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[ComputerMKII]

RIP.

Dad kills son 'over online gaming addiction'

A Frenchman got so angry over his son’s constant playing of online games that he snapped and strangled the young man during an argument at the family’s holiday home in southern France, it was reported on Tuesday.

A 43-year-old French father was behind bars after police said he killed his 23-year-old son in the family’s holiday home in the heat of an argument sparked by the young man’s addiction to online games, French paper Midi Libre reported.

Officers rushed to the family home in the tiny village of Luc-sur-Orbieu in the Aude department of southern France after learning of the fatal confrontation between father and son at 10:45pm on Monday.

While an autopsy will declare the final cause of death, it appears the father grabbed his son by the neck and accidentally strangled him during a fight, which was appears to have been sparked by the son’s addiction to online games, Midi Libre reported.

The father was being held on suspicion of murder.

http://www.thelocal.fr/20140422/french-father-kills-son-over-excess-internet-gaming

 

[johngie]

How does one accidentally strangle a person? I'm assuming the father used his hands?

 

[L~A]

Oh boy... didn't we have a similar story a few weeks ago?

Edit : important part left out of the EN source

Mais, à ce stade de l'enquête, il ne s'agit que d'une hypothèse qu'il convient de traiter avec prudence. Selon nos informations, le jeune homme souffrait, par ailleurs, de lourds troubles psychiatriques, nécessitant un traitement médicamenteux. Est-ce lors d'une crise que son père, en tentant de le maîtriser, a provoqué la mort de celui-ci ?

Basically : there's investigating stuff, so nothing's certain yet. The whole 'dead killed his son because he was addicted to online games' is speculation, at least for now. According to the newspaper, the son had some serious psychological problems, and needed to take medication. The journalist then goes on to say that maybe the dad actually killed him while trying to keep him under control while he was having a fit or something.

 

[Pankratous]

The father must be a real gamer who focuses on SP.

 

[Marvel]

How was that an "accident"? RIP.

 

[zugzug]

How does one accidentally strangle a person? I'm assuming the father used his hands?

rage m'boy rage...
something I feel often...mostly at MMO Devs.

 

[Fusebox]

I'm guessing he accidentally crushed his windpipe or something? It takes a lot to choke a man to death, you gotta keep going way past the point when they're unconscious.

 

[ComputerMKII]

How was that an "accident"? RIP.

Perhaps he just tried to make him pass out, as in Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes?

 

[Talladega Knight]

the father and son obviously had issues that ran way deeper than an issue over too much online gaming.

 

[ekim]

This is just sad

 

[Zaptruder]

Guy only meant to choke his son out a little. But when you see red, a little becomes a lot without you realizing it!

 

[HORRORSHØW]

what game was it?

 

[Tak3n]

They don't call it e-crack for no reason...

I now at the height of Wow it nearly cost me my marriage

 

[cw_sasuke]

The father must be a real gamer who focuses on SP.

This is funny... Oh wait it isn't.

 

[Marvel]

Perhaps he just tried to make him pass out, as in Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes?

Even worse if he didn't mean to kill him then... still unacceptable to choke your own kid though, god damn.

 

[REMEMBER CITADEL]

How does one accidentally strangle a person? I'm assuming the father used his hands?

Have you played Octodad?

 

[Renekton]

Which online game was it?

 

[misterhektik]

rage m'boy rage...
something I feel often...mostly at MMO Devs.

You feel enough rage towards an MMO dev to wrap your hands around a child's throat and choke the life out of them?

Oh, you were saying that in jest; as a joke. Has me in hysterics; good job.

 

[patapuf]

How does one accidentally strangle a person? I'm assuming the father used his hands?

Basically : there's investigating stuff, so nothing's certain yet. The whole 'dead killed his son because he was addicted to online games' is speculation, at least for now. According to the newspaper, the son had some serious psychological problems, and needed to take medication. The journalist then goes on to say that maybe the dad actually killed him while trying to keep him under control while he was having a fit or something.

That seems like a way to do it.

It's always surreal to me when parents intentionally kill their own children.

 

[Mory Dunz]

I'm guessing he accidentally crushed his windpipe or something? It takes a lot to choke a man to death, you gotta keep going way past the point when they're unconscious.

That's what I was wondering. It's not like a movie. The person should becomes knocked out well before they die I would think. Time enough to realize he's not fighting back.

 

[Delta Assault]

Shouldn't have PvP flagged.

 

[Quasar]

Well this is a change from kids killing parents because they turned off/took away their game console.

 

[Atomic Airplanes]

Not in the family holiday home!

 

[AzaK]

Some of the comments in here are disgusting.

 

[Kura]

Dad tried to save his son from the PC Gaming Master Race sect. Good will, wrong method.

Jokes aside, I hope the father gets punished like he should. RIP son.

 

[ComputerMKII]

Some of the comments in here are disgusting.

A local newspaper used 'Game Over' as a comment (I'm not sure it's called a headline if it's in the middle of the article but you know what I mean)

Dad tried to save his son from the PC Gaming Master Race sect. Good will, wrong method.

Jokes aside, I hope the father gets punished like he should. RIP son.

The kid could have been out late at night, dealing drugs or burning cars but nooo, playing games at home was too dangerous

 

[Tomohawk]

This is sad to hear. My dad gets into fights with my brother for playing to much league but it never gets violent.

 

[JNT]

I reckon the knowledge of having murdered his own son over video games is going to weigh heavy on this man's shoulders. And rightly so.

 

[Garcia]

The Simpsons became real.

 

[REMEMBER CITADEL]

Some of the comments in here are disgusting.

Pardon us, sir, for having accidentally invented black humor.

 

[KJRS_1993]

Some of you really ought to think twice before making the kind of comments you're laying down here.
It's not on.

 

[bunbun777]

What about the father's addiction to red wine?*

*I'm sort of French so baseless accusation is ok

 

[jorma]

Oh boy... didn't we have a similar story a few weeks ago?

Edit : important part left out of the EN source



Basically : there's investigating stuff, so nothing's certain yet. The whole 'dead killed his son because he was addicted to online games' is speculation, at least for now. According to the newspaper, the son had some serious psychological problems, and needed to take medication. The journalist then goes on to say that maybe the dad actually killed him while trying to keep him under control while he was having a fit or something.

This should probably be added to the OP.

 

[Dinjooh]

This is funny... Oh wait it isn't.

Some of the comments in here are disgusting.

People deal with death in different ways.

Where i'm from we call it black humour.

 

[sixteen-bit]

That's awful.

 

[hohoXD123]

Still trying to get my head around how someone "accidentally" strangles their own son, the news source doesn't seem overly reliable tbh.

Oh boy... didn't we have a similar story a few weeks ago?

Edit : important part left out of the EN source



Basically : there's investigating stuff, so nothing's certain yet. The whole 'dead killed his son because he was addicted to online games' is speculation, at least for now. According to the newspaper, the son had some serious psychological problems, and needed to take medication. The journalist then goes on to say that maybe the dad actually killed him while trying to keep him under control while he was having a fit or something.

See this would be more likely but even then who in the world tries to help someone having a fit by grabbing their neck? You usually leave them alone if anything.

 

[Kura]

The kid could have been out late at night, dealing drugs or burning cars but nooo, playing games at home was too dangerous

It's called joke. And I was flaming against the PC Master Race, not about 'playing videogames'.

 

[the_batman]

People deal with death in different ways.

Where i'm from we call it black humour.

yup. the story is absurd, of course people will laugh at it.

 

[Oersted]

RIP. You deserved better.

 

[ComputerMKII]

It's called joke. And I was flaming against the PC Master Race, not about 'playing videogames'.

I know. That wasn't a rebuttal, just a general comment.

 

[Kura]

I know. That wasn't a rebuttal, just a general comment.

Apologies then.

 

[SlickShoes]

[URL="http://www.mediaterranee.com/2222014-internet-un-pere-etrangle-son-fils-parce-quil-passe-trop-de-temps-sur-lordinateur.html]A local newspaper used 'Game Over' as a comment[/URL] (I'm not sure it's called a headline if it's in the middle of the article but you know what I mean)



The kid could have been out late at night, dealing drugs or burning cars but nooo, playing games at home was too dangerous

We don't know how bad his situation was though, you can mockingly compare gaming to drug dealing and say it's not in the same league but if someone has a problem with addiction playing games excessively can easily destroy their life.

Games get a bad rep for sure, mostly for no reason but to dismiss the fact that people are addicted to them seems stupid. It happens, the person usually has other issues too, it's not the fault of the Games Industry but it's still a problem for some people.

Using GAME OVER in a new article is particularly grim.

 

[Roshin]

Possibly they had other issues than online gaming. Possibly.

 

[ksdixon]

Oh boy... didn't we have a similar story a few weeks ago?

Edit : important part left out of the EN source



Basically : there's investigating stuff, so nothing's certain yet. The whole 'dead killed his son because he was addicted to online games' is speculation, at least for now. According to the newspaper, the son had some serious psychological problems, and needed to take medication. The journalist then goes on to say that maybe the dad actually killed him while trying to keep him under control while he was having a fit or something.

That's fucking disgusting! News outlets are just allowed to pluck stuff out of thin air like that and present it as fact? 'Oh we think it has to do with those evil vidyagames, not that the son had fits or anything, lalala'.

 

[hohoXD123]

That's fucking disgusting! News outlets are just allowed to pluck stuff out of thin air like that and present it as fact? 'Oh we think it has to do with those evil vidyagames, not that the son had fits or anything, lalala'.

I'm guessing you haven't read the Daily Mail.

 

[Drazgul]

How does one accidentally strangle a person? I'm assuming the father used his hands?

Press down with the flat of your hand and you can crush someone's trachea surprisingly easily.

 

[DistortionOfReality]

Thinking there is some underlying issues there.

Or, at the very least, the story has become twisted by speculation. If not though, people really need to just chill about MMO's, both the addicts and the parents. Just kick your kids out and demand they get their own place, GOD!

 

[Corto]

That's fucking disgusting! News outlets are just allowed to pluck stuff out of thin air like that and present it as fact? 'Oh we think it has to do with those evil vidyagames, not that the son had fits or anything, lalala'.

It was the preliminary report from Police sources that the father killed his son after a violent dispute started by the father trying to stop his son from playing video games grabbing him by the neck.

http://www.francetvinfo.fr/faits-di...u-il-jouait-trop-sur-l-ordinateur_583029.html

Le drame s'est déroulé lundi 21 avril au soir à Luc-sur-Orbieu, dans l'Aude. Un homme a tué son fils de 23 ans en l'étranglant. Selon les premiers éléments de l'enquête, communiqués mardi 22 avril par les gendarmes, ce père de famille de 43 ans ne supportait pas de voir son fils passer son temps à jouer sur internet. Il trouvait qu'il passait beaucoup trop de temps sur l'ordinateur.

Hors de lui, le père a saisi son fils par le cou pour le faire cesser et l'a étranglé, à la suite d'une violente dispute. Selon les gendarmes, le père n'aurait pas eu l'intention de donner la mort à son enfant. Prostré, il a été placé en garde à vue à la gendarmerie de Lézignan-Corbières. Selon France 3 Languedoc-Roussillon, le parquet de Narbonne a été saisi du dossier.

 

[Gen X]

The father must be a real gamer who focuses on SP.

Something smiliar went through my head as well. Condolences to the family and all but there must've been more to this than meets the eye.

 

[GoaThief]

I'm not going to speculate as to what happened here, my thoughts are with the family and friends. Very sad.