Kid Goes Missing, Dad Blames Xbox, Call Of Duty - Kotaku Australia
UPDATE thanks to Blade:
Xbox Gamer Brandon Crisp Likely Froze To Death -- InformationWeek
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It could definitely happen, especially in MMORPGs where you develop "friendships" with other players in the game. That is why I keep my game relationships just that: game relationships.
The father should have monitored to a certain degree his son (a minor) in terms of his online activity. It is not Activision/IW or Microsoft's fault for sure.SICK likes this. -
Its awful and all that this kid is missing... but Maybe the father should blame it on the bad parenting that allowed this kid to play non stop and get "addicted" to the game... get your kid involved in some other activities
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Seriously how far could a 15 year old get on his own with presumably no money. He is probably hiding out at a friends house playing Call of Duty and the friend's family probably want tell because the kid said his parents beat him or something similar. If the parents were smart they would log onto the Xbox to see if their son has been on or is on, because if he was addicted I would just about guess he is at someones house playing the game.
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lol go dad
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thts wht u get 4 takn mi xbox awy dad. u sck. n00b gt pwnt. gng 2 jims hs prnts r kuler thn u. k thx bi
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And all this goes on for an entire week?
Dad shouldve pulled the freakin plug LONG TIME AGO....
Regardless, hope he kid is okay and feel for the dad as I dont know WTF I would do if kids were missing for a week.unluckyluciano likes this. -
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Some people are unbelievable. They ignore their kids and let them play endless hours of video games, not being involved in their lives enough to know what the hell they are doing. then, when the kid does something they turn around and blame someone else. If it is not TV it's movies or music or video games...
How about blaming yourself?
It's simple to me. Don't let your kids have a television in their bedroom. Don't let your kids have a computer in their bedroom. If you MUST do both, simply cut off the internet (a splitter switch or something) at a certain time every day.azfinfanmang, dolphan117, SICK and 5 others like this. -
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i think the simple answer would have been not to let the kid have online in the first place.
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I'm four and I play M rated games.
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Sad ending to a sad situation.
Xbox Gamer Brandon Crisp Likely Froze To Death -- InformationWeekTheAnswer385 and azfinfanmang like this. -
I don't think he should be called "gamer," unless that is his profession. It would be just as accurate to call him former bed wetter Brandon Crisp. I mean, they just whip ignorant (about video games) people up when the media says something like that.
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They believe he fell from a tree.
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The ending to this story is very sad. As a parent of a 14 yo boy, I have peed in his cheerios a few times. He wanted to play GTA4 but I would not let him, along with a few other games. IMO COD4 is not that bad and I question it's M rating. My boy does not play any adult rated game without me playing it 1st and I rate the game. I limit his playing time, and have gotten a live account, so he can not play online. But this is just me.
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Huge nerd is addicted to playing games on XBox Live. His parents were sick of him doing nothing but playing video games all day, and tell him enough is enough, and they're going to take them away from him. So, naturally, he runs away to the woods, where you can play video games all day, and your parents won't hassle you about it. Pure genius.
My parents took away my video games from me more than once when I was that age, and I just KNEW it was because they didn't understand, and didn't care, and just wanted to prevent me from enjoying myself.
I didn't run away like I was 6. I made a deal with them (housework, yardwork, improved grades, etc.) to get my games back. Then the next time they took away my games, I made another deal to get them back.
This story is just further proof of the decline of our species.opfinistic likes this. -
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Sorry for bringing POFO here... It was meant as a joke playing off the entire world's idea that Obama will save the planet. Just a joke people
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A week ago, probably not so much so..but yeah..
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I know, it was too over the top to NOT be a joke! I tried to one-up you on the funny meter with my response...
Another swing and a miss for the ol' TDF :sad:Big E likes this.