Man stabbed over GTAIV. Welcome to the real world
Category: Industry, Posted: 04/29/2008 at 05:02PM CDT by John Meyer, Staff Writer
Uh oh guys, better be careful when picking up your copy of GTAIV. A man was stabbed outside of a Gamestation store in Croydon, England during last night's midnight release of GTAIV.
Police said the victim was walking past the queue when suddenly he was stabbed several times by a hooded man waiting in line for the much-anticipated game. The victim survived after treatment in a hospital and has since been allowed to go home.
I feel for the young man. How would you feel if you were walking home minding your own business when suddenly you're assailed and find many bloody wounds in your body? Next thing you know, surgeons are cutting open your chest and operating on you. Finally you get home and find out your wife didn't record that TV show you would've seen if not for that unlucky occurence in front of the local Gamestation.
Also you just know FOX is going to pick this up and turn it into a crusade against video games. Complete with an exclusive Jack Thompson interview!
[via BBC UK]
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>"Finally you get home and find out your wife didn't record that TV show you would've seen if not for that unlucky occurence in front of the local Gamestation."
lol what?
That was something I added on my own. >_>
sounds like he got Assassin's Creed'd. I wonder if it was a stealth or high profile kill?
FOX can stay the hell out of this. It more than likley has somthing to do with the mindless kids roaming the streets than it does GTA.
The last thing this country needs it FOX telling us how to live.
Looks like that guy was getting a head start on GTA playing XD
*sigh* Why do people have to be such douchbags and give the crazies (Ie. People like FOX) ammunition like this.
I'm guessing this has nothing to do with the game, and was related to some other fued, it just so happened to take place as one of them was waiting for a copy of GTA4.
Fox won't get to this, as it's not in america so they wont care lololol
*sigh* another excuse for the world to piss on the videogaming segment of society. Awful.
even if it isn't related, like Kester said, everyone will mis-interpret. They always do
"I'm guessing this has nothing to do with the game" - and you're absolutely 100% correct. Police later denied it had anything to do with GTA4. It was just a random convergence of events.