Dad beats six year old son for poor video game performance

Posted Apr 21, 2009 at 12:47PM by Glenn M. Listed in: Tags:

Just when you think some people can't get any more pathetic, news like this pops up. 50-year old Terry Taulbee from East Price Hill, Cincinnati, is charged with beating his six-year-old son, all because the kid didn't play a video game well. Sheesh.

Taulbee is now being held at the Hamilton County jail, facing a domestic violence charge for hitting the kid on his lower back and buttocks, which left a large red hand mark, according to court records. The area was swollen, causing pain for the poor six-year-old. The victimÂ’s mother told police that Taulbee became upset when the boy didnÂ’t play well in a video game.

Other details regarding the incident still remain unknown, including what video game was being played, and why it mattered so much to Taulbee that it be played well. We'll keep you posted once we get updates.

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# ... — squintin 2009-04-21 08:07

...no way...

# God Dam Stupid... — Sora911 2009-04-21 08:27

Really? what Game IN the World is that important to get that upset about??? just stupid..

# mmm — emcp 2009-04-21 08:38

happens in sports

# ... — GLO13AL_T3RROR 2009-04-21 08:40

Oh boy...some parents beat their kid for playing video games.

# GAME OVER — narutosaiyan 2009-04-21 08:40

so what if the kid couldn't beat Seth on hard in SF4, he's not the only one, game is hard as hell. Doesn't mean you gotta be beaten for it. DAMN YOU CAPCOM

# OH NOEZ!! — FlagBearer 2009-04-21 08:44

Enter Jack Thompson.

VIOLENCE IN VIDEO GAMES SHOULD BE BANNED!!! EVERYBODY BUY A WII AND NEVER HAVE FUN AGAIN!!!

...Or whatever jargon he decides to spew.

# man that sucks — sickofitall 2009-04-21 08:48

I get upset too when I have to watch someone play who doesn't know what they are doing. But I never would beat the player.

# @ article — ptspyder 2009-04-21 08:48

I *lol*-ed

# WTF! — iamshadow 2009-04-21 08:51

...read the title...

# . — Relinquisher 2009-04-21 08:51

That man could have gone to his grandpas safe box and shot the child... it could get worse.

# Probably playing COD4 — b|ank Crossfire 2009-04-21 08:54

2v2 team deathmatch.

I'd be pissed to if i was doing all the work : /

# Rediculous — MitchenX 2009-04-21 08:59

Some people have absolutely NO PATIENCE... Try navigating a 5 year old all the way through Kingdom Hearts 1+2!!!

No honey, go that way... no no the other way!!!

# he — FORCE4121 2009-04-21 09:08

try having them play MH 2g and beat the The akantor

# try — MARTINSTATIC 2009-04-21 09:14

try having the kid play through mgs without getting caught

# *sigh* — *****bandit 2009-04-21 09:31

*Huge sigh* No, you suck - very badly I should add - Seth is stupid easy. His stun rating is low and his defense is worse. Two combos if you suck, to stun him, one if you're pretty good. Then bam, finish him with one good combo. If you were my son I might beat you for losing to him at all! haha jk.

# You gotta ... — jagrege 2009-04-21 09:56

Remember, the kids only 6. When I was 6, Super Mario Bros. was difficult to me.

# if that were the case... — ptspyder 2009-04-21 10:03

Poor kid. That game is way beyond the abilities of a child.

# Yeah — WiiRolled 2009-04-21 10:03

I guess his father is one of the infamous XBOX-live kids

# I'm a catholic — astaroth001 2009-04-21 10:14

Even though I'm a catholic and go to church and stuff...the picture made me LMAO hard

# I lol'd at the title. — DarkXCloud 2009-04-21 10:35

Games were difficult to me when I was young... but I never got hit for it lol.

# . — m3rox 2009-04-21 10:36

Gotta admit, that's some serious motivation for the kid to get better

# I remember my first video game. — locobrown 2009-04-21 10:43

ahhh. I remember my first video game. Memories. Super Bros 1. I would get slapped because I couldn't remain seated when I would make mario jump. I would literary jump and tug on the cord and it would make my dad angry. I though it was funny as hell.

# Son of a *****! — Metallica101 2009-04-21 10:50

This guy deserves to go to jail!!!

# idk — whitecloud 2009-04-21 11:27

maybe the kid chucked a huge spaz when he lost. if he did something like start hitting my ps3 i would be pretty pissed.

# That's feasable — Serosis 2009-04-21 11:38

i could understand that one, people (including children) that get into fits because of a video game need to be beaten.

Of course there is the second option, just stop playing the game, or take away the console.

# Kid should — WTFAlex 2009-04-21 11:54

Git Gud.

# What game? — usernameforever 2009-04-21 13:22

Pong is that important. duh

# maybe he's — genesiscopy 2009-04-21 15:41

some gaming prodigy that loses a game tournament with high stakes (sort of mini WCG where winner takes 10k or more and sponsorship opportunities). The kid is actually moon (as in Moon in legendary WC3 player) in the making. it's normal for his dad to be angry (though i do not condone domestic violence)

# yep — Master Chef 2009-04-21 16:09

parents beat their kids for everything, losing a sports game, performing badly in a play/concert, failing a test, you name it parents beat kids for it. As video games grow and the people who grew up on video games have children this will happen more and more

# What? — VashioKun 2009-04-21 17:05

facing a domestic violence charge for hitting the kid on his lower back and buttocks, which left a large red hand mark, according to court records.

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So basically he smacked his back and ass? Honestly.. Tired of this bull***** of a small thing with games = ZOMFGZ. Kids have it worse than a hard smack on the ass and back.

# what did i say — fearlubu 2009-04-21 17:13

i didnt go back to check my other comments, but im sure i got :( quite alot.

but i gotta say it.....Once again, its a white person

*sigh*

# ... — Musev 2009-04-21 19:36

Sounds like the kid only got a smack, kids need it sometimes. maybe theres more to this than just the game.

Maybe the kid lost went crazy starting swearing threw the pad then got punished

# .. — Musev 2009-04-21 19:38

So *****ing what? the only difference is if it was any other race you wouldnt hear about it because its so *****ing common its not worth reporting.

# I bet — Digitus 2009-04-21 21:34

The story is just being blown out of proportion as things like this often do. The real story probably involves a kid talking back to the old guy and he didn't like his tone so he popped him and momma didn't like it so she pressed charges. I bet the kid is a spoiled rotten little thing too. I feel sorry for the old guy because once stories like this get this kind of media coverage you're no longer fighting against the prosecutor you're fighting against the world. If he did hit him over poor performance that is pretty stupid but there isn't anything wrong with discipline when its deserved.

# agreed — Warkobo 2009-04-21 21:56

It seems likely to me that this is what happened. We've all seen it, a kid loses and they throw a massive a fit, so his father spanked him (yes, read the article, the kid was only spanked) to settle him down. Hardly something to get so hot and bothered about if that's what actually happened.

# LOL! — yamabigdog 2009-04-21 22:36

Pwnt!

# » — DSpider 2009-04-21 23:02

Or maybe the guy just needed a reason to hit him.

# » — DSpider 2009-04-21 23:07

The f%u03C5ck are you talking about ? The article didn't mention a game or a console. Didn't mention PS3 or Xbox or PSP or GBC or NES or N64 either !

# » — DSpider 2009-04-21 23:12

What for? PGL? XD

# Mey... — thexile 2009-04-22 00:53

Maybe his son wants to be a professional gamer. You can't spare the rod in that case.

# Spanked? — Jasper1605 2009-04-22 01:55

The kid got spanked, grow the flip up. It is no good that he got spanked over a video game; maybe the details are lacking in accuracy. But this article paints it out that the dad mutilated the child. IT WAS A SPANKING. If parents go to jail for spanking their children then heaven help the world in 10-20 years when those kids who cannot even handle a spanking grow up.

# nah — fearlubu 2009-04-22 03:59

is there a reason why the news (and local i guess, thats where it shows up more) they always talk about something bad happening like robberies and murder?

thats not the point, they TEND (tend.....) to have reports on stuff like the murder of a pretty white girl or child than some guy (i live in this ISHhole, Oklahoma so yes, its kinda like that)

Plus, they DO indeed report it, and if its sooooo common with a crime involving crime and gaming (it doesnt need to be, but ill go ahead and do so) then why did they have an article about that latino guy? (idk what he is)

# I'll beat the shiiit out of you — gr8tlegend 2009-04-22 04:21

My dad does the same thing thats y I play gears so I only get it once a round. lol my brother gets it worst his rank is a 28. poor lil 11 yr old boy. I'll beat the ***** out you. U GOT KILLED BY A NOOB!!! ROOOAAR HULK SMASH LIL KID FACE IN! WHO SAYS VIDEO GAMES AREN't CONTACT SPORTS !LOSERS WEAR YOUR HELMETS Wear ur helmets we going into SUDDEN DEATH! PLAYER ONE DEFEATED! ROUND ONE ....FIGHT!

# ... — xtatic 2009-04-22 04:50

it sounds like to me, that this kid just shouldn't suck! get better at games boy!

# my cousin — CloudX 2009-04-22 08:48

same problem, same games..LOL

but i didn't smack im around...

# Yeah... — *****bandit 2009-04-22 12:31

If anything the mother probably exaggerated the details to the cops for some other reason. The details are always lacking in these articles. And oh my god, someone book me for spanking a child. God knows I've had to spank my nephews and nieces, bu sometimes the lil bastards need it.

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