"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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skatertgPosted:

Lol, they would blame it on a video game rather than the corrupt politics

nukuPosted:

this is ridiculous

TeravainenPosted:

they would blame it on a video game

HolmesyPosted:

jesus christ.. how can you blame a game on these riots seriously. It all started as a protest over a death by the police then it got out of hand and then a woman was shoved and beaten by a riot officer and then thats when things started to get worse, you cant blame that on a game. It's the police trying to cover themselves and media covering for the police.

MorphaPosted:

This is stupid. Of course they blame it on a video game.

-CoD-Posted:

thePiManx apparently GTA sold 30 million copies there as every teenager must have played it and then decided, 3 years later, that they should act it out in real life.

at that rate, they will blame MW2 for the violence that will happen next year.
MW2 was blamed for that terrorist attack remember... When will the world have the common sense to realize that video games has NOTHING to do with and real world crisis's

flux11Posted:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxNWBjdGgLY&feature=share

thePiManxPosted:

apparently GTA sold 30 million copies there as every teenager must have played it and then decided, 3 years later, that they should act it out in real life.

at that rate, they will blame MW2 for the violence that will happen next year.

JozhuaPosted:

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.

TheMoDiiFii3rPosted:

now we can sing.

London by The Smiths

:) :) :)


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