Possible link?: Newtown shooter was "obsessed" with DDR
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[quote]Adam Lanza was obsessed with video games, drove repeatedly to a theater to play Dance Dance Revolution for four to ten hours, and had a strained relationship with both parents, to the point where they communicated with him only by e-mail.
These are among the findings in a report into Lanza and his life following his attack on Sandy Hook Elementary School last year. The report has revealed a detailed look into the life of the shooter. The full report can be found here. All information is directly copied from the report.[/quote]
[quote]Several videos of him playing DDR were found on digital media taken from the home. The GPS found in the home and reportedly belonging to the shooter indicated that he regularly went to the area of a theater that had a commercial version of the DDR game in the lobby. In 2011 and up until a month before December 14, 2012, the shooter went to the theater and played the game. He went most every Friday through Sunday and played the game for four to ten hours.[/quote]
Source was also kind enough to include a list of video games he potentially used to carry out simulations of the school shooting.
[quote]-“Left for Dead”
-“Metal Gear Solid”
-“Dead Rising”
-“Half Life”
-“Battlefield”
-“Call of Duty”
-“Grand Theft Auto”
-“Shin Megami Tensei”
-“Dynasty Warriors”
-“Vice City”
-“Team Fortress”
-“Doom”[/quote]
[url]http://www.boston.com/news/source/2013/11/details_on_newtown_shooters_life_found_in_report.html[/url]
Tap dance to Paradise
"and had a strained relationship with both parents, to the point where they communicated with him only by e-mail."
And they think it was the video games
[quote]-“Left for Dead”
-“Metal Gear Solid”
-“Dead Rising”
-“Half Life”
-“Battlefield”
-“Call of Duty”
[b]-“Grand Theft Auto”[/b]
-“Shin Megami Tensei”
-“Dynasty Warriors”
[b]-“Vice City”[/b]
-“Team Fortress”
-“Doom”[/quote]
Why is this listed twice?
[QUOTE=Explosions;42992904]Why is this listed twice?[/QUOTE]
Because Vice City is one of multiple GTA games?
[QUOTE]Dynasty Warriors[/QUOTE]
what
Also, this guy was an adult so I'm not sure how anyone can spin this into a video game debate. Unless the argument has been extended past "protect the children" to "protect everyone even adults."
so is it bad if I used to go into the first level of half life and shoot at all the scientists for fun
[sp]sorry nsa i swear im okay[/sp]
[QUOTE=Gwoodman;42992913]Because Vice City is one of multiple GTA games?[/QUOTE]
Then why is "Grand Theft auto" listed separately?
[editline]26th November 2013[/editline]
[QUOTE=dwt110;42992929]so is it bad if I used to go into the first level of half life and shoot at all the scientists for fun
[sp]sorry nsa i swear im okay[/sp][/QUOTE]
"Do you know who ate all the donuts?"
[QUOTE=Explosions;42992930]Then why is "Grand Theft auto" listed separately?[/QUOTE]
[URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_(series)#Games[/URL]
Because, if they are not mistaken in naming the games, there's a possibility that he played the 1997 GTA and GTA: Vice City
Edit: Just saying, might be wrong idunno
[QUOTE=Gwoodman;42992951][url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_(series)#Games[/url]
Because, if they are not mistaken in naming the games, there's a possibility that he played the 1997 GTA and GTA: Vice City[/QUOTE]
I completely forgot about the first game. I'm sure it's possible that he owned both.
I use Dynasty Warriors to practice murder all the time.
[QUOTE]-“Team Fortress”
[/QUOTE]
Did he wear a hat during the shooting?
[video=youtube;DIn4L7hUmUI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIn4L7hUmUI[/video]
it's a possibility
[sp]I know it's Stepmania, same thing.[/sp]
[QUOTE=Papytendo;42993019][video=youtube;DIn4L7hUmUI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIn4L7hUmUI[/video]
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I feel bad for any (wo)man that might have the misfortune of dating this manchild.
[QUOTE=Papytendo;42993019][video=youtube;DIn4L7hUmUI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIn4L7hUmUI[/video]
it's a possibility
[sp]I know it's Stepmania, same thing.[/sp][/QUOTE]
I actually know him, this video is legendary
Also, I play stepmania and games like it and I have to say that it's rage-inducing at times
[QUOTE=Prez;42993312]I actually know him, this video is legendary
Also, I play stepmania and games like it and I have to say that it's rage-inducing at times[/QUOTE]
Enough to constantly punch holes through your drywall and smash your monitor? That guy needs anger management help.
I swear these 'experts' are fuckin retarded. Find me a teenage boy that DOESN'T play video games.
Great, he played all those games.
Like that had a effect.
Yo I bet he got possessed by Satan after playing Shin Megami Tensei
[QUOTE=Prez;42993312]I actually know him, this video is legendary
Also, I play stepmania and games like it and I have to say that it's rage-inducing at times[/QUOTE]
for some reason i never got stressed at stepmania, even after tripping up a mega combo on a hard as fuck song
[QUOTE=sloppy_joes;42993320]Enough to constantly punch holes through your drywall and smash your monitor? That guy needs anger management help.[/QUOTE]
No, but I've smashed my fists on my keyboard quite a few times :v:
he has good taste in videogames
Gotta admit, he had a decent taste in video games.
My interpretive reenactment of how the media now sees domestic terrorists:
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/pizC0rG.gif[/IMG]
[QUOTE=aydin690;42993355]I swear these 'experts' are fuckin retarded. Find me a teenage boy that DOESN'T play video games.[/QUOTE]
i know one, he's in a "band" and is emo as all hell.
"That's one sandy hooker." - GTA:Vice City
Omg I play all those games! ESPECIALLY Dynasty Warriors! Am I a mad man now!?
[quote]-A document written showing the prerequisites for a mass murder spreadsheet
- A spreadsheet listing mass murders by name and information about the incident
- A Christmas check from the mother to the shooter to purchase a CZ 83 firearm;39
- A New York Times article from February 18, 2008, regarding the school shooting at Northern Illinois University;
- Three photographs of what appear to be a dead human, covered in blood and wrapped in
plastic;
- The book Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy, Jossey-Bass, 2007, by
Donald B. Kraybill, Steven Nolt and David Weaver-Zercher;
- -Photocopied newspaper articles from 1891 pertaining to the shooting of school children
- Large amount of materials relating to Columbine shootings and documents on mass murders
- Large amount of materials on firearms
[/quote]
Nope. Totally not those factors. Definitely videogames.
So, let's examine the facts. He played lots of video games. Video games present a convenient and widely available escape from reality. An escape which he clearly needed in excess... his reality was one that he wasn't happy with. Likely exacerbated by the poor relationship with his parents. At some point the escape was not enough, and he became mentally ill enough to shoot innocent people.
[I]Clearly[/I], the video games are to blame!
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