Starcraft player charged for raging, stabbing girl
We’ve all had our moments of gamer rage — times when we just want to break stuff due to frustration with out shared hobby of controlling moving pixels on a screen. One StarCraft fan, however, has been reported to have taken gamer rage to a whole new, more lethal level.
We’ve all had our moments of gamer rage — times when we just want to break stuff due to frustration with out shared hobby of controlling moving pixels on a screen. One StarCraft fan, however, has been reported to have taken gamer rage to a whole new, more lethal level.
Over in Sweden, an 18-year-old gamer apparently got so pissed when he lost his internet connection during a StarCraft game that he picked up a kitchen knife, went out on the street, and stabbed the first person he saw.
This person turned out to be a 15-year-old girl, who subsequently suffered multiple stab wounds. Luckily, the girl survived. The attacker has since been charged with attempted manslaughter due to a “psychiatric component” (the attack took place in August), although the prosecutor wanted him to be tried for attempted murder instead.
It should be noted that the original source apparently is characterizing this report as another instance of games turning kids into stab-happy psychos. Also, a gamer raging so hard that it causes him to grab a knife and just stab someone just seems a bit too farfetched to me. Then again, I tend to think the best of people at all times. Any thoughts?
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Via SK-Gaming