Quote Originally Posted by Lady View Post
This goes along the lines of blaming McDonald's for being fat. No the cause is much deeper than just a simple "the video games made them do it". Social education is beyond neglected worldwide, mental illnesses that develop around puberty are often either misdiagnosed or ignored, and the family structure has completely broken down which often leads to the neglection and solace found in escapism... IE video games.

So yeah easy answer = video games fault.
Pretty much, it's not the cause, but it's simply a factor that triggered it and it's easy to put the blame on the source. Just like people say "Guns don't kill people, people kill people", yet I'm pretty sure the gun bullet to your head was the cause of your death therefore it's easy to blame guns.

Though the fact it seems some never heard of people getting killed due to MMO drama in asia is kinda odd o.O, guess it never really hits western news sites. So you can't blame the MMO telling people to kill, it simply triggered the unstable nature of the person.