Video games causing violence

[rickyarbino]

Wisconsin girls charged with 'Slenderman' stabbing


An unnamed stabbing victim is treated by authorities in Waukesha, Wisconsin, on 31 May 2014
The unnamed victim, 12, is said to be in stable condition
Two 12-year-old girls in the US state of Wisconsin have been accused of stabbing a classmate in order to please an online fictional character.

Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier have been charged with attempted murder and face up to 65 years in prison.

The unnamed victim was stabbed 19 times on Saturday and left in the woods.

The girls reportedly planned the crime to demonstrate dedication to Slenderman, a character who appears in stories on the website Creepypasta.

The victim, 12, was reportedly found by a cyclist on Saturday after crawling from the woods with stab wounds to her arms, legs and torso.

She was said to be in stable condition as of Monday evening, local media reported.

Both suspects were later found walking near a local highway, and a knife was found in one of the girls' backpacks, police said.

Cold blood
According to police, the girls planned to stab the classmate during a sleepover but instead decided to commit the crime the next morning in a nearby park.

Following their arrest they told investigators about their belief in paranormal figure Slenderman and their desire to become his "proxies" by killing to demonstrate their loyalty, police said.

They said that after the murder, they intended to walk to Slenderman's mansion, which they believed was situated in Wisconsin's Nicolet National Forest, police said.

The operator of Creepypasta issued a statement following the arrest, extending condolences to the families involved but adding it was not "the fault of Slenderman or horror writing in general that this happened".

The suspects are being held in lieu of $500,000 (£298,506) bond and may be charged as adults due to the calculated nature of the crime, authorities said.

"It's troubling when a person lashes out in anger," Waukesha County District Attorney Brad Schimel told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

"It's more troubling when they lash out in cold blood," he added. "It's a very shocking incident. There's no two ways about it."

[kidshuffle]

Isn't this more just the internet in general, not video games?

Either way I've been playing violent games since at least 1994 and haven't done shit

[rickyarbino]

How could it be that? They pledged allegiance to a slenderman, not the world wide web lololololol

[kidshuffle]

Slenderman was a something awful meme was he not?

Hes not from.any video games

[rickyarbino]

no.

[kidshuffle]

no.

The Slender Man (also known as Slender Man or Slenderman) is a fictional character that originated as an Internet meme created by Something Awful forums user Eric Knudsen (a.k.a. "Victor Surge") in 2009

Either way video games aren't the problem.

[rickyarbino]

That's not true.

[Dead Rats]

I remember giving my brother a Clothesline from Hell trying to replicate the backflipping intensity it had in Smackdown vs Raw 200-and-something. That was a bad one.

[hubb]

Kidshuffle you're a stand up guy

[CreamLord]

That's not true.

Expand?

[mIrReN]

yeah it's true, my bro wanted to run me over with a train after playing railroad tycoon way too much
also those times at an amusement park or zoo he wanted to lock us in, don't mess with games too much guys, or it will kill ya

[RKM]

anyone ever play condemned? you spend much of your time killing crack-rage infected homeless people with found weapons like 2x4s and pipes in dark subway tunnels, same in the sequel

my point is. i have never felt the urge to replicate such fun in real life.

[rickyarbino]

How frequently does the opportunity arise though? Don't think I met any crackheads until I moved to the US lol.

[rockonin]

The argument of 'video games cause violence' is total jokes. There's just no proof to back it up. Just another scapegoat excuse for politicians.

[wolf89]

I'm still confused. Slenderman existed online in stories, photoshops, artwork, a series of videos an a bunch of other stuff before the game. Even this article doesn't remotely mention the game as it's not important.

[rickyarbino]

The argument of 'video games cause violence' is total jokes. There's just no proof to back it up. Just another scapegoat excuse for politicians.

There isn't really proof of anything at all tbh.

[sigbowls]

if you had a gun controller and three ultrawide 40+ inch screens and you played on it since you were 6 id say probably

thats my dream setup.

[rickyarbino]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/0 ... mg00000063

Seems more like religion imo.
I bet if I'd titled the thread as 'religion causes violence' nobody would've said anything

[sigbowls]

that chick in your avatare is fucjin kawaii

[RKM]

it's not the crackhead element, more that i got no desire for the hyperviolence i've enjoyed in that game, besides all this bollocks has been blamed on comic books and rock n roll before which looks ridiculous in hindsight