In today's society, blame is often placed where there is money to be made. Potential lawsuits against video game companies can yield millions in settlements. Does that make it right? Heck no.

Dr. Unne, as always, raises an interesting point, but in my opinion, that stance might be a bit too harsh for some. Then again, how can we gauge what it means to be a responsible teenager, or if someone buying this game might be a little mentally disturbed? Unfortunately, since you really can't, unless Big Brother is watching, it really does fall into the individual's lap and the parent's of children to raise them right and make them understand the difference between reality and games. More than anything else, there has to be a degree of accountability in today's world if we want anything to improve. Otherwise, every single problem will be blamed on people who can be sued and not always on the party who actually caused the problem.

I really hope that this person is given plenty of therapy and mental testing and perhaps not allowed back out intho the world until a true cause can be reached for this terrible act. Blaming video games is a cop out to responsibility, when in fact, this person themself killed another. Whether or not the game did influence them is now moot, as the game did not tell him to do the act, but he decided it on his own.

Take care all.