Game Boys don't kill, water and electricity do |
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The news is a day or so old, but it still bears mentioning. On the right you will see a picture of Connor O'Keefe, seven years old and deceased. First written about by tabloids and the general press, followed by Games Industry and Kotaku, different pictures are being painted about the death of the boy. The tabloids give the coverage a sensational title such as "Killed by XMas Game Boy" or other things, but he was electrocuted and died of burns resulting from trying to unplug his Game Boy handheld.
Now, here comes a crucial bit of information that may hold some important perspective regarding the issue. Some of the news coverage of this mentions that Connor just came from swimming in the pool at the time, while others do not mention that little tidbit at all. Note, however, that his mother does mention that the boy knows about the dangers of electricity and electrocution.
All in all, we can take this as a horrible accident given the different factors involved. That being said, does a headline like "Game Boy kills child" smack of anti-game bias, or of shoddy journalism? Either way, there's one less kid out there, and that's the worst thing about all of this.
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What if there is a difference in electricity current over in Tailand so that the charger was overloaded started makeing noises and he touched it and POOF electocuted
***** YOU
this news thread seems to be more pointed at the fact that a kids deceased and possibly telling us about that one small detail that he was wet. why is it the second someone yells nintendo that people instantly yell back its not nintendos fault! i,myself, being a nintendo fanboy, dont even understand you people.
They didn't say that it was Nintendo's fault,but you are right,the kid's mother said that he already knew what would happen in this situation and that he should have known to watch his hands first,but no one deserves to die,especially a little boy like Conner O' Keefe.
you're right,it's not Nintendo's fault or the mother who bought it,it was a terrible accident,this could have happened if he had a psp,azune,a ipod,whatever.If you hurt yourself on a skateboard,you can't sue the company if you used it recklessy,It's a terrible accident that the poor kid can't live to tell about,but they can't say Nintendo did this on purpose.
u think a little kid deserved to die? u deserve to go to hell
I'll be sure to laugh at you when i see you burn in the fiery pits of hell. goodbye.
***** NINTENDO
***** you.
Hahahaha roflrofllolz