the same exact point it did before my changes. Strange, isn't it Jack?

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	kroninokiller 2006-04-26 04:37 am UTC (link)
	freakin' hilarious... (Reply to this)

	arjei 2006-04-26 04:48 am UTC (link)
	You know what? I think that the father's bullshitting. I think he used the laundry to cover the real reason: ... The kid was about to beat his high score at Pac-Man, and like hell that'll happen in his house. ;p (Reply to this)

lemiere
2006-04-26 04:50 am UTC (link)

Well, in light of the 'kid' being 22 failing to do laundry, in what I imagine is the man's house, I happen to imagine that he began to get frustrated with his son's reluctance to fucking be responsible.

My fucking God, sounds like a dead beat youth. Yes- the father is responsible of common Displacement issues, but this son sounds like a dumbass.

Apple doesn't fall far from the tree.