In the wake of the massacre at Virginia Tech many so called experts such as Dr. Phil stepped forward linking the killings with the playing of violent video games before the authorities had even released any details about the perpetrator of this atrocity.
As you might expect Jack Thompson was amongst these yet again exploiting tragedy to push his agenda. The gaming site Kotaku have an excellent article analysing Thompson’s televised statement and dissecting the lies contained within it.
Ars Technica have a similar article about the media’s knee jerk reaction of linking the shootings to video games before the facts are in.
In fact according to GayGamer.net not only did the police not find any games amongst Cho Seun Hui’s belongings but his roommate says that he’d never ever seen Cho play a video game.
