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Canoe Paddles Down River of Violent Games

By pete_gallagher

Canadian website Canoe has doubled up on videogame violence stories posted to its site in recent days.

First up is a story with the banner 'Man Wounded in Xbox Dispute,' which details the shooting of a 27-year old Winnipeg man by his 16-year old brother. While 'it was unclear whether the dispute was over the possession of a video game or if it broke out while the pair was playing a video game,' videogames were central enough to the crime that they were utilized in the headline.

The shooting victim, thankfully, was upgraded to stable condition in the hours following the incident.

Canoe also took the time to produce a slideshow entitled 'Video Games Linked With Crime,' which dredges up fifteen game-related or influenced crimes, including a supposed trend among graffiti artists to replicate Tetris patterns in their illegal works.

Thanks Allen and Trencher!

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on January 29, 2010 (boomark / email).