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Six-year-old Learned to Drive (Badly) From Video Games
A six-year-old Virginia boy who tried to drive his family car to school told police that he learned to drive from playing Grand Theft Auto and Monster Truck Jam. As reported by the Associated Press , the boy missed his school bus and took the keys to the family ride, a 2005 Ford Taurus. His ...
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Virginia couple proves that parenting isn’t for everyone
Sarcastic Gamer — ... that would ban gory titles, perhaps public officials should invest in national training classes for uninformed parents. The program could be called: “How to keep inappropriate software away from your children.” There would be one class and it would last 20 minutes. The first 15 minutes would be devoted to the ESRB’s rating system, while the last five would consist of the repeated recitation of the word “no.” Source: The Associated Press via GamePolitics ...

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Grand Theft Auto teaches 6-year-old to driveGamespot Recent Updates [News] 1/7/2009
Virginia boy takes family car to school after missing bus, makes it most of the way before crashing.