GTA cause of murder again!!!!

SERIOUSLY!!! Who believes this rubbish! I'm gona try my best not to swear on this one but i'm not promising.

Read an article online today about a guy who murdered a crew member on board a submarine by shooting him in the head. It has apparently been published today in the press with the Front page title "I'll do a GTA style massacre". Apparently the murderer admitted to a friend that he was intending to go on a killing spree style of massacre like in GTA.

NOW. Is it me or should that not have started ringing alarm bells as loud as big bloody ben inside the head of his so called friend. Don't get me wrong I can take a joke, but really! What happerns now is the entire case is not only to prosecute the guilty, but incriminate the evidence that has been used in his defence. I feel sorry for the people of DMA Design and Rockstar games to have there Flagship title torn to shreds yet again and labeld as nothing more than a murder simulator by the press. I understand a lot of people will play the game with nothing more than murderous intent. Its exciting to be on the run from the police as an assassin or a hit and run maniac. The game allows you to do this, but also punishes you when you get caught. If the press believe we are all influenced by playing games this way then it means my drive to work in the morning may become a little more interesting atleast.

I can't believe people fall for such simple excuses. I don't believe I have become a murderer through playing games for over 25 years. There are other reasons that should be inquired about as to why what has happened. If we get GTA banned in this country because of small minded fools then I'm off to read the catcher in the rye.

Hi everybody

Umm. Not sure what to write in here for my first blog. I suppose a little more information about my-self would be a start. I am 31 and have been gaming since I was probably about seven or eight. I remember my old fella buying me a Commodore 64 for my bday, as he wanted me to learn a little about computing because he thought it was the future! The programs were written in commodore basic and to me as a little'un made no sense at all... even now i'm still stumped when I think about it. Anyways programing didn't interest me so i began playing the games that came with it. It had a box set of olympic games and i remember playing track and field till my arms hurt and the joystick broke through furious waggling. I collected lots of games some of which remain classics in my eyes. Rainbow Islands, Clumsy Colin, Kick Start, Monty Mole, Dizzy, Bruce Lee, International Karate, The Last Ninja series and many more. It makes me smile that some of these games are now available through emulators on ios. Unfortunatly they're not as graphicaly amazing as they once were but the gameplay is still there alas a little simple compared to todays efforts. And hey atleast they don't have to be loaded by tape anymore with a loading screen that probably introduced alot of people to being epoleptic.