gaming madness

Japanese mother kills kid over his Nintendo DS

Japanese mother kills kid over his Nintendo DS

Over in Tokyo, a Japanese mother has gone on trial for killing her five-year-old son over his Nintendo DS. Under pressure from work and frustration with her kid’s lack of
Mary-Anne Lee · · 1 min read
Gaming madness in China: 15-year-old gamer stabs mother to death, keeps playing

Gaming madness in China: 15-year-old gamer stabs mother to death, keeps playing

I’ll have to do an abbreviated version of Gaming Madness in China this week, as I’m currently caught up in some real-life gaming madness at the Tokyo Game Show, but
C. Custer · · 2 min read
Hong Kong teen kills self over online game; why does this sort of thing keep happening?

Hong Kong teen kills self over online game; why does this sort of thing keep happening?

It’s a shame that tragic stories related to gaming aren’t that difficult to find (you wouldn’t think a tech website would even need a tag for murder, for example). The
C. Custer · · 3 min read
Gaming Madness in China: Grand Theft Auto, Divorce, and Beating Up Drunks

Gaming Madness in China: Grand Theft Auto, Divorce, and Beating Up Drunks

For the first time in a while, it seems, this week’s gaming madness roundup doesn’t include any murder! Hooray! Nope, today we’ve got simpler and slightly less depressing stories from
C. Custer · · 3 min read

Gaming Madness in China: “Games Made Me Do It”

Gaming madness in China is our roundup of the latest crazy (and sometimes horrifying) stories from China’s gaming community. You can read about more gaming madness in China here. Brutal
C. Custer · · 3 min read

Gaming Madness in China: "Games Made Me Do It"

Gaming madness in China is our roundup of the latest crazy (and sometimes horrifying) stories from China’s gaming community. You can read about more gaming madness in China here. Brutal
C. Custer · · 3 min read

Gaming Madness in China: Bad Students and Worse Government Officials

A high-school kid blows off the gaokao to play video games.With China’s massive Gaokao college entrance exam just having wrapped up, it’s no surprise that we’ve got a couple students-behaving-badly
C. Custer · · 4 min read

Gaming Madness in China: Beatings, Beatings, and a Little Peeing in Internet Cafes

On this week’s edition of gaming madness in China, we take a look into China’s internet cafes, where people are going absolutely berserk for some reason. Pissed-Off Gamer Breaks Computer,
C. Custer · · 2 min read

Gaming Madness in China: Attacking the Police, Driving out a Japanese Porn Star, Faking a Kidnapping

Some crazy things happen in the world of Chinese gaming. Rather than giving each its own article, from now on we’ll be trying to do a semi-weekly roundup of the
C. Custer · · 4 min read
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