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schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago

NBC News Does Entire Piece Trying To Link CEO Shooting To ‘Violent Video Game’

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NBC News Does Entire Piece Trying To Link CEO Shooting To ‘Violent Video Game’

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schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago
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Of all the kinds of stupid that exist out there, certainly it’s the predictable stupid that is the most frustrating. And of all the kinds of predictable stupid that exist, one of the most pre…
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    Wait the “violent video game” is Among Us?!?!

    WT actual F

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      It could be in this very room! It could be NBA 2024! It could be Red Dead Redemption 2! It could even be-

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        WWE 2024! 🎺🎺🎺🎺

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      I think they interviewed people in his circles, and I think a friend flippantly noticed it was kinda ironic that they played Among Us with someone who went on to actually assassinate someone, and now the media is twisting that into the standard “video games cause violence” bugbear.

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        He had some shitty friends if they yap to the media.

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        Wait until the media hears about Garry’s Mod

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      You can’t argue that it’s violent, but it’s like Tom and Jerry Violent

      News Outlets are dead to me.

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