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In the discussion thread: Police Focusing On Adam Lanza’s Obsession With Video Games [View all]

Mon Feb 18, 2013, 01:44 PM

18. Agreed.

I don't think that there is any one "cause" that can be pointed to here, but instead a bunch of aggravating factors, with these sorts of games just reinforcing and buttressing the already disturbed mind that he had.

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36 replies	Author	Time	Post
Police Focusing On Adam Lanza’s Obsession With Video Games [View all]	DonViejo	Feb 18	OP
Sounds like anyone else his age?	Report1212	Feb 18	#1
Thousands of dollars of games?	HooptieWagon	Feb 18	#11
At $65 a game, thousands of dollars isn't that many games.	Tempest	Feb 18	#14
My guess is that the gaming systems were added to that "thousands" number	obxhead	Feb 18	#23
And if he were a PC gamer	Lions_fan	Feb 18	#25
A decent gaming rig will run you at least a couple grand.	Chakab	Feb 18	#33
My money's on Bowling.	harun	Feb 18	#2
I guess they better come preemptively arrest me then.	tarheelsunc	Feb 18	#3
yeah I prefer to shoot zombies and aliens	PatrynXX	Feb 18	#5
Me too	Politicalboi	Feb 19	#34
he was a shut-in	d_b	Feb 18	#4
oh sure just go to the Eric Lustbader books	PatrynXX	Feb 18	#6
People should not dismiss the effects on an already disturbed mind	frazzled	Feb 18	#7
Possibly something like that.	HooptieWagon	Feb 18	#12
His dad and mom divorced....maybe THAT was the issue too???	Moostache	Feb 18	#16
Agreed.	Travelman	Feb 18	#18
Agreed. FPS games are NOT indicated for those with poor grips on reality.	NoodleyAppendage	Feb 18	#20
What does a police investigation...	reACTIONary	Feb 18	#31
One thing I got from this is how some people really tried to reach out to him	Ash_F	Feb 18	#8
Well, he was 20 so he would have been out of school regardless	Yo_Mama	Feb 18	#24
look up ODD - Oppositional Defiant Disorder	Lithos	Feb 18	#30
Maybe	mpcamb	Feb 18	#9
Goddamnit, it was not video games that made him kill a bunch of little kids.	Arkana	Feb 18	#10
What he said. +1000	MichiganVote	Feb 18	#26
Look out world...I have been playing those kinds of games for over 20 years!!!!	Moostache	Feb 18	#13
Just Noticing...	RobinA	Feb 19	#35
I'll probably have to join you, seeing as how I've played almost every violent video game	Arkana	Feb 19	#36
I like video games	RandiFan1290	Feb 18	#15
Sweet textures!	Moostache	Feb 18	#17
No one could have anticipated...	OnyxCollie	Feb 18	#19
I remember when...	oNobodyo	Feb 18	#21
Yeah the good ole days when killers were quieter and more well mannered	Leontius	Feb 18	#22
We watched those shows, my dad had 5 shotguns-2 loaded under the bed. We never touched them.	MichiganVote	Feb 18	#28
The Woody Woodpecker rationale just does not wash.	MichiganVote	Feb 18	#27
Hmm	Lithos	Feb 18	#29
REPORT: Adam Lanza Motivated By Norway Shooter	Tx4obama	Feb 18	#32

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