"GTA inspired London riots", paper claims

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Lawlessness, civil disobedience, rampant criminality and violence. All could be used to describe the events witnessed in Tottenham and Enfield over the weekend. Oh, and they could also be used to describe a certain video game.

And while Codemasters’ F1 series hasn’t been credited for the success of Sebastian Vettel and I’ve not yet read any stories thanking Populous for inspiring God himself, some people have seemingly linked Rockstar’s title to the tragic events.

Tonight’s copy of the London Evening Standard could claim that the London riots seen in the past 48 hours were “inspired” by famous games series Grand Theft Auto, MCV can reveal.

Two people – one a police officer in Tottenham and the other an Enfield resident – told reporters that they believed the popular game series was the catalyst behind the breakdown of law and order.

A member of the Evening Standard news team confirmed that at the time of speaking, the GTA quotes were to be included in the article. However, the source would not rule out the possibility of alternations being made before the paper hits presses.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/gta-inspired-london-riots/082762

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AntPosted:

-Rozy- 1st the norway bomber trained from Modern Warfare 2, now riots inspired by GTA! video games are changing the world.


Nah, the media always jumps at the video games industry for anything bad in the world.

Subj3ct_Kn1ghtPosted:

Pokemon will lead to animal abuse claim.

RozyPosted:

1st the norway bomber trained from Modern Warfare 2, now riots inspired by GTA! video games are changing the world.

TTG_DEATH_3MPIR3Posted:

but there is no chopper shooting automatic rockets.
How could that be anywhere close to what the game is like! neither did i see a flying car kill anyone.

Maybe bill gates covered it up and that paper was the only information leak. I could be on to something here

AdroitPosted:

i live near london and i hate it because this kind of stuff happen's. and i don't think is about GTA. :)

TTG_EFFECTPosted:

i love how that when ever something goes wrong a game is blamed. next someones gonna drive like a nutter down the motorway or some street on the oncoming lane and crash a load of cars into each other and gonna blame it on the burnout series :/

AFrogAteMePosted:

G3NERALSHIFT
jozhuaaaaaaaa
AzUrExx are u effing serious?
GTA has nothing to do with this sh*t. why is all news has to be related to video games?

its just that this f*cks over there in London are uncivilized.

UK has the most stubborn teenagers around.
just watch all those reality TVs about it...
Why did you write your name at the end?! Nobody Cares if you wrote it!

I agree that games get blamed for everything it's ridiculous but that's quite a bad stereotype, I'm a teenager in the UK and i don't break the law and cause riots. But i most agree to an extent the teenagers here are stubborn but to be honest I think it's only cause they aren't raised up in the complete environment i know a few people who were raised in "rough" places and so aren't exactly the "model Citizen" It's not just the UK it's just the place they are raised.


coming from a country where you can carry a gun 'legally' with a licence as a civilian

yes teenagers are stubborn in the UK but dont act as if the US teenagers are angels

dont talk about the country when ou dont know whats going on

P.S. i love the US But hate the idiots who talk Crap about UK

G3NERAL SHIFT
Why did you write your name at the end?! Nobo

CastleCrashersPosted:

G3NERALSHIFT
jozhuaaaaaaaa
AzUrExx are u effing serious?
GTA has nothing to do with this sh*t. why is all news has to be related to video games?

its just that this f*cks over there in London are uncivilized.

UK has the most stubborn teenagers around.
just watch all those reality TVs about it...


I agree that games get blamed for everything it's ridiculous but that's quite a bad stereotype, I'm a teenager in the UK and i don't break the law and cause riots. But i most agree to an extent the teenagers here are stubborn but to be honest I think it's only cause they aren't raised up in the complete environment i know a few people who were raised in "rough" places and so aren't exactly the "model Citizen" It's not just the UK it's just the place they are raised.


coming from a country where you can carry a gun 'legally' with a licence as a civilian

yes teenagers are stubborn in the UK but dont act as if the US teenagers are angels

dont talk about the country when ou dont know whats going on

P.S. i love the US But hate the idiots who talk Crap about UK

G3NERAL SHIFT
we can carry guns to protect ourselfs dumbshit evern though it causes crime also dont talk like UK is all thath because its not the US may not be either but its better then the UK even if we have a shit economy

XCaptainDinkXXPosted:

Next thing u know halo wars is gonna be the cause of the next big war....becuase some how he learned the tactics from the game...

G3NERALSHIFTPosted:

jozhuaaaaaaaa
AzUrExx are u effing serious?
GTA has nothing to do with this sh*t. why is all news has to be related to video games?

its just that this f*cks over there in London are uncivilized.

UK has the most stubborn teenagers around.
just watch all those reality TVs about it...


I agree that games get blamed for everything it's ridiculous but that's quite a bad stereotype, I'm a teenager in the UK and i don't break the law and cause riots. But i most agree to an extent the teenagers here are stubborn but to be honest I think it's only cause they aren't raised up in the complete environment i know a few people who were raised in "rough" places and so aren't exactly the "model Citizen" It's not just the UK it's just the place they are raised.


coming from a country where you can carry a gun 'legally' with a licence as a civilian

yes teenagers are stubborn in the UK but dont act as if the US teenagers are angels

dont talk about the country when ou dont know whats going on

P.S. i love the US But hate the idiots who talk Crap about UK

G3NERAL SHIFT


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