A 16-year-old Italian boy in Turin has cut his father's throat after a dispute over the FIFA Soccer 2009 Playstation video game, national media said on Monday.
The boy is said to have lost his temper after his father kept giving him advice on what moves to make. The teenager then snapped "I know how to play myself" and swore at his father.
His enraged dad then switched off the console without letting his son finish the match.
The boy then took a knife from the kitchen, returned to the living room and silently stabbed his father in the neck. He then calmly washed the knife and went to his bedroom.
His mother found her husband bleeding and called the ambulance and police. The man was in a critical condition, but survived.
The teenager admitted his guilt and was taken to a juvenile correctional facility. An investigation is underway.
Video games, which are primarily aimed and marketed for children and young adults, have long been studied for links to addiction and aggression.
italiannews.com
Don't blame the game because the kid is a spoiled, murderous brat. Are you going to say that a soccer game causes a kid to stab his father? Isn't it more likely that he was likely to do this whenever he was forced to do anything he didn't want to?
As a console and PC Gamer from a very young age, i agree that it is a form of addiciton. Playing a game only to have it switched off on you could drive you into a blind rage - thats the addiciton right there. It is highly probable that the kid was spoilt, but having felt the same urges myself when i was a kid (though ensuring that i used common sence), i can understand how it would happen. This is the result of a combination of game addiction and lack of self control.
there is no substance in video games which will turn the player into an addict; that completely relies upon the player. hate the player, not the game.