From Kotaku:

A 37-year-old Tennessee man was arrested yesterday for allegedly stabbing his uncle in the head and stomach after the two got into a fight, Chattanooga Police say.

Antonio Castillo is charged with attempted first-degree murder and aggravated assault. He was also wanted on an outstanding warrant out of Philadelphia for aggravated assault. His uncle, Luis Alberto Santana, was listed in critical condition Thursday night.

What’s a sordid little story like this doing on a blog about videogames? Beats the crap out of me. Is Antonio Castillo the CEO of Activision or something? I can’t for the life of me –  Oh! Wait a minute! Sorry, but it seems I’ve misquoted the original article, leaving out a crucial piece of information. Here’s how it’s supposed to read:

A 37-year-old Tennessee man was arrested yesterday for allegedly stabbing his uncle in the head and stomach after the two got into a fight over a video game, Chattanooga Police say.

Well! That changes EVERYTHING. They were fighting over a VIDEOGAME. It all makes sense now. You see, whenever crime is inspired by videogames, or involves videogames, or takes place near a store where videogames are sold, sites like Kotaku have a moral duty to report it. Even if the connection to videogames is tenuous to the point of total irrelevance, we still need to know because – videogames! Some people did some things and there were videogames! OH GOD PLEASE TELL ME EVERYTHING AND DON’T SPARE A SINGLE DETAIL.

Jesus Christ. You guys (and I’m not just talking about Kotaku here) bemoan the media’s tendency to portray gamers as violent psychopaths, and then you go and regurgitate stories whose sole purpose is to ... portray gamers as violent psychopaths. Good idea! Because we all know that the best way to discredit sensationalist fear-mongering is not to ignore it completely, but rather expose it to as many people as possible.

Mmmmyep.