Government blaming GTA for London riots

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    Crawl Me Maybe Crawl is offline
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    Government blaming GTA for London riots


    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.

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    "GTA inspired London riots", paper claims | Games industry news | MCV

    In my opinion, They are just looking for other things to put the blame on apart from theirselves, Since when did GTA include setting fires to shops and looting?
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    Everybody loves DTB DonTonberry is offline
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    Re: Government blaming GTA for London riots

    No they aren't, read the article. One lone cop and a resident of the community believed it to be related to GTA. Both probably way out of touch with what games represent and not up to date with studies.

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    Re: Government blaming GTA for London riots

    I read the title and just started laughing!

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    Re: Government blaming GTA for London riots

    I start to think that all news stations, websites and all other media jazz is runned by christians. Howcome black ops didnt get invoved in this? Also what happened to media blaming counter strike for every violent jazz.

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    Re: Government blaming GTA for London riots

    Quote Originally Posted by superstar911 View Post
    I read the title and just started laughing!
    Same here!

    For the London Riots, it's good to see how the community is helping by cleaning up and supporting this anti-riot campain. The news is global and wow, this is really bad. I feel sorry for those people living there
    Lol GTA style



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