Meh, I can't give him much grief.
I'm one of those impressionable gamers as well.

I hate to admit it, but I had so much fun playing nintendogs that I purchased a real puppy.
Smite me now, fellow gamers! For I have fallen from virtual grace.

Zombienator

You guys are taking this way too seriously. For all we know he said it as an off-hand joke in passing. The police officer says he has no clue what the guy's motive was, which means the guy wasn't exactly adamantly blaming video games, and it also means the -police- aren't blaming video games. Heck, even the news media aren't blaming the video games - it only mentions them in passing at the end. The only people getting worked up about video games are us.

Saxboy

Since it is, after all, STILL his fault, I recommend he plays one of the more popular hardcore games for people of his intelligence quotient: "Don't Drop the Soap: County Edition."
It's kinda like Resident Evil 3, but instead of Nemesis stalking you, you have Bubba.

AntiheroKing

I say he emlute Burnout's crash course to see how much damage he can cause, to get the highest score possible. Oh, and make sure to tell him to hit the left signal to guide his vehicle into more traffic, to rack up on more bonus points. He'll make the daily highlights even more quicker.

LostChild

I'm starting to believe that the ESRB system categorizing games by age, should be replaced with a system that gauges common sense and IQ.

Barob

For his next "video game" stunt, he should pull out a gun and shoot himself in the head. When the police look in his pockets, they'll find a note stating "I was trying to unleash my Persona. Tell me if I did it."

ramo200

Jeez everybody is blaming video games for everything. I imagine in the coming future, doctors that get sued for malpractice will blame video games.

Neo-Senku: The World's Finest Pervert

It's only in these situations that I'm glad Persona 3 isn't more popular.

Spritz

I say he should try the Leap of Faith from Assasains Creed

Chuco

another person trying to attempt video game tricks- check
perhaps he should try 2 do a trick by jumping from roof top to roof top with a car? just like in GTA or batman

kilikafinal

If it weren't for idiots like this then videogames wouldn't be blamed for EVERY PROBLEM THAT EVER HAPPENED.

NESTeen

LOL!!! I bet this idiot was drunk. I swear to God he probably was. Video Games don't make you pull this retarded crap unless you're the most impressionable person alive.

Amazon_Chris

I see the headline now...

"Frogger: Corrupting our children?"

Tycoonalex1337

Hijack a Maverick and jump out at a high altitude.

Guanthwei

WTF is a bullet bike?

NecronomiconUK

Probably Road Rash since he was on a motorcycle with no clothes on.

Seriously though, his parents failed him if he couldn't figure out the difference between a fictional account in a videogame versus reality. Let this be a lesson to any parent who exposes their children to videogames, make sure they know that what they see on the screen is not always reality...

...and make sure they turn off those 24 hour new channels also, might have similar effects.

Imakeholesinu

They just have to add a contract before installing, that all claims, that they did anything because of that game, are void or so... It can't be easier.

Schabrak

Road Rash: Bikes vs SUVs

kagai

GTA is my first guess and his next game should be Frogger because I want to see him hop across the freeway in green spandex.

AntiHiro

What is that Japanese game where the monsters come out of your head when you shoot yourself? That is the game this ass hole needs to play next.

TheAngryHeretic

well great now that people think they can get away or off because they saw it in a video games means this will now ruin the fun for the majority.

EVIL_V2

Kinda sounds like he was just being a smartass at a bad time. Of course if he was riding like that with no shirt or helmet he's obviously a total moron.

t0yrobo

Maybe he was trying to emulate Burnout? The guy was probably confused when, after his accident, there wasn't a slow-motion replay with a little meter detailing how much money in property damage he caused.

Aethyr

To my recollection, every motorcycle game I've ever played - which is a good many - have all had the play on-screen wearing a helmet. And as a motorcyclist who's had a fall at 40mph, the idea of NOT wearing one pretty much horrifies me.

Chronixal

Perhaps we need to not get so defensive about protecting games when they don't need protection. All this does is give an obviously stupid, non-news story more coverage.

roland13x

Even if he is playing GTA4, Niko does wear a helmet

ManlyVGnoob

Yeah well I'm gonna jump over a couple of houses and then throw some cars down the street!

Worked for me in Crackdown.

Felch

always used to work for me when i played road rash

Sorshha

Russian Roulette.

Krytha

Probably trying to see how far his flaming corpse would fly, perhaps getting his name onto the online leaderboards as a bonus.

Jtn

Eh, you mean he actually told the police he did it because of video games? What an impressionable twerp. Next up for this guy; emulating Lemmings.

AvidAbey

It has to be GTA:ARVG. Great, That's Another Asshole Ruining Video Games.

ArgentAngel

what a tool...

I recommend he tries to emulate rocket jumping from Quake.... strap some fireworks to a tube and hey presto.

exion

Next emulation: Peeing on Gary Coleman and then trying to kill him a la the Postal series.

Was that in 1 or 2? I think it was two.

sarcasmOD

Your IQ must be this high to play Video Games.

8====D

Master Saji

He should jump off a bridge into a fiery pit. Hell, it always works for me in games. It's called extra lives. I'd like to see if he has any - that or continues. Did he hear the "you gained an extra life" chime? Only one way to find out.

Why don't people try to emulate fighting terrorists or something that you do in games that could actually beneficial. Why is it always stealing shit or wrecking your car... Hell, I try to save the universe from imploding everyday... We'll I would try if I could find my magnetic field nullifier.

realjas

@Dyram: Don't worry, you're not alone :)

Saxboy

@PapaBear434:

Darwin's not available, get him Kevorkian instead.

Pezdispenser

vidja games hahahaha

spacecoffin2

sounds like that was a joke.

TheNocturnalSun

@Cris_Spiegel: Unfortunately, his trying will only manage to get someone else killed :( Idiots are almost death-proof. Just look at the drunk drivers; it seems most of them survive. The old guy in Santa Monica a few years back that plowed through 30 people with his care because he confused the gas for breaks... unscratched. Idiots win in the end :(

okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)

Let's say, for just a second, that he was genuinely trying to replicate something from a video game. In this country, we have absolutely got to learn about personal accountability. Since the beginning of time, people who have been guilty of idiocy have known how to point somewhere else and try to place blame where it doesn't belong, but only in this country of ours do people ever fail to call bullshit on these people. It's a matter of "you did something stupid, and I don't care why you did it, you're an idiot and you're going to jail."

I could jump on a skateboard, put a mask on, and fly down the streets of Dayton hitting people in the head with nunchaku and sai, and when the police nailed me, I could say "it's not my fault, the ninja turtles made it look so appealing!" but no one would take me seriously. Somehow, it's not the same with video games.

TheHeartless

Honestly, its a shame that he didn't die. A moron would be dead an unable to further reproduce and video games wouldn't have been given more bad slack.

TheGuilty1

"Darwin. Calling Dr. Darwin. You are needed in the ER immediately. Dr. Darwin to the ER."

PapaBear434

Nobody's blaming Death Race? Nobody?

supershavin

When will people learn that we have to ban video games to prevent stupidity in this world!!! O_o

okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)

wonder if the fake name he gave them was Niko. Oh and this article is such bullshit, I have never crashed into an SUV with a bike at 100 mph in ANY game and survived.

madhotch

Am I seriously the only one here who saw "Bullet Bike" and thought Mario Kart? Honestly? No one else thought "LOLOMGWTF BULLET BIKE? You mean like in Mario Kart?"

Meh...

Dyram

Videogames are great. They help natural selection. Keep on trying, buddy!

Cris_Spiegel

Well obviously it was Mach Rider... he was trying to defend the Earth from the horrible minivan driving aliens.

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Woden501

Nah! I say he takes a cue from the awesomeness of Burnout and its new crash system.

Take a concrete wall at about 160mph and see how cool the crash looks in slow-mo!

Yeah!

budash2

he should do parkour blind folded!

lonesn1per

This guy is my new hero. However you wanna cut it, driving a motorbike full speed and half naked into and SUV and surviving is totally *awesome*. Although if he'd died, that would've been totally metal.

rabocop

Well, the next course for him is clear.
He should jump naked out of an airplane over a populated region of London, and land perfectly, head first, down some poor joe's chimney. Yes, it must make that "FWUMP" sound when he enters the Chimney.

Demonbird

Let's ban Road Rash, the kids are all hopped up on Sega Genesis viddeyah games.

Calhoun

hmmm, he could enact a scene from persnoa 3 *makes gun to head motion*

dragonsword

@Antiterra: Unless he landed on someone after the fall . :) I did that when I got to play it at Leipzig Friday, fell to my death that is!

AntiHiro

It could perform that operation in Trauma Center on the DS!

AntiHiro

yaaaaaaawwwwwwwwnnnnnnn

F22

Here's an idea: give him Mirror's Edge and let him emulate that. Preferably in a city with skyscrapers aplenty.
At least he won't be hurting others.

Antiterra

I love that the news called it a video game adventure, which insinuates that this was only the end of a day filled with stomping on turtles and eating mushrooms

pixelante_ninja

Video games are the Twinky Defense of the decade.

sir_carrot

What's wrong with you people? A motorcycle-focused video game adventure? It's clearly Full Throttle.

For shame, Tim Schafer!

swarmster

@Krondonian: Me and my html crappiness...

+ Watch video

Krondonian

What's the next thing he should try?

This.

Krondonian

@Spritz: These are the kinds of things that make me wish Persona 3 was more popular.

Man, I really wonder if he was being serious. Is it really possible for someone to be that impressionable? Even if he isn't, telling the turth would only make him look less stupid. You'd have to be pretty dumb to ride a motorcycle with no helmet or shirt on, vidja games or not.

I wonder if by "bullet bike" they meant one of those tiny "crotch-rockets" motorcycles. If so, he's doubly stupid for driving on of those on a public road.

FalconMbuster

Someone please inform the man... waiting for respawn is a lot longer than it seems.

LittlestLamshi

@madhotch: I think Utah glitched for a second. His connection must of been sloppy. Probably just skipped across the asphalt and appeared several feet further. Damn laggers.

AuraHACK

Do not under any circumstances attempt to emulate Burnout.

Hibikino

Maybe he played Speed Kings the night before and tried to like, slide under the SUV or something. Man... that game was fun. Shame apparently only me and the idiot from Utah bought it. Perhaps it was his emotional distress of Acclaim folding that caused him to act so. ... Because I'm sure someone out there misses Acclaim.

AuraHACK

@Xagest:
oh god, you mean the ones with the logs that roll down the hill? took forevar.
what, i have a little sister, shoot me.

roflwaffles

Oh I don't know. I think six games of Russian Roulette will do it next time.

SwiftTheRedFox

@NecronomiconUK: Oh, thank god. I thought I was the only one who has never heard of a "Bullet Bike". Maybe that's media slang so they don't have to say "Crotch Rocket". But, then I don't know why they just didn't say "Sport Bike". Maybe it's a Utah thing.

Monsignor

haha vidja games...I say that all the time, I watch to much King of the hill....Dammit Bobby!!! lol

Bodabo

I say Trauma Center so he can neuter himself that way future generations don't have to put up with any more fail than they already have to.

DarkTetsuya

Sounds exactly like this one mission you have to do in Barbie Horse Adventures.

Xagest

You have the right to remain silent. You have the right to blame it on video games. If you do not blame video games a Fox News representative will do it for you.

MitchCumstein-III

"It should have worked but I couldn't find the damn 'A' button!"

Purple Dave

@Aethyr: @LostChild: @budash2: @Hibikino:
Well, the bikes add-on isn't out yet.. Maybe he was a beta tester? :O
Or maybe they were doing MoCap and it went wrong. That's why we won't be seeing the rider fly off the bike when you crash....

iamhitori

Maybe try escaping a 6 star wanted rating like in GTA by riding his bike straight off the top of the highest building he can find and connecting with the garage. If he's lucky the doors might be open, and he won't need to meet the police afterwards. Or anyone at all.

Pudgey

He should play Crackdown and try to jump off a building.
Nothing big, just tall enough to really mess him up a bit.
On second thought, maybe he should try a skyscraper.

When are they going to just immediately start locking people up with mandatory jailtime when they try and pull this shit?

Oh, GTA made you do it? 10 years! Starting now.

heretrix

He should perfect the Spine Rip fatality from Mortal Kombat... on himself.

tehbighead

I've played video games for 20 years now. Maybe it's about time I do something bad and blame them. I just hate being left out.

Nedge

Spiderman

Bitten_Dead

Mario Kart?

Puchi

Next game? World of Warcraft. That way, we can ensure that his genes are indeed removed from any chance of propagation.

jfm3

@NESTeen: Yes, because we all know video games are blamed for causing cancer, AIDS, the war in Iraq, terrorism, killing the dinosaurs off, destroying the rainforest, "global warming", the great Chicago fire, Jesus' death, the black plague, everything that happens in the Bermuda triangle, was the real murderer of Nicole Brown, and without a doubt is the real reason why gas prices are so high.

Damn video games.

JGab

The new Burnout patch should be BANNED!!! UNACCEPTABLE!

gomerkyle9

He should try Persona 3 next.

Jorw

@AuraHACK: WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?! :p

WildWon

Excite Bike. 'Nuff said.

WildWon

Assassin's Creed; scale buildings and make a leap of faith.

DukeOfPwn

oh no, i tripped and falled it and i hurted myselfs
im gunna su da vidja gamey majig companeez fo makinz me act out mah ownz vidja gamey fantsiz

RyuriTatsujin

Was he a Burnout Paradise new bike addon beta tester?

Weasal

In the video report, the news anchors were more concerned about the mom and her kids, and everyone seemed to think the "it works in video games" line was nothing more than a pathetic attempt at shifting the blame.

Zero_Beat

"And since this dumbass seems hellbent on removing himself from the gene pool, what's the next thing he should try?"

Shooting himself in the face.

AJMarra

Poor guy was just mad at the world. His brother and eleven other people were found drowned in his backyard pool in attempts to recreate blitzball. Who would you blame?

JKPierce

He should try emulating Mario next, and start bashing into bricks.

Culebra

Cool! Now we know the best way to commit reckless crimes, blame them on video games! The authorities will be so sympathetic to our plight and the misunderstanding that we were tricked into being wicked by video games, that we can now simply get away with anything!

Just try driving your car through the wall of a grocery!

"I'm sorry officer, I thought I was playing a video game!"

Or the oh so popular running naked through the womens locker room:

"So so sorry officer Mahoney, I was just trying to re-enact my favorite scene from Horsez 2: Returnz of the Horsez!"

:D

PrivateJ0ker

If he needs to emulate something, I'd suggest trying to jump the Grand Canyon on his pocket rocket...

relic1980

This guy obviously has Buddha mode turn on; how many people can say they survived a 100+ mph crash on a motor bike w/out a helmet?

chenry

Persona 3, I think that's the right game!

ShineyBlueShoes

@roland13x: It's a pity this dummy's father didn't wear protection...

relic1980

I recomend trying to emulate getting a sword shoved down his throat via god of war.

Ijkabob

Get his other crazy friend to ride the bike in his mouth. If all that shit can come out, there's more than enough room for a bike and more to go in. Maybe it worked in a game he played too...whatever sick game that was.

Ryu Kazama

Natural Selection at work.

fturecord

i say he emulates gta....and....go...and...run into a tree as fast as he can in his car...

Pupnasty

oh gee.... the possibilities:

i jumped off building. but forgot how to shot web.
i tried to do a barrel roll to get through
i tried to use boost to get through
i shot myself but didn't turn into a monster
i tried radioactive waste, turns out it doesn't give you super powers..
i tried to traffic check some cars on the highway, didn't work out...
i tried to jump on someone, they didn't die.. awkward..
i went off road.. got stuck in a ditch..
i tried to steal a car, but he was a cop.
not everyone plays chicken on the highway after all
if you enter an airplane you don't automatically get a parachute.

lol.. i'm sure there's more. just for shits n' giggles.

Akmed

@JKPierce: Lol

Ravioli_Sumo

Don't you all remember that game "Drive at 100 MPH on Your Motorcycle Half-Naked into an SUV" for the Xbox 360?

Red_Maniac

Next he should emulate Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare. He wont last a second.

TheSonicGamer

"Ohhh, I just crashed, what shall I do? But of course, blame videogames! Look at me here, beating the dead horse. BEEAAATIIING THE DEEEAAD HOOOORRRSSSE!!"

That's a reimagining of what went throught the guy's head when the cops arrived. Well, maybe it's a bit far out there. Take it as a poetic license...

salsaman1991

And the police didn't detect any hint of sarcasm?

tmanflys

Death Race

Eltigro

Um, what always worked for him in video games? Running into a car on a motorcycle? I mean, if that's what he's saying, then it worked out just like it does in any video game I ever played. Other than the no shirt and helmet thing...

stetsonblade

Holy crap, he lived? God was either feeling really generous that day or is entertained by video game controversy.

Ryodestined

How about jumping off a tall building? I mean, he'll just respawn in front of a hospital, right? Always worked in GTA4.

Xaeros

I heard about this a few days ago. Thought it was stupid then and it remains stupid now.

Perhaps... more so.

Some people just have absolutely no sense of reality, no sense of right, or wrong. These people end up in politics. Or correctional facilities.

2NinjasTapedTogether

what a idiot, maybe next time he wants to emulate something he can ride into a wall.

HunterToOkie

I pride myself on my ability to catch my own sticky grenades in Halo 3. It's harder than it looks.

Sylar

@TheAngryHeretic: I believe that is Persona?

Anyways, what a load of bull! The cyclist should be tea-bagged for thinking if you can do it in a video game it must be teh realz! <;O
Too bad he can't do the Hot Coffee cheat, he keeps failing at that one :(

Katajero

I would respectfully suggest that "his parents failed him" about as much validity as "games made him do it".

yobbo

Well, I WAS splitting lanes at 115 MPH in GTA IV last night- then I ran HEADLONG INTO AN ARMORED CAR. Helmet or not- I was dead. D. E. D. Dead. Road Rash? Yeah that gets you killed to- so it seems to me that if he was emulating a VG he was trying to commit suicide.

/Couldn't be ExciteBike- that's on a dirt course. :)

MasterYong

"I swear, there must be a check-block for it on police investigation forms:"

You know what? I think you may be on to something.

--Core--

I think in the future, we REALLY need VR Asylums and permanent stays.
Yeah, GTA creates the world, vice-versa.

zerojad

people just need to let the blaming on video games go

XSMGAssassinX

For his next trick, I'd like to see him to attempt to summon a Persona ala Persona 3 (after all shooting yourself in the head always worked out nicely in game).

Vault69