The most heinous crimes inspired by video games

Crime and video games

Human behavior is terribly difficult to study and standardize within patterns defined by science or clinical medicine. It is true that trends and behaviors can be isolated and analyzed separately, cataloging different psychological disorders and mental illnesses that can be treated through therapy or medication.

But there are few times that we come across studies that point in opposite directions and that may even contradict each other. Nor are there rare episodes of violence that take place without reason or motive that responds to the logic that should govern the minds of every neighbor's child, and precisely today, we bring you a compilation of horrifying events that were supposed to trigger video games, and furthermore, we invite you to the following reflection: was the media treatment you received fair?

 José Rabadán, the killer of the katana

The Katana Killer

This case was very popular throughout Spain due to the terrible triple homicide that was committed, becoming news in foreign media. At that time, back in 2000, Rabadán was an apparently normal 16-year-old. However, on March 31 of that year, the unthinkable happened: he wielded a samurai sword given to him by his own parents and he killed his parents and his own sister in cold blood -Just 11 years old and with Down syndrome-. According to autopsy data, her mother had no opportunity to defend herself, while her father was aware of what was happening.

According to the police, Rabadán confessed that the massacre was inspired by Final Fantasy VIII, a game with which the killer was obsessed to the point of wearing the same haircut as the show's protagonist, Squall, although it must be emphasized that the boy's concerns were somewhat peculiar: in searches of his bedroom other bladed weapons were found in addition to satanic court books. His sentence was conditioned by suffering a idiopathic epileptic psychosisFurthermore, being a minor and with the reform of the law for minors, Rabadán only served seven years, nine months and one day of internment for a triple murder in cold blood and even counting on a leak. He is currently at large and his whereabouts are reserved.

Son kills his father with the help of a friend inspired by Dead Rising 2

Andreu and Francisco

This case also places us in Spain, specifically in Alaro, Mallorca. Andreu Coll Tur, a 19-year-old teenager, was enjoying a comfortable life thanks to the good fortune of his father in business, a well-known local businessman. But it seems that life was not as idyllic as it seemed: Andreu claimed that his father constantly harassed him. The young man was very fond of video games, especially Call of Duty y Dead Rising 2, and normally had daily game sessions of up to 7 hours or even 12 on the weekends. Thanks to the online game, he met Francis Abbas, 21, with whom he immediately fraternized. The two shared intimacies, they even masturbated on the webcam together and ended up sleeping in the same bed at Andreu's house - although he assures that, unlike his accomplice, he is heterosexual, while Franciso claimed to be in love with his friend and to feel used after the crime.

Together, they planned the murder of the businessman, and recreated the weapon that they thought best suited for the crime: a studded baseball bat identical to the one that many of us have used in Dead Rising 2. But the thing was far from being a refined murder proper to the Brotherhood of assassinsas they had to try twice. In the first, they drugged the father with a generous amount of Sleep and they managed to leave him sedated. Andreu did not dare to strike the first blow on his father, so Francisco did, just before his friend told him that he loved him. The businessman woke up and they couldn't complete the murder. The youths were able to convince the man that the head wound was made by a burglar who entered the house. Finally, it was in the early morning of June 30, 2013 when they were able to perpetrate the crime, ending the life of Andreu's father with a club, despite the resistance that he imposed, as revealed by the forensic doctors' reports. After killing him, they spent 500 euros on food and buying a video game. They are currently serving prison and the psychiatrists determined that they did not suffer from any disorder: they knew how to perfectly differentiate between the real and the virtual.

Only Halo 3 causes ... so much obsession

Daniel petric

Daniel petricAt the age of 16, he suffered an infection that kept him home sick. Previously, he had a severe argument with his parents about the ban on buying the game Halo 3, a game that he got to know through a friend and neighbor. The parents of both boys, worried about the boys' obsession with the game and its violent content, decided to strip them of their precious treasure and not allow them to play it anymore. However, Daniel, despite his health, managed to sneak out of the house to buy the game and secretly dedicate marathon sessions of up to 18 hours without a break. The parents soon realized the boy's mischief and requisitioned the game, which they kept in a safe where they also had a pistol Taurus PT-92 de 9 mm.

A week later, on October 20, 2007, Daniel managed to open the safe when he received the access code. He seized the gun and with terrible coldness addressed his parents, to whom he told that had a surprise for them and they had to close their eyes. Daniel's mother was shot to the head, torso and arms, while his father miraculously saved his life despite being shot to the skull. After this, Daniel placed the weapon on his father, whom he considered dead, with the innocent intention that it could deceive the scientific police and appear to be a suicide. Minutes later, Daniel's sister and her husband arrived at the home, where the murderer told them that their parents had had a strong fight. The sister went inside and quickly realized what had happened; He called the police and Daniel tried to flee in his father's truck, and attention, with the Halo 3 game in the passenger seatBut the law enforcement officers stopped him while shouting that his father had killed his mother. His lawyer alleged that his health condition and the dozens of hours spent gambling disturbed his trial and pushed him to commit the crime. He is currently serving a life sentence with a sentence review scheduled for 2031.

Life is a video game. Everyone has to die at some point »

Devin moore

Devin moore was convicted in 2005 for the murder of 3 police officers after being arrested for theft of a car. With some skill, Devin managed to get the .45 caliber gun of one of the officers who was escorting him and killed three policemen before fleeing the police station itself driving a patrol car that he stole right there. Moore had recently graduated from high school, was never a troublesome person, and had even enlisted in the United States Air Force. Apparently, this behavior would be conditioned by playing Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and it sparked a great controversy in the United States.

Moore, at the time of being arrested after his short escape, said “life is a video game. Everyone has to die at some point ». In one of the interrogations, he alleged that he was in such a panic about going to jail that he shot the officers without reason. At his trial he pleaded not guilty and the defense attorney argued that Devin suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, abuse and mistreatment of children were even used to try to save him from the death penalty: despite these efforts and the appeals presented to the Alabama Criminal Court, he was executed by means of lethal injection the 9 October of 2005.

He murders his girlfriend because he "controlled her spirit"

Darrius Johnson and Monica Gooden

Darius Johnson, regular player of Xbox 360, to whom he devoted many hours, brutally murdered his girlfriend, Monica gooden, a young woman who was only 20 years old. One of the four weapons of crime was the console Xbox 360 of Darrius, with which hit Monica repeatedly on the head until she was unconscious. Then, used up to three different knives and stabbed his girlfriend causing numerous injuries to the back, chin, neck and stomach.

According to the murderer, he ended the life of the young woman because he assured that the woman he was in control of his spirit and that he also knew that I needed to sacrifice someone of the astrological sign of Taurus -He even planned the death of his own grandfather, of the same sign and seriously ill and whom, curiously, he ruled out precisely because of his fragile condition. The statements of this man stunned the investigators, to whom he also confessed that when he murdered his girlfriend he was actually fighting a dragon.

Debts are dangerous

Tibia

This crime was also very grotesque in its day. Happened in Brazil and the reason for the dispute had the game Tibia in the center of the target. The protagonists of this macabre tragedy were gabriel kuhn, 12 years old, and Daniel petry of 16, friends, neighbors and regulars of Tibia. One day, Gabriel asked Daniel to loan him 20.000 credits for the game. Daniel accepted and trusted his friend, promising that he would return them to him in the future. Nevertheless, Gabriel did not keep his word and even went so far as to block Daniel on his friends list.

In anger, Daniel went to his old friend's house and when he opened the door, they fought until Gabriel seemed to have succumbed to death by constriction. Later, Daniel decides to hide the body in the attic of the house, but Gabriel's body weighs too much for him, so it goes through his head smash it to pieces with a hand saw. When he began to sever his legs, Gabriel came to himselfBut that didn't stop the killer from continuing to amputate his lower limbs until he was killed by massive bleeding and shock. Again, Daniel tried to lift the body with a cable, but it was still heavy for him, so he gave up and went home with all the tranquility of the world. It was the boy's mother who found her son dismembered at home and the police did not take long to arrest Daniel, who confessed to the crime. Subsequently, the autopsy of the corpse revealed that had been anally penetrated by the murderer, who denied being homosexual. Apparently, and as amazing as it may seem for the cruelty of the crime, the sentence that Daniel received was only of 3 years.

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As we can see, all these cases have always been taken out of context and praised by the yellowishness of the press, seeking in video games a non-existent culprit. Addictions are harmful, no doubt, either to video games, substance abuse or unhealthy habits - even some healthy, taken to the extreme, can be dangerous. Through the report, you will have been able to observe that the link that was established from the media between these terrible events and the world of video games is somewhat fragileBecause causes have always undergone and equally unfortunate triggers and that are the true culprits of those misfortunes: diseases, abuse, revenge or mistreatment have been present in the environment of these notorious cases.

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Thus, despite what the toughest sectors may think with the sector, video games should not be considered an evil or the cause of so many misfortunes. Precisely, it is in the hands of players, parents and educators to know how to give the right dose and value to enjoy what this is, a hobby, which by the way, and also using empirical studies, reaches increase visual acuity of its users - there is talk of up to 20% of gamers who are used to playing action games-, improve your memory -It was found that children who are fond of Pokémon They had a greater retention capacity by being able to memorize hundreds of names and characteristics of the characters - and even makes them more likely to socialize with other individuals -widening circles of friendships and consolidating family life-.


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  1.   Mack said

    What is this tabloid article? A tribute to the tabloid press that blames video games for the murders? Please consider removing this article as the only thing it will do is create a bad name for the world of videogames, and / or this blog and its members.

  2.   Yaru said

    Congratulations, you have reached the level of Antena 3 in terms of documentation, consistency and common sense. Calculating all in negative numbers, yes.
    If you'll excuse me, I must go play Super Metroid, I want to go tonight to blow things up with a missile launcher.

  3.   Cartman said

    Is this a video game portal or save me?

  4.   Geckoid said

    It gives me the feeling that you haven't caught the article. By default, it begins in a yellowish tone and later, precisely, dismantles the false postulates that video games are a bad influence, and the same weapon used by the media is used, but as a boomerang.

    The saddest thing is reading those radicalized comments where the removal of the article is demanded or freedom of expression is restricted, when precisely these same people lament the reactionary ways in which those who criminalize video games act: they do not realize that they are placed at their level. And then we have another one out there saying that he is going to get involved in launching missiles: be careful, the internet is not as anonymous as you think, let's see if the police will show up at your house. Be careful with the intellectual level.