Psychosis and Bad Internet Connections Do Not Mix

Posted by | October 13, 2009

In a grand display of a lack of self control—the type that Jack Thompson and his ilk would have loved—a teen in Sweden went berserk and stabbed a girl when he couldn’t connect to Starcraft.

An 18 year old Starcraft player has been reported as attacking a 15 year old girl. The gamer became angry when his internet connection wouldn’t work and picked up a kitchen knife and headed into the street. When there he came into contact with a 15 year old girl who was on her way home from a party and laughing with a friend. He attacked her with the knife but despite several stabs her injuries were not life threatening.

The troubled teenager has now been sentenced to psychiatric care by the Nacka court for these actions, his first offense. The gamer’s thoughts apparently grew dark as a result

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