Boy found dead, parents blamed Call of Duty and video game addiction

[King Zarthius]

Brandon Crisp, a young boy, had been missing up until today when he was found dead. Brandon ran away from his home after his parents took away his Xbox 360. His parents took possession of the console after they decided Brandon had become addicted to Call of Duty 4. Initially, Brandon’s parents believed that the boy’s disappearance was somehow related to his addiction to video games. It was only after investigators analyzed Brandon’s Xbox 360 analyzed that the link between video games and his disappearance were no longer tied together.


“It’s still being analyzed a little further, but at this point we have no reason to believe there is any connection to date between the Xbox and his disappearance,” Sgt. Goodbrand

Dr. David Walsh of the National Institute on Media and the Family commented on the situation and strongly states that video game companies do not want to address video game addiction.



“I don’t think [video game companies] want to touch addiction with a 10-foot pole. It raises all sorts of liability issues for them. And my interpretation is that their strategy is to ignore it and hope it will go away. If you talk to front-line counsellors in places like universities they’ll tell you that this is a huge issue. The way people are viewing this is changing quickly.”

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[Bownz]

Woah, Im really sad now... I wouldnt think That could happen from Call of duty....

[Darth_1978]

Oh please, just another set of parents refusing to take responsibility for their actions. There were obviously problems at home. Them taking away his game was the last draw, and he took off. Blaming the game is just a cheap scape goat for the parents not wanting to face reality.

[10Ruben12]

Originally Posted by Darth_1978

Oh please, just another set of parents refusing to take responsibility for their actions. There were obviously problems at home. Them taking away his game was the last draw, and he took off. Blaming the game is just a cheap scape goat for the parents not wanting to face reality.

yup i agree
parents always says that the video games are responsible of all agresivity that kids have
but they don´t have all the fault maybe they have other kind of problems that incite to the kids to be like that

[Pokemon Trainer]

Originally Posted by King Zarthius

Brandon Crisp, a young boy, had been missing up until today when he was found dead. Brandon ran away from his home after his parents took away his Xbox 360. His parents took possession of the console after they decided Brandon had become addicted to Call of Duty 4. Initially, Brandon’s parents believed that the boy’s disappearance was somehow related to his addiction to video games. It was only after investigators analyzed Brandon’s Xbox 360 analyzed that the link between video games and his disappearance were no longer tied together.


“It’s still being analyzed a little further, but at this point we have no reason to believe there is any connection to date between the Xbox and his disappearance,” Sgt. Goodbrand

Dr. David Walsh of the National Institute on Media and the Family commented on the situation and strongly states that video game companies do not want to address video game addiction.



“I don’t think [video game companies] want to touch addiction with a 10-foot pole. It raises all sorts of liability issues for them. And my interpretation is that their strategy is to ignore it and hope it will go away. If you talk to front-line counsellors in places like universities they’ll tell you that this is a huge issue. The way people are viewing this is changing quickly.”

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Wow....i agree with Bownz Call of Duty couldn't of did this uless the addiction was really bad...But still...

[amiauron]

*sigh* parents no longer want to blame themselves do they?

[Asassinator X]

A kid found dead for playing too much COD4? o__O Do they know where they found him? Maybe he was trying to think he's in some level of COD4 or something similar, idk I don't have the game.

[Pocketim]

'Cmon, he shouldn't of been playing Call of Duty 4 in the first place =P

That's really sad though... and I really have to agree with Amiauron's comment as well... it really bugs me how some parents raise their children...

[Super Mario]

Woah. That's really sad. I only just recently commented on the thread about him being missing.

[hokage11]

so riduculous..

[kaiougaXguraadon]

Okaaaay...

So they're blaming Call of Duty 4 (an M-rated game...what kind of parents let their 15-year old play an M-rated game like CoD4?) for their kid running away and dying, while they actually LET their kid run away, thinking it was all a joke.

The thing is, when you let a FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD run away from home, actually GIVE HIM provisions, and take his video games away after addiction allegedly affects his education and social life, there's a good chance he's not gonna come back.

[sksksksksk222]

This is quite disappointing and tragic. I do highly agree with many here that he probably did initially have problems at home with his parents, and his parents are using it as a scapegoat unless the addiction was quite severe. This just goes to show how many are willing on commenting video games as negative at times.