Another tragedy that is being tied to computer games. On Thursday one of two teenagers racing their parent’s Merc T-boned a taxi driver killing him … days before he would become a Canadian citizen. The Globe carried it on the front page with a photo and diagram, see A Canadian dream cut short.
One of games in the EA series, The Need for Speed was in the crashed Merc.
The video game police found in the car allows players to select custom-made cars to race in urban traffic, Det. Lobsinger said.
“You have this game that’s all about fast cars and racing through city streets. It’s actually really ironic,” he said.
Is there a causal connection, or is it just irony?