GTA killer case clears hurdle

The jostling for position continues in the civil suit that pits the estates of killed cops Arnold Strickland and Leslie "Ace" Mealer of Fayette County, Alabama, against the makers and sellers of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. In a criminal case that made national headlines in 2003, carjacker Devin Moore, in police custody at the time, grabbed one of the arresting officer's guns and shot and killed that officer and two others. Moore later told investigators, "Life is like a video game; everybody has to die sometime." Read more...

These lawsuits against video games is getting completely out of hand anymore. How can anyone believe for one second that a video game, nothing but a bunch of code and pictures, can influence a person to the point where real live and game live become blurred. To me it is pretty clear that Devin Moore had issues long before playing the game. I would like to know how Moore managed to get a gun away from one of the officers. I don't think the game taught Moore how to do that. Any day that a cop is killed protecting and serving is a truly sad day. The law should be more concerned with criminals than a computer game company. Maybe games are becoming violent but game makers are only giving the masses what they want. Think about that for a minute.