Since the game’s release yesterday of Grand Theft Auto IV, controversy at the videogames stores has already started to heat up. People buying the game in the long lines of the videogame stores decided to go from videogame fantasy to being a real life scum bag criminal….

A hooded man buying the game stabbed a passer by in the head and neck, about a 100 people in line witnessed the attack. The onlookers at the line actually thought it was a stunt or an act to bring up hype and excitement for the videogame but turned out it was the real thing after the stabbed man fell to the ground and rushed to the hospital.

It was a nasty scene, there was blood everywhere, as if it really happened from the videogame in real life. The 23 year old victim suffered stabbed wounds in the head and back, he was sent to the hospital and released after the injuries weren’t serious.

More on it here:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article3842652.ece

And this next story, a man was arrested after attacking a few employees of the videogame store and fleeing with several copies of Grand Theft Auto IV. San Diego police chased after the thief by helicopter in real life just like it would happen in the videogame.

More on it here:

http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_9098579

Come on kids. This is just a videogame. Like the saying goes “Don’t Try This At Home”. You don’t want to become a vicious criminal in real life because you’ll risk your life of police gunning you down.

While you may win fighting off the police in the videogame that doesn’t mean you will be successful in fighting off police in real life.

Kev