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Douglass C. Perry There are several things that re terrible here, one of which includes the death of this young child, but the other is that somehow a wrestling game was the cause of it. How did this special ed kid get out of the house, didn't the mom ever see what he was playing, watching, or doing? I was 9 years old once and I never once thought I could jump off an effing rooftop. The reason why is because I know it would hurt me oh so terribly due to the hard ground that i would land on. What is shocking is that A) anyone at the age of 9 would think they could do this, and there was no supervision. Why aren't parents watching the shows or the games their kids play, and why aren't they putting those shows or games in perspective for the kids? Are parents so busy that they can't parent their own kids anymore?-
No-Pause I was 9 years old too once, long ago in a galaxy far, far away, and though i did entertain throwing many things off a rooftop, one of those objects did not include "Me." Lucky me!
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Report: 9-Year Old Dies in Fatal Imitation of Smackdown vs. Raw
GamePolitics News —
... The New York Daily News quotes a playmate as saying that the fatal plunge taken by Damori Miles was inspired by THQ's WWE Smackdown vs. RAW. However, a WWE official denied that parachutes are used in the T-rated game: ...
Wrestling Video Game Blamed For Child's Parachuting Death [Tragedy]
Kotaku —
... From this we get headlines like the New York Daily News' "9-year-old Damori Miles dies in jump off Brooklyn apartment, may have been imitating video game", and "Boy fond of video game wrestler's swan dives makes plastic parachute, takes NY roof death leap" from ...
Boy's Death Blamed On Wrestling Game
G4 TV - TheFeed —
... And, by the way, New York Daily News, the game is called WWE Smackdown Vs. Raw 2009, and not "Smackdown Raw" as you have labeled it. The wrestler's name is "Jeff Hardy," not "Jeff Harding" and his signature move is the "Swanton Bomb" and not the "Swan Dive." The move has nothing to do with parachutes and isn't performed off the roof of apartment buildings in the game.
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Nine-Year-Old Dies Imitating Wrestling Videogame
The Escapist : Latest News —
... ? WWE representative Robert Zimmerman called for a full investigation, pointing out that the game is intended for teenagers 13 and up and that nobody in the game uses parachutes or jumps off buildings. "The death of Damori Miles is a tragedy and our condolences go out to his family," he said. "We should allow the authorities to conduct a full investigation... including insecure roof access, before conclusions are made about this unfortunate incident." Source: NY Daily News , via ...
Shameful NY Daily News Tries Linking 9-year-old's Death to Videogames
Evil Avatar - News Items —
... has a tragic story from the New York Daily News today regarding a 9 year old boy who died while allegedly imitating a stunt by Jeff Hardy from the wrestling video game, Smackdown vs Raw 2009. ...
Damori Miles’ Death a Reflection of Video Games, or Negligent Parenting?
GameInsano.com —
... In the story, “9-year-old Damori Miles dies in jump off Brooklyn apartment, may have been imitating video game,” a lot of people, cynics, conservatives, And the Jack Thompsons of the world, will point, as the NYDaily has done, to a video game as the reasony why Damori Miles died. ...
Bethesda Unveils BioShock Big Daddy Day Care Program
No-Pause —
... “Our ultimate goal with this new day care program is to eventually phase out the need for parents entirely,” said Bethesda spokeswoman Eve Summers. “Parents have simply not been performing as effectively as initially projected. A Big Daddy on the other hand has shown remarkable efficiency in protecting children from rabid, firearm-wielding infiltrators. Just imagine what a Big Daddy could do in terms of rooftops.” ...
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