the kids a high school student and he still runs away because his Xbox gets taken....by that time kids should be thinking about how to get laid instead of video games



I too blame the parents instead of Video Games specially the dads because by that age the dad should be trying to get his son some vageen not GTA4



If u use video games as a way to escape reality then go get some hookers or a girlfriend to make ur life better

Oh my god. This douche bag made it to QJ?!

He goes to my school. He played Call Of Duty a lot, he played it literally all day. They took it away for thanksgiving, a FAMILY day. And he flipped. Ran away, in hopes to find a guy he met on XBL.



He really didn't have many friends, and as soon as he goes missing, EVERYONE freaks over it. Even people who never knew he remotely existed, or which school he went to for that matter. I don't care about him. I feel bad for the family, but that's about it.



Let your flames begin.

listen to yourselves y dont ya huh.. geeez,for the record your both complete shallow idiots in a VERY assuming way.BOTH of your comments were imature and a waste.. "we all know that life is only about getting laid" wtf?? you both must of just hit puberty..f**ing kids.



your either both still imature teenagers or are adults that act like imature teenagers.. im giong with my first thought or lower :)





oh and Naroon you duech bag... uh ,a "bubble bath" and a "trip by yourself" (assuming your talking about taking one in real life) IS reality,the others are correct young child.





and jag you other duech bag... "by that time kids should be getting laid" KIDS huh? obviously your one of "them" that are cumpulsive at gaming or the virtual world and stay in your room only to use the internet for your so called "knowledge" about wut Naroon and others should be thinking about by the time they hit high school.. who ever raised you BOTH must of not did a good job if your mental attitude of life is that way.



oh and another thing for you Jag,you refer the child as "son" and especially the parents as "dads"... this debactle is not about just sons but daughters too ya know. (oh wait,you dont).. and you should be blaiming the mom AND dad unless only one parent to do the job.





i advise both of you to get some help.. like play some learning games on life or read a book about the facts of life or watch a parenting documentary.



(shakes head @ Naroon + Jag).

i dont know weather he is or not but took for not i guess..

of bad parenting. God forbid you actually raise your children and teach them they have the right to nothing in life they don't earn. You misbehaved and you got your Halo taken away. Big *****ing deal. If its that much of a tragedy you might want to consider why it got taken away and I dunno... find a hobby?

I think what NarooN meant by taking a bubble bath and going on a trip by yourself is that they're both methods used to relax and get away from daily worries.

As for the getting laid thing, I've learned not to take things seriously, even if there wasn't a chance he wasn't being sarcastic.

And NarooN, the end of the world is coming...

No their isn't much of a difference between books, movies, etc. But people need to be surrounded by others to learn the mistakes they make. If someone reads a lot then that is a problem too because they distance themselves from reality. An example would be this person that killed himself because Dumbledore died. But people blame videogames, movies and TV because the violence is shown in image form which is naturally the best form to obtain knowledge. This reason enough causes parents to think that they should blame something other than themselves. I do agree with ur last 2 sentences though

I love the part about Rights privilege that makes a lot of sense and i can really understand it. my parents took my whole game empire when i was 15 also ( that's 3 systems and about 65 games all together.) and i definitely felt wronged. but i damn sure didn't run away because.. i wanted my stuff back, i mean.. its rightfully mine

addiction is a fact for some. Addiction can be both physical and mental. Drugs are more physical where as a mental addiction is something that can come and go. Some times I have played a game and it really gets to a point where everything else is totally irrelevant until such time as the game has been completed. I think most of us to some degree have experienced this but a minority do not understand this and become isolated from the reality and immerse themselves within the game.

For these few it can be a difficult situation and parents that possibly confiscate the games etc as a final desperate solution are not always to be blamed. Most people i know enjoy a beer after work or at the weekend but although I do not know any alcoholics they do exist. In the same manner I know many gamers and most of them do have an occasional night of no sleep and online madness just as i have had ll night parties and beer. Fee like sh*t the following day but get right n with life again.

As for the original article I do agree that games are a form of emotional regulation. I for one have several times after having had a bad day will put in a shooter as quake 3 and then find a rocket launcher to blast bots named after coworkers. BRILLIANT, as i do not break the law, do not hurt anyone and do not go to jail and after an hour of total pleasure feel on top of the world again.....