There is another sad but real story. Two Lineage players of warring clans meeting face-to-face in the city resulted in violence and death.
This is the third murder crime relative to MMO in my memory. Several days ago, I have reported a 13-year-old boy accused of murdering and robbing an 81-year-old woman for money to play online games in Vietnam, and a 17 year old Chinese boy lighted classmate on fire to be a Fire Mage. At this time, the tragedy happened in Russia.
The website of russiatoday reported it with a meaningful title “Online game rivalry ends with real life murder”. Is MMO-related crime a serious social concern? What should government and MMO developer do? If you have an opinion on this news, feel free to leave a comment.
The details are as below:
A young Russian man has been charged with murder after an internet game jumped off the screen onto the street. It’s alleged he killed an internet gaming rival after they met face to face in the city of Ufa.
Violence on screen isn’t harmful to anyone. But when virtual reality and real life collide an innocent game can end in tragedy.
It all started when two...