sorry im bored and have nothing better to do at 1:20

[url]http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/02/15/suit_video_game_sparked_police_shootings/[/url]

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- A lawsuit claims the video game "Grand Theft Auto" led a teenager to shoot two police officers and a dispatcher to death in 2003, mirroring violent acts depicted in the popular game.

The suit announced Tuesday seeks damages from the game's manufacturers and two stores that allegedly sold it to Devin Thompson, now 18.

An attorney for relatives of two of the victims said Thompson, who is charged with murder, had played the video game repeatedly.

Thompson is accused of killing the three men in June 2003 after being brought to the Fayette police station on suspicion of driving a stolen car. Thompson allegedly grabbed one of the officer's guns, shot him and the other two, then fled in a patrol car.

The suit alleges Thompson purchased "Grand Theft Auto III" at the Gamestop in Jasper and "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City" at the Jasper Wal-Mart when he was under 17. The games, which depict police killings and other acts of violence, are rated M, meaning they are appropriate for those 17 or older.

"What has happened in Alabama is that four companies participated in the training of Devin ... to kill three men," attorney Jack Thompson told The Tuscaloosa News, which reported the suit's filing.

Named in the suit are Wal-Mart Stores and Gamestop along with Take-Two Interactive Software, the manufacturer of the games, and Sony Computer Entertainment, the maker of the PlayStation 2.

Messages left for officials of three of the companies were not immediately returned. There was no answer at the listing for Gamestop in Grapevine, Texas.

At a December hearing, authorities said Devin Thompson, when he was apprehended, told officers, "Life is a video game. You've got to die sometime."

there was similiar stuff with half life......1 guy killing persons on a roof with his rifle, dont know if its truth..... crazy shit

you have got to be kidding me... what the fuck is this world coming to.

The game trained him to kill these people? I play the game all the time and I'm not a fucking nut that goes around shooting the cops! thats what the games for.. you do it there so you cant get locked up.

Plus they are bringing in the companies who sold it to him!

I have said it before with similar bullshit cases, but if this suit wins.. I will forever lose faith in our justice system.. god dammit :!:

if anything, how about prossecuting the person that put the gun in this minor's hands? :?

the gun was taken from the cop for one, but fuck all that. Seriously that is crazy bullshit, and I am sure all of you know it. Its too bad how watered down our country is becoming, and Bush started this war up and that doesnt make ppl want to unload? Well I dont but im sure that a fuckin video game has nothing to do with it. Sounds like Devin has some psychological problems to deal with. Training from a video game? Arent most of the ppl that assasinated presidents trained by the army? f.e. Lee Harvey Oswald o well i hope nothing happens with that case, its fuckin bullshit and I hope that kid devin gets raped umpteen times in prison, maybe that will teach him a thing or two about REAL LIFE and the CONSEQUENCES.

they should pistol whip the kid and in between every hit, they should say "its JUST A GAME!" similar to "thank you sir, may i have another."