Game Over Man, Game Over...

Now I don't really get computer games; that's mainly because I'm rubbish at them. I had a sega Mastersystem in my youth; but I could never complete Sonic The Hedgehog. I knew a few moves on Street Fighter 2 [NES] but always got beat. I did once complete Double Dragon on my Amstrad CPC6128... And as you'll see below I enjoyed the BBC's K9 game mainly because its designed to be easy enough for anyone to play!

My Cousin 'gets' computer games and is a massive advocate of them in grown-up publications like The Economist. He writes nice things about them all the time www.tomstandage.com

Now I have no massive objection to gaming but when you hear stories [thanx SH] like the one below you've got to think twice:

I heard a story a while ago about a man killing his friend because of an online game. The story goes that a man was obsessed with some computer game that is played online against worldwide apponants. He bacame icredibly good at the game and had got some special all powerful sword/weapon that was highly sort after. In the real world the man took a holiday abroad. He decided to lend this 'sword' to his friend so they could play with it in his absence. While he was away his friend sold the 'sword' for a vaste sum. When the man returned from holiday to discover the sword had been sold he went round to his friend's house and killed him.

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