"Daily Mail annual 'Bash the gamer' article" Topic

Just a word from the wise. Daily Mail look to be doing one their 'spurious links to crime' articles again.

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If he had not used as an alibi that he was playing a game at time of murder, then maybe no war game reference. Nice ad for Necromunda. Also, is this guy a member of SCA, or doing full scale role plaly.

From the background shot I'd say it was LARPing.
I just despise reporters who try and automatically link either computer gaming or tabletop gaming to crimes simply because the person happened to do both.

May as well say 'he used to eat broccoli and that's why he's a killer'.

Just wanted to warn people in case anyone suddenly turns round and accuses you of being a potential murderer simply because you game. Happened to me before.

Wait a minute…. both the murderer and his false alibi witness are clearly wearing glasses. Tomorrow's headline; "Myopia linked to Murder"

Fools will accuse folks they should respect of being murderers. Or worse. Try being a GI just after 'Nam.

When looking at the accuracy of a story consider the source it was the Daily Mail after all

The dark world of Necromunda.. That boxed description is too much like an advert. I'm sure GW people would find it tasteless.

A sentence of a minimum of 28 years indicates how seriously the judiciary took this case. Three men who kidnapped a 15 year old Scottish teenager, castrated, tortured, and murdered him got a minimum of 17-25 years.

When someone accuses me of being a potential murderer because I game, I just mutter quietly under my breath, "guess I better add another one to THE LIST."

There is a application for Firefox users called Kitten Block. It reroutes any click on the Daily Mail website to the Tea & Kittens website. I have been using it for nearly two years and haven't given Mr Dacre a single click in all that time. I suggest others install it as well.

Take a look at these awesome spurious correlations: tylervigen.com

How fondly do I remember the anxious looks on the faces of those who I told at work that I had played D&D at Penn State.

Funny, they never talk about murders that are linked to say, FOOTBALL.

But was it D&D that scared them or Penn State?

Toldyaso. The intersection of the news media and gaming never leads to anything good.

I really wouldn't worry. Nobody in authority reads that rag. It won't influenced parliament.

I can totally see the link between gaming and murder. *ducks for cover*

Penn State?!

The horror!

Just google fainting goats if you don't get this. Sheesh.

Funny. Sounds to me like divorce caused him to murder.

Maybe they should print that as a cause.

idiotic.

'the game linked to murder'
what if he had claimed to have been been watching Eastenders or having a cup of tea, would it be 'tea-the drink linked to murder'

But what really blew the alibi was claiming he was playing Necromunda. I'm sure the coppers were well aware that it is ok longer supported by GW, and contrary to the misinformed reporter, neither involves "creatures," nor is available to purchase from GW.

Another Daily Fail…. Tragic, yes, but this pathetic moron's actions have nothing to do with gaming….

Does remind of my run in with the media (and other wack jobs) when I owned my hobby shop. We specialized in high end plastic models, board wargames, historical minis and D&D (and all the other RPGs). Well, when D&D got hot, the religious ultra right got all in a huff. And when a douche bag playing LARP D&D in the steam tunnels below the University of Texas went missing, things REALLY got weird. Had a local pastor/wacko decide that my store was a front for Satan (and, of course, I was Satan himself. Or, rather, a bad facsimile of him). Had crank calls coming in (telling me and my staff that we're going to Hell), protesters on the street (couldn't demonstrate in front of the store since the strip mall owner told 'em to stay off his property or else he'd call the cops); all sorts of interesting weirdness. (Actually, having the protesters work out rather nicely. We used to give directions by telling people to turn left at the protesters). It hit a all time high (or low) when one of the local tv news shows reported on the 'dangerous, deadly cult of D&D'. And mentioned my store and had a shot of the store front (you can't buy advertising like that). Now, not only was I Satan (or a bad look alike), I was now a cult leader…

On one Sat we (me and one of my guys) were talking about the whole mess with a couple (one of our good customers and nice people) and I mentioned 'If I'm the head of a Satanic cult, where are my hot chick cult followers? All Satanic cults have hot chicks. Where are mine?' Sandy, the wife, looked at us and said 'You're gamer geeks. Not even being a Satanic cult leader can offset THAT.' Too true……

Whole mess died down after a few weeks. And my sales? They actually went UP….

He "used such force the handle broke" off of a dollar store knife.
That's not really saying much.

The Daily Fail is always good for a chuckle, but not a lot else.

I wouldn't worry too much about this. No other media source seems to have picked up the news item. We are therefore not under threat of ostracisation …