Video Games Do Cause Violence
Police attribute an arson in the Central District last night to a fight over an XBox. From KIRO:
Police said two men argued over an Xbox and a 20-year-old left. He returned at about midnight and apparently set fire to the back porch at the home in Seattle's Central Area, police said.He then called the family in the home to taunt them, police said.
Everyone got out safely.
What's unclear is this: Was the fight over the XBox itself, or over a game they were playing on the XBox?
Because we've been in some pretty heated arguments over video games. If you think we didn't consider arson the time our sophomore-year college roommate took advantage of a glitch in NBA Live '95 to get a four-point-play from Vinny Del Negro and snatch the lead from my Sonics with two seconds left, you're crazy.
Here's two funny video-game-related things we've seen on YouTube recently:
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