And the magic words appear as normal "computer games". Yeah it was all the computers fault. :/

Been playing violent kill-em-alls my entire gaming life, never once murdered anyone not on the screen.

"...Only a lad..."

At least yours (Brits) are teens and not Tyrants ('leaders')...

That boy is sick. And I have to agree...not the computer games fault. If we go that route, we must also examine, movies, TV, music, internet, books, on and on goes the list. The boy is sick and did a horrible thing of his own free will. Lock him up and throw away the key.

aaawww, he was bored....that explains it

judging from the fact he stabbed her 72 times, I'd say he was extremely bored

what a f*cked up kid

It is time people stop blaming other things and put the blame where it belongs. Many things might "influence" actions but only one thing makes you do these horrible acts. YOU, the person. You can't put a computer game, a book, a movie, a TV show on trial but you sure as heck can put this psycho in jail for the rest of his life.

I would like to know the context in which "computer games" showed up. Did the kid or the parents blame them? Either way its so sad that society can't own up to its own mistakes and needlessly blames someone/thing else.

Its because of kids like this that my ex-husband is leery of letting our children watch tv/ play vid games. Thanks for ruining it for me, jerkwads!

Come on people, don't you realize this is 21st century, where there is no such thing as "personal responsibility". You chopped off your neighbors head, thats ok, its not your fault, it was that darn tv. You burned down your parents house, thats ok, blame the music. You went downtown and shot 30 people, thats ok, blame the video games.

Makes you wonder what they blamed things on when there wasn't TV, Video Games, or "violent" music. Oh, that's right, there is still alcohol, or drugs.