Post: Teenager Kills Girl To Feed Video Game Habit
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06-06-2011, 06:29 PM
#1
Goleggett
Splicer
Originally posted by another user
Campaigners have warned about the dangers of online game addiction after a teenager allegedly killed a seven-year-old girl for her earrings to feed his video game habit.
Mong The Xuong, 15, confessed to luring the youngster into woods in Nghe An province in the north central coast of Vietnam, and beating her to death with a rock, Vietnamese police say.
He said he killed Anh Nhu because he did not have money to play online games at an internet cafe near his home in Yen Hoa, it is claimed.
"Until governments around the world recognise it's a problem, it's just going to keep getting worse and worse in terms of murders and crimes caused by excessive and obsessive online game play," she said.
"It's exactly like drugs or alcohol - once people get addicted, they feel they have to have it. There are always certain people who will get addicted to a drug, and in gaming we estimate it's about 20% to 30% of people."
Mong The Xuong, 15, confessed to luring the youngster into woods in Nghe An province in the north central coast of Vietnam, and beating her to death with a rock, Vietnamese police say.
He said he killed Anh Nhu because he did not have money to play online games at an internet cafe near his home in Yen Hoa, it is claimed.
"Until governments around the world recognise it's a problem, it's just going to keep getting worse and worse in terms of murders and crimes caused by excessive and obsessive online game play," she said.
"It's exactly like drugs or alcohol - once people get addicted, they feel they have to have it. There are always certain people who will get addicted to a drug, and in gaming we estimate it's about 20% to 30% of people."
I'm thinking that the people who answered some questions for this article are brain-dead or something... Why? Well, lets put it this way, I used to be addicted to Online Gaming but i didn't go to extreme lengths to get money to play them.
It's all well in blaming the games for causing the death of this girl, but was it entirely the games fault? Because surely if your addicted to a game you don't murder someone. I personally feel that the Kid wasn't right in the head and needed help...
What are you thoughts on this?
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06-06-2011, 07:25 PM
#11
FlutterShy
Big Daddy
06-07-2011, 06:44 AM
#18
Gaia
Former Staff
Originally posted by another user
1 Australian Dollar = 21,982.68 Vietnamese Dong as of 6/7/2011
100 Australian Dollars = 2,198,267.94 Vietnamese Dong as of 6/7/2011
10,000 Australian Dollars = 219,826,794.04 Vietnamese Dong as of 6/7/2011
1,000,000 Australian Dollars = 21,982,679,404.16 Vietnamese Dong as of 6/7/2011
A lil searching, seriously though, things are very cheap in Vietnam, if you were playing for like 1-4 hours it's only like 13,000 and that is at least 0.50 AUD. I know it because I've travelled there as part of my electives; History/Geography.
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