digg

Join DiggAbout

Discover the best of the web!
Learn more about Digg by taking the tour.

See the original image at dailymail.co.uk

Man Stabbed While Waiting in Queue to Buy Grand Theft Auto 4

dailymail.co.uk — A man was stabbed last night while queueing to buy one of the first copies of controversial new video game Grand Theft Auto 4. Shocked fellow gamers - including young children - initially thought the stabbing was part of a stunt put on by shop bosses to whip up excitement about the title's release.

Bury
show profanity settings
expand all
  • NaziHatinChimp, on 04/29/2008, -10/+255Millions and millions bought this game last night. Chances are good this would happen. I am sure someone got stabbed at a Burger King last night too but this asshole is going to stand out and ***** us.
    • surKaz, on 04/29/2008, -4/+13It wasn't his fault he got stabbed first.... Or, maybe it was.
      But you were right, bound to happen...
    • garryw, on 04/29/2008, -4/+36Not millions, most people sleep at night and buy the next day. Most sane people.
      • novask, on 04/29/2008, -9/+5Those fools. When Starcraft 2 is released I'll be intercepting the truck on its way to Gamestop. Always have to be one step ahead of everyone else.
        • rspeed, on 04/29/2008, -0/+10Are you going to use a Dark Archon to do a Mind Control on the driver?
          • tidu, on 04/29/2008, -0/+8My life for Aiur
          • jgzman, on 04/30/2008, -0/+2I would just hire a Ghost, and have him lock down the vehicle.

            But hey, that's just me.
        • ICSU, on 04/29/2008, -0/+7Make sure the daylight won't kill you.
    • robotto, on 04/29/2008, -1/+49Well at least he got the GTA experience...
    • pintomp3, on 04/29/2008, -2/+11this is just more fear mongering from the daily heil.
    • RX9735, on 04/29/2008, -8/+2Birds of a feather...
    • DteK, on 04/29/2008, -2/+1I wonder if he called him a nut gobbler and told him he just got pwned right after
    • JettaMan, on 04/29/2008, -11/+2"The game has been give an 18 certification from the British Board of Film Classification" - Hey way to go Brits, nice educational system you have there.
      • planetexpress, on 04/29/2008, -2/+3What you complaining about? A typo leaving the n off of given, or the fact that the BBFC are actually the body that review video games too under certain circumstances?
      • Fafnir43, on 04/30/2008, -0/+4It's the Daily Mail. It's staffed mostly by barely literate secondary school dropouts. What do you expect?
    • qxrt, on 04/29/2008, -6/+2Maybe a stabbing was bound to happen, but what makes this significant is that all the witness assumed that it was a mere promotion for the game. That speaks volumes about the game itself... You can't just write it off as inevitable, because probability doesn't account for the witnesses' perceptions of what went on.
      • yournightmare, on 04/30/2008, -0/+15One Halloween I went to a party, and on my way in the door some guy came out with blood running down his face from his forehead. I thought it was his Halloween costume, but I found later some other guys held him down and bashed his face in with a pool ball. I guess that speaks volumes about Halloween.
        • JettaMan, on 04/30/2008, -2/+8One day I went on Digg and made up some BS story. I guess that speaks volumes about me.
    • bysin, on 04/29/2008, -2/+4And he didn't even get to play the game? I would have waited until he atleast got to the 1st or 2nd mission before stabbing him. Some people are just assholes.
    • fokov, on 04/30/2008, -0/+7This is why people are doomed (great game too). I got off work and bought it without buying pre-release. The only thing I questioned is why the ***** am I carded to buy a video game, but not beer.
  • duggtodeath, on 04/29/2008, -5/+50Get me Jack Thompson! :)
    • RomeyRome, on 04/29/2008, -0/+19Too bad he can't practice law anymore. More or less...
    • tofslie, on 04/29/2008, -1/+12You just HAD to bring him up didn't ya.
    • merper, on 04/29/2008, -4/+1Actually, considering the guy hadn't even bought GTA4 yet, the incident works against Jack. It shows that people would have gotten violent after the game were violent before the game too. Of course, he could now say that people who buy GTA4 should be profiled for violent behavior, but considering that only 1/millions people buying the game got stabby, that's an even weaker argument.

      The again, these arguments only hold in a world where the MSM that gives him airtime cared about logic...
    • TantrooM, on 04/30/2008, -0/+5Oh, he was already there, probably paid them to stab him so he would have more leverage. The anti-gaming lobby is at the top of my suspect list. Call it a conspiracy, call it what you will.
  • hydroplane, on 04/29/2008, -15/+61pointless random violence FTW
  • jwiesenborn, on 04/29/2008, -67/+7cue in diggers trying to make clever comments about how videogame violence is/isn't to blame for this
    • NathanielJ, on 04/29/2008, -2/+63I bet it's all that violence in that game they hadn't bought yet that caused this!
    • sirbeta, on 04/29/2008, -3/+3He was just practicing for when he actually got the game.
    • insanebrain, on 04/29/2008, -4/+4shut the ***** up *****.
    • SteelTallon, on 04/29/2008, -2/+5It's not video games that cause this. It's dumb ass, f-ed up in the head people who cause this. I am sure they play games along with all us sane people too.
    • artfiend77, on 04/29/2008, -3/+3God forbid people should debate on Digg *****?
    • UtilityPole, on 04/30/2008, -0/+2"Videogames teaches me hand-eye-coordination, problem-solving skills, and develops my dexterity. But there's no way that it can affect the way my brain works- videogames clearly have no effect on the gamer's personality!"
    • captmorgan555, on 04/30/2008, -0/+1Do you expect us to comment on teddy bears and dandelions?
    • oojamaflip2006, on 05/01/2008, -0/+2Video Game violence has nothing to do with this. If you have a crowd of people in Croyden at 1am you are going to get trouble. GTA4 or not. This is a complete non-story by sensationalist journalists plying their trade
  • HMTKSteve, on 04/29/2008, -3/+71Wow, I did not know the game came with an "out of the box" component.
  • GoKings, on 04/29/2008, -0/+131The media is going to have a field day with this...
    • saxreturns, on 04/29/2008, -1/+33The Daily Mail already are, they're a highly conservative paper and will do anything to push the 'society's going to hell' mentality. That's why I'm doubting that this even happened, they're more than capable of fabricating such a thing.
    • minnymoo, on 04/29/2008, -0/+4i was actually *waiting* for something like this to happen.
    • nickerbocker, on 04/29/2008, -1/+5Dr Phil is going to have a field day with this.
  • yellowfish04, on 04/29/2008, -1/+60"In Grand Theft Auto, when you attack someone but don't finish them off they'll come and get you."

    LOL, that has absolutely no relevance to the story but I love it.
    • altinnovation, on 04/29/2008, -0/+5They were on a subconsious level attacking violent video games..
      • Fafnir43, on 04/30/2008, -0/+2I think that's giving them too much credit. They're partisan hacks. They know damn well that the violence in GTA has nothing to do with the story, but they still dedicated half the article to it.
    • AtiimKiambu, on 04/29/2008, -0/+8I like how it says that the victim went home to get a kitchen knife to get revenge. That, combined with the quote about how you have to finish people off, makes me doubt the journalistic integrity of the Daily Mail. As if I needed another reason.
    • yournightmare, on 04/30/2008, -0/+1It's relevant because of the coincidence.
  • f4nt0m4s, on 04/29/2008, -2/+180It's only ironic because they were in line to buy Grand Theft Auto.
    If someone stabbed a hooker in line to buy Grand Theft Auto...then I would ***** bricks.
    • SilverBadger, on 04/29/2008, -10/+0Does it count if he was a man-whore?
      • RX9735, on 04/29/2008, -4/+2Hell no WTF? Man-whores are to be admired.
    • celkin, on 04/29/2008, -1/+5How do you know it didn't happen?
    • thedragon4453, on 04/30/2008, -0/+3....after using her services so you could get your money back. :)
    • Elliuotatar, on 04/30/2008, -0/+4But that's not ironic at all. What would be ironic would be if you were in line to buy Grand Theft Auto, and someone stole your car, or carjacked you on your way there, or back.
      • Henman, on 04/30/2008, -0/+4No, that would just be a funny coincidence. Ironic pertains to opposites. It would be ironic if a GTA protester (Jack Thompson) stabbed a person waiting in the line, jacked his car, screwed a hooker, and then smoked some weed on the way home.
        • dack42, on 04/30/2008, -2/+2I think it would be ironic if our guns didn't shoot bullets, but instead squirted a healing salve that cured all wounds
        • Saudffs, on 04/30/2008, -1/+1but it's ironic
  • NeoNightmareX, on 04/29/2008, -3/+84The suspect, Niko Bellic, is still on the loose.
  • TRScheel, on 04/29/2008, -4/+80Just practicing his multiplayer skills
  • matroska1, on 04/29/2008, -3/+55Now that's viral marketing.
  • yooftheness, on 04/29/2008, -42/+3buried for using queue
  • godseyeview, on 04/29/2008, -2/+117Mission Complete! +$60
  • djdingo, on 04/29/2008, -45/+13What the bloody hell is a queue?!?
    • CannedMango, on 04/29/2008, -5/+17Ignorance isn't charming
    • harusp3x, on 04/29/2008, -2/+6Try a dictionary before you come forthwardly ackin' a buffoon.
    • nmcvicke, on 04/29/2008, -0/+20Its funny because you said "bloody hell"
      • CannedMango, on 04/29/2008, -3/+2Upon second viewing, I think I missed the sarcasm...
    • Edrick, on 04/29/2008, -1/+7Stay in school, kids.
    • moolaismyfriend, on 04/29/2008, -1/+3are you kidding?
    • Beatmiser, on 04/29/2008, -0/+15I dugg you up because I actually got the humor. "Bloody Hell" / "Queue" British phraseology.
    • ihavebeenseen, on 04/29/2008, -0/+4The opposite of a stack
    • michaelnojutsu, on 04/29/2008, -0/+2fifo
    • Nidy1, on 04/29/2008, -0/+1Have you ever played Roller Coaster Tycoon? FFS
    • djdingo, on 04/29/2008, -6/+15Seriously, is everyone here retarded?

      It was a joke, get over it, *****.
      • moolaismyfriend, on 04/29/2008, -2/+9Bollocks, I bet you 20 quid that everyone here is a genius.
      • djdingo, on 04/29/2008, -5/+11That's one thing I REALLY hate about Digg. You crack a joke on a story and you get buried along with comments like, "you're ignorant, you have a low IQ, stay in school"... It's a joke, quit taking everything so seriously, you sound like a bunch of nerds.

        /rant
        • Luminoth, on 04/29/2008, -1/+7Well now you're just taking it too seriously.
        • HolyChimp, on 04/30/2008, -0/+4But what if someone was actually making a mistake and we miss it? WHAT THEN?!
      • insanebrain, on 04/29/2008, -2/+3dugg
      • ericrous, on 04/30/2008, -0/+1The delightfully irony is that not only do the people calling the poster "ignornant" not get the joke, but that they themselves are showing their own ignorance of differences in American/British colloquialisms.
  • jimmy17, on 04/29/2008, -2/+56Imagine how bad that man must have felt that not only was he being stabbed but all the little children are cheering as well.
    • tian2992, on 04/29/2008, -1/+41WTF were doing little children lining for GTA?
      I mean, isn't it 18+?

      • RX9735, on 04/29/2008, -1/+17***** like this grinds my gears. Don't ruin it for the rest of us by bringing kids.
        • jimmy17, on 04/29/2008, -4/+2aww, leave em alone. Where else are they gonna learn the facts of life?
        • s0nicfreak, on 04/29/2008, -0/+3You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have...
        • Syphon8, on 04/30/2008, -5/+2***** like this grinds my gears. Don't assume children are incapable of dealing with things in the same manner as you.
        • CTK14A, on 04/30/2008, -0/+9I had some fat slob next to me with her (maybe?) 12 year old son on line at Gamestop last night. The KID stank like cigarettes. It was past midnight on a schoolnight, it was cold and raining, and he was only wearing shorts and a t-shirt...

          Grand Theft Auto has nothing to do with ***** parenting. ***** parenting is ***** parenting, no matter how many kids play this game.
          • RX9735, on 04/30/2008, -0/+4Yeah that is messed up. If you like gaming don't bring in your 12 year old at midnight on school nights to buy adult games. You are only providing ammo to the people that blame gaming instead of admitting that the person is a ***** off and games have nothing to do with it.
          • UtilityPole, on 04/30/2008, -1/+0True, but taking your kid to the store (nevermind the insanely late hours and the white-trash signature of cigarette stink) to buy a game that's been paraded as inappropriate for children, and has been given a mature rating, nicely reflects how ***** of a parent a person can be.

            If the retailer is saying, "You shouldn't buy this game for your kid" then what's your rationale for going ahead with it?
      • UtilityPole, on 04/30/2008, -0/+0That's exactly what I was thinking. It's been called a controversial and violentgame but some genius thinks it's a good idea for his child to buy the game, regardless of it's Mature/18+ rating.

        Hell, if you booted the children from the lineup (like you're supposed to) it'd have the side benefit of making the wait time for the other 18+ shoppers shorter.
  • BestJaxx, on 04/29/2008, -10/+9Everyone who wants to debate that this is proof of desensitization to violence in video games, fell free to comment in a reply to me so that we can reduce spamming in the comments. I doubt that I am the only one who is tired of hearing (reading) it.
    • hayzeus, on 04/29/2008, -3/+5Clearly, this is proof of desensitization to violence in videogames.
      You're welcome.
      • jondo85, on 04/29/2008, -0/+4A quote in a BBC story today about "extreme pornography" being banned in the UK applies equally to games as it does to pornography:
        "Despite popular assumptions that watching violent images 'causes' aggression, the evidence (around 1000 published studies) that it does is contradictory and far from conclusive. It is one thing to say that a deeply disturbed and dangerous person may seek out violent pornography to fulfil their deviant fantasies: however it is an entirely different matter to say that normal, well adjusted people will be inspired to commit violent crimes if they watch such images. If we wish to avoid such tragedies happening again, we should take a wider look at how people become so disturbed that they lose the ability to judge right from wrong and commit such atrocities. A debate over whether such pornography is banned or not is therefore a side issue as it does not adequately address this matter."
        • lotsa1s, on 04/29/2008, -0/+4Banning any sort of media for ANY reason is absolutely unacceptable, regardless of the alleged safety or benefits gained from doing so.
          • yournightmare, on 04/30/2008, -5/+1I bet you're a card-carrying member of NAMBLA, aren't you?
          • Fafnir43, on 04/30/2008, -0/+2Yes, because "any media" obviously includes pathological cases like media that can only be obtained by molesting children.
    • MScrip, on 04/29/2008, -1/+18I bet someone got stabbed 2 days ago... completely unrelated to GTA4.
      • hayzeus, on 04/29/2008, -1/+15Yes -- probably San Andreas
      • BestJaxx, on 04/29/2008, -1/+6It happens all the time, and it sucks that people always seem to connect violence in the real world to violence in video games.
        • RX9735, on 04/29/2008, -1/+3You know, there are some real bird brained people out there. I been to homes and have noticed 10 & 12 year olds playing games like GTA that really only older mature teens and adults should be playing. Maybe some of the bitching keeps these games away from people that clearly should not be getting any crazy ideas.
          • BestJaxx, on 04/29/2008, -1/+2The typical ten and twelve year old kids that I see probably shouldn't be playing mature video games for that very reason; they are meant for mature people that are able to easily separate the video game world from the real world. However if you show me a ten year old who discusses politics as if he were in his 30s, I would tell you that he should not be denied violent media.
          • lotsa1s, on 04/29/2008, -1/+4That's bad parenting and not the responsibility of the state.
          • yournightmare, on 04/30/2008, -0/+3lotsa1s, I don't know why you had -1 digg when I read your comment, but I dugg you up for being correct. Whoever dugg you down obviously doesn't like the idea of personal responsibility and would rather give more power to the nanny state so they can pass more laws in the name of "the children" and "safety." It's a pretty sad commentary that people expect the government to step in and prevent kids from playing video games instead of admitting it's not only the parents' responsibility, but the parents' RIGHT to decide what games their children are able to play.
          • BestJaxx, on 04/30/2008, -0/+2I agree completely with lotsa1s as well. There is no reason that a video game manufacturer or distrubution chain should be held accountable for the people that play their games. That goes for the government as well. All responsibilty belongs on the parents.
          • lotsa1s, on 04/30/2008, -0/+1There are very, very few times when government intervention in family matters is acceptable, and parents deserve a great deal of sovereignty in deciding how to raise their children (within limits, of course). I support the rating system, however abused it is by the media, because it allows and encourages parents to ***** BE PARENTS and decide to buy or not buy their kid a violent game they might not be mature enough to play.

            Parents who expect the government to do their job for them are not parents at all.
  • Quilik, on 04/29/2008, -6/+1/At least he wasn't Queued.
  • LastDitchHero, on 04/29/2008, -8/+8Achievement Unlocked: Keepin it Real, real stupid
  • lojomofo, on 04/29/2008, -5/+2head in hand, laughing, thinking about that scene from wizard oz where the witch screams what a world what a world!!
  • Ryan0617, on 04/29/2008, -0/+1I knew crime would rise on this day!
  • ProfessorLX, on 04/29/2008, -7/+1oh noes jack thompson was right all alongggggg
    • TantrooM, on 04/30/2008, -0/+1Yeah, it's the game's fault this man didn't have the moral judgment to not stab him over a $50 game... but it's the mother's fault when their child CEO develops the game... Jack Thompson is a walking hypocracy.
  • laserblazer, on 04/29/2008, -4/+2Agent provocateur with a knife - GTA has powerful enemies with an insidious agenda. This reads just like Jennifer Government in some ways.
  • jscnet, on 04/29/2008, -10/+6violence begets violence.
    • CrazedLeper, on 04/29/2008, -2/+4Case in point but just try to stop the flood of denials...
      • jscnet, on 04/29/2008, -1/+2ignorance begets ignorance. a side effect of ignorance is "following" -- ignorant humans follow the lead of other ignorant humans and are usually incapable of having their own (and generally, non-media influenced) thoughts and ideas. trying to stop ignorance would be like using a blade of grass to stop a locomotive.
    • TantrooM, on 04/30/2008, -0/+1That quote was developed before the virtual world... I don't think the brother of the dude you wacked in GTA is gonna come into the real world and stab you in your sleep. It is a quote dealing with vengeance... computers don't have feelings.
      • jscnet, on 04/30/2008, -0/+1that quote, is timeless. when you engage your mind (your inner virtual reality) to acts of violence you are in-effect generating violence -- the brain knows no different from that which you see with your eyes to that which you see in your mind. by the way; "virtual world(s)" have existed as long as man has had imagination.
    • bagboyrebel, on 04/30/2008, -0/+2but GTA is fake violence. I'm pretty sure that quote had real violence in mind, not fake violence.
      • jscnet, on 04/30/2008, -2/+1i would agree with you, of course -- if you were correct. violence is violence. images of violence do not negate the fact of what they are.
        • bagboyrebel, on 05/01/2008, -0/+1so are you trying to say that when you see violence on TV you can't tell that it's fake?
  • saxreturns, on 04/29/2008, -2/+48Source other than Daily Mail or it didn't happen.
  • pegothejerk, on 04/29/2008, -0/+86man, just think what's going to happen when Duke Nukem Forever comes out.
    • JavertHolmes, on 04/29/2008, -3/+111) User finds press release titled "Duke Nukem gone gold and to ship in two weeks" in some dusty, nondescript corner of the 3d realms site.
      2) User says "you've gotta be ***** me."
      3) User checks for April 01 release date on press release, can't believe it's real.
      4) User regurgitates press release elsewhere asking for confirmation, making it readable to many more eyes.
      5) Repeat 1-4 for larger and larger amounts of people until the earth collapses in on itself from the force of billions of voices saying "you've gotta be ***** me" simultaneously after checking the date of the press release.
      • pedronym, on 04/29/2008, -1/+4BEST COMMENT.............(wait for it)............. EVER!
      • h0ms4r, on 04/29/2008, -1/+36) ???
        7) Profit!
        8) Repeat 1-7
    • insanebrain, on 04/29/2008, -0/+1hehehe. . loading RPG. . .aiming. . .
    • celkin, on 04/29/2008, -0/+21Our grandchildren will ***** bricks!
    • copypasta, on 04/29/2008, -1/+0I lol'd.
    • Odstwar, on 04/29/2008, -2/+2I heard Jesus will be showing up at the launch party
    • TheScogg, on 04/29/2008, -0/+2"man, just think what's going to happen when Duke Nukem Forever comes out."

      Yeah, I can see it already. I'll be on my way home from the invisible flying couch factory where I work to stop and pick up a copy of Duke Nukem Forever (the Xbox 6480 version - ***** the PS12) only to be shot in the chest armor by some asshole with a nuclear laser.
    • Elliuotatar, on 04/30/2008, -0/+2Kids everywhere will start taking steroids, drink cheap beer, lift weights, smoke cigars, become womanizers, and shout one-liners as they kick ass?

      Well, at least they won't be chewing bubblegum.
    • mike17032, on 04/30/2008, -0/+1We will all be living on ***** Mars by then, so who cares?
  • moolaismyfriend, on 04/29/2008, -6/+1LOL

    Gutter culture
  • Nhmarine, on 04/29/2008, -9/+4OH! The Irony! The mother ***** Irony!
    • JavertHolmes, on 04/29/2008, -0/+9The irony police have been alerted to your usage of the word and will be arriving shortly. Please remain in the vicinity until scolded and formally released.
  • amawg9, on 04/29/2008, -1/+5Life imitating art at it finest.
  • DiarrheaBear, on 04/29/2008, -0/+5Coming to a city near you: Liberty City Survivor!
  • Planets, on 04/29/2008, -2/+17"Shocked fellow gamers"

    Wait a minute...shocked? These are GTA fans, what do you expect? I'm surprised it took this long.
  • SirTheGuy, on 04/29/2008, -1/+3*awaits Jack Thompson's pointless blatherings about game violence*
    • amoirae, on 04/29/2008, -0/+1Are we sure it wasn't Jack Thompson trying to prove himself right?
      • FatLoser, on 04/29/2008, -0/+1I'm starting to wonder if Jack Thompson isn't right... there are plenty of reasonable and mature people out there who can handle computer games, but judging by the sludge I see hanging out at the 7-11 or WalMart, I'm not all that sure everybody over the age of 17 is capable of or interested in separating fantasy from reality.

        I don't think any laws should be changed, but I think bad parenting produces bad adults.

        Digg me down, but you can't have your "everybody 17+ can handle video games" and "people are ***** idiots" at the same time.
  • jerrolds, on 04/29/2008, -0/+10Achievement Unlocked: Finish Him 15G
    Complete 10 melee counters in 4 minutes
  • srujanlive, on 04/29/2008, -0/+4Fodder for Mr. Jack Thompson , I guess. But surely this is a one off incident.

    "As the most eagerly-awaited computer game of the year finally went on sale, firms across the UK were preparing themselves for a wave of sickies."
    Thats Gaming at its best
  • TheModernArdeo, on 04/29/2008, -8/+3This is a classic case of life imitating art.
    • staticneuron, on 04/29/2008, -2/+2You know what? You are right? NO ONE ever was stabbed before the franchise came out. Who would have even though of doing such a thing with a knife?
  • diggonit, on 04/29/2008, -0/+28Did the perp carjack someone and then lead police in a chase across town causing 54 accidents jumping ***** wherever possible and eventually get busted only to be released right away?
  • imbob, on 04/29/2008, -9/+2thank god my mom didn't see this or else no GTA for me :D
    • bbqsalad, on 04/29/2008, -0/+5w-o-w
    • Ben1220, on 04/30/2008, -0/+1no offence but if your mom is that stupid then you are stuffed, nature or nurture which ever is true you're going to end up stuffed.
  • Modizzle, on 04/29/2008, -6/+8Jack Thompson is about get more annoying that a Digg Obama article poster.
    • AppleGeorge, on 04/29/2008, -4/+2Go back to school.
    • Ocelot13, on 04/29/2008, -1/+2no, mrbabyman posts everything, not just obama articles
      • FatLoser, on 04/29/2008, -0/+2and by "everything" Ocelot13 means "EVERY THING ON DIGG"
  • geneticlone, on 04/29/2008, -0/+1"good for you"
  • Laughto, on 04/29/2008, -0/+31GTA4 link is a stretch at best. I've lived in Croydon all my life; stabbings aren't so much a rare occurence as a state of being. Incidentally, anyone linking GTA4 to this event is going to have a hard time considering no one involved in the event could have possibly played the game yet.

    PS: Can we just make it a rule to not digg dailymail stories?
    • zazzalicious, on 04/29/2008, -0/+4http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/ ...
      Police said the 23-year-old victim was walking past the queue when he was stabbed several times by a hooded man who appeared to be waiting in line.

      http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_ ...
      By 11pm, about a hundred people had gathered at Gamestation in Croydon, South London, when a 23-year-old man standing in the queue was stabbed several times by a passer-by.

      usual accurate reporting.. one version has to be wrong no?
      • identitymatrix, on 04/30/2008, -0/+1I'd take the BBC's word over the Times Online or Foxnews anyday.
      • zazzalicious, on 05/01/2008, -0/+3http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2215574/grand-th ...
        amazing, or not really...
        But it has since emerged that the stabbing did not take place outside the store and had nothing to do with the people queuing for the popular game.
        "The victim had categorically not pre-ordered the game, and GameStation is confident that he was not a GameStation customer. Neither was he part of the queue outside the Croydon store," a source told the GamesRadar blog.
        The source also said that the stabbing did not occur outside the store, but a quarter of a mile away outside East Croydon station.
    • lukecore, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1I buried it just for being from the Daily Mail!
  • Skooma714, on 04/29/2008, -1/+25He was obviously inspired by a game he hadn't purchased yet.
    • Defuser, on 04/29/2008, -2/+3Do you often find that pretending to be stupid wins a lot of arguments for you? I think most of us are aware that GTA has several other versions currently on the market.
  • CWise, on 04/29/2008, -1/+9"Shocked fellow gamers - including young children - initially thought the stabbing was part of a stunt put on by shop bosses to whip up excitement about the title's release."

    What's wrong with this sentence? Seriously, WTF
  • SpikeLee, on 04/29/2008, -16/+1Anyone else think this story is................................









    sexy?
  • Kwipper, on 04/29/2008, -0/+1*waits for Jack Thompson*
  • fatloui, on 04/29/2008, -7/+2hahaha............... queue
  • dominicmck, on 04/29/2008, -2/+29wait? young children, at a late night release of an R18 game, what good all round parenting.
    • farfromsubtl, on 04/29/2008, -0/+2My sentiments exactly.
    • TheKiah, on 04/29/2008, -3/+0It is the government's duty to protect our precious children from the effects of violent video games!!!111oneone11!

      Guaranteed those are the parents that will complain about the violence of video games when their kids go out and try to shiv somebody on the playground.
  • fxu1989, on 04/29/2008, -7/+2GTA IV went beyond the limit... even past Heath Ledger.

    Amazing viral marketing.
    • fxu1989, on 04/30/2008, -1/+1too early to make heath ledger jokes ?
  • wazzu07, on 04/29/2008, -0/+2hey dave remember when you asked me what the definition of iron was?
    • getbusylivin, on 04/29/2008, -0/+6Dave: A ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc?

      You: No...

      Dave: An appliance with a flat metal bottom, used when heated, as by electricity, to press or smooth clothes, linens, etc?

      You: My bad, I meant to type 'irony'

      Dave: I see.
  • HoratioHellpop, on 04/29/2008, -6/+2//Shocked fellow gamers - including young children - initially thought the stabbing was part of a stunt put on by shop bosses to whip up excitement about the title's release. //
    Video games don't de-sensitize people to violence ... no ... of course not ... foolish thought ...
    • wyndl, on 04/29/2008, -1/+0Er, I think what you MEANT to imply is that "Marketing doesn't de-sensitize people to violence, no, of course not ..."
      • Defuser, on 04/29/2008, -0/+0Perhaps you'd care to tell us the difference.
        • wyndl, on 04/29/2008, -1/+0If I have to explain the difference between video games (entertainment) and marketing stunts (shock and awe to generate media attention), then you need much more help then I can provide.
    • h4k0r, on 04/29/2008, -0/+1Have you ever been to a large event where things like this are pulled off as publicity stunts all the time. Don't blame the game, blame marketing!!!!!
    • linuxpenguin, on 04/30/2008, -0/+1No one played the game yet, genius - they were waiting in line to buy it.
  • JavertHolmes, on 04/29/2008, -2/+9I'm surprised he stabbed someone right away. Shouldn't he have jumped on the roof of every nearby building first to check for hidden suitcases? Then checked for horseshoes hidden in dumpsters? Then checked for a bunch of hidden items in the water? Then did 20 pizza delivery assignments? Then did some circuit racing? Then did some BMX racing? Then found 6 women to date? *Then* stabbed someone?
  • khoa1708, on 04/29/2008, -0/+0and so it begins...
  • Fetching more discussions...
    Show 51 - 100 of 128 discussions
  •  

    Login or register to add a comment

    Create a new account or login to join in the conversation on Digg. You'll also be able to Digg stories to help promote things you like.


© Digg Inc. 2008 — Content posted by Digg users is dedicated to the public domain.
DIGG, DIGG IT, DUGG, DIGG THIS, Digg graphics, logos, designs, page headers, button icons, scripts, and other service names are the trademarks of Digg Inc.