From the news report: "Sheriff’s Capt. Spence Dilworth said the question of whether video games can spark violence in juvenile players may be 'more of a debate for the living room rather than the courtroom.'”

Thompson said published reports that Neher told detectives he, and his accomplice Everette, killed Gore because Gore would not let them borrow his car follows “the same scenario in (the video) ‘Grand Theft Auto.’ ” An autopsy of the victim revealed that he had been shot in the face after a brutal beating. “Nobody shoots anybody in the face unless you’re a hit man or a video gamer,” Thompson said, adding that the apparent repeated “pummeling” of the victim is consistent with scenes in violent video games.

ESA President Douglas Lowenstein responds: “The Entertainment Software Association expresses sincere sympathy to the family of the victim of this senseless crime. But efforts by discredited anti-video game zealots to blame video games are cynical and misplaced,” Lowenstein said, "Violent crime involving kids predates video games. Common sense tells us that video games do not create killers and that tragedies like this have to do with far more complex issues, from deep-seated psychological problems to a society in which violence and guns permeate the culture, from TV news to child and spousal abuse to war.”

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