Judge gives verdict in Halo 3 case

David Hollingworth | Jan 15, 2009 10:12 AM

Essential linkage: Guilty! But it's the judge's final comments that scare us the most...

Following on from our Halo 3 shooting piece the other day, the judge in the case has handed down a guilty verdict, finding 17-year-old Daniel Petric guilty of the murder of his parents.

The very excellent Game Politics site has been covering the case (unsurprisingly), and has transcribed some interesting (read: Scary) portions of the judge's full remarks on the case.

Check the story out - it makes for some interesting reading. Of note:

"This Court's opinion is that we don't know enough about these video games. In this particular case, not so much the violence of the game because I believe in the Halo 3, what it amounts to is a contest to see who can shoot the most aliens who attack."

Uh huh. 'The Halo 3'... yeah, that sure sounds like a man who's in full possession of the facts of just what gaming is and isn't. Riiiight.

http://www.gamepolitics.com/2009/01/13/judge-comes-down-hard-video-games-halo-3-murder-trial