Comments on: Feckless Dad buys 18-rated game for 12 year-old son, and finds Ecstasy inside http://www.gamesbrief.com/2009/04/feckless-dad-buys-18-rated-game-for-12-year-old-son-and-finds-ecstasy-inside/ The Business of Games Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:28:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nicholas Lovell http://www.gamesbrief.com/2009/04/feckless-dad-buys-18-rated-game-for-12-year-old-son-and-finds-ecstasy-inside/comment-page-1/#comment-802 Nicholas Lovell Sat, 11 Apr 2009 22:46:19 +0000 http://www.gamesbrief.com/?p=1584#comment-802 Thank you. It just seemed like just the right word, which is always pleasing, even if the circumstances are annoying. Thank you. It just seemed like just the right word, which is always pleasing, even if the circumstances are annoying.

]]> By: Tom Jubert http://www.gamesbrief.com/2009/04/feckless-dad-buys-18-rated-game-for-12-year-old-son-and-finds-ecstasy-inside/comment-page-1/#comment-724 Tom Jubert Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:32:17 +0000 http://www.gamesbrief.com/?p=1584#comment-724 Also, good use of 'feckless'. Also, good use of ‘feckless’.

]]> By: Tom Jubert http://www.gamesbrief.com/2009/04/feckless-dad-buys-18-rated-game-for-12-year-old-son-and-finds-ecstasy-inside/comment-page-1/#comment-723 Tom Jubert Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:31:42 +0000 http://www.gamesbrief.com/?p=1584#comment-723 Agreed - and typical of the mainstream press not to point it out. Agreed – and typical of the mainstream press not to point it out.

]]> By: edb http://www.gamesbrief.com/2009/04/feckless-dad-buys-18-rated-game-for-12-year-old-son-and-finds-ecstasy-inside/comment-page-1/#comment-721 edb Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:30:28 +0000 http://www.gamesbrief.com/?p=1584#comment-721 I wholeheartedly agree - was exactly the same thing which occurred to me. Similiar short sightedness happened in the coverage of the US kid - 14yo who was sniping motorists having played GTA3 - controversy centred around whether the kid had been trained by GTA to behave like this. I was somewhat more concerned about how a minor had managed to get unsupervised access to a high powered firearm, oh well. I wholeheartedly agree – was exactly the same thing which occurred to me.

Similiar short sightedness happened in the coverage of the US kid – 14yo who was sniping motorists having played GTA3 – controversy centred around whether the kid had been trained by GTA to behave like this. I was somewhat more concerned about how a minor had managed to get unsupervised access to a high powered firearm, oh well.

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