It’s a weird headline, but the discussion is around how journalists and the public look through internet history in cases like this. Some of it is helpful, some of it is not.
In particular, it’s a response to this article:
The game in this case being AmongUs…
Monday night, NBC News published an article with the headline “’Extremely Ironic’: Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO Slaying Played Video Game Killer, Friend Recalls.” This article is currently all over every single one of my social media feeds, because it is emblematic of the type of research I described above. It is a very bad article whose main reason for existing is the fact that it contains a morsel of “new” “information,” except the “information” in this case is that Luigi Mangione played the video game Among Us at some point in college.
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Got a chuckle at this response, though…
Luigi is sus
luigi broke the coffeepot
So does AOC and Tim Walz.
I always wondered what’s the source of this GIF…
The Incredibles. Pretty good Pixar movie
The Incredibles
He also worked on Civilization and had a Steam account
Obviously he loves old timey steam trains!
Lol, the rich were hoping to find gruesome shooters like COD or PUBG.
On a phone?
CODM and PUBGM do exist
I have only played on PC. Had no idea they had a mobile game.
That would almost make me believe that they caused violence. Can’t imagine playing on a phone would be anything but frustrating.
Imagine you find out he is the top 10 rated COD mobile players. Everyone would immediately know he was a complete psycopath.
I’m sure they found 3 copies of the sims next to his manifesto
The article reads like regular internet bad behavior.
there is rarely a single story everyone is talking about and where it is impossible to hold anyone’s attention for more than a few minutes at a time…
Exactly what the press contributes to.
Goes on to suggest digging through old accounts, maybe finding the right person of interest, making stuff up based on what you find, then harassing people associated with the person.
But that’s ok, because it’s “journalism.”
Did prosecutors seriously talk about among us like it is this game that only psychos play? The game is fun! In fact I think I am gonna play it tonight!
I played with coworkers during COVID because we needed something to keep us sane.
I don’t play the game very often, but it is a fun game. Even more fun when I am the imposter! Normally I get assigned the boring task as being a regular deck hand.
i’m afraid if i find out he played stardew valley i’m gonna be ravenous for him
I just noticed that he has a nose.
Of course there’s only a small percent of Among Us players that will try to kill a CEO. Be grateful.
Hmmm, can’t tell if he was damn good as an imposter or bad as a crew… Could be a “completely justified” revenge killing! If only he could have played spy on TF2.
Ah yes, the continued trend of the media in the US to shit on gaming as the ills of society’s problems, because someone up the chain is scared it makes more than Hollywood slop
woke: doom inspires acts of violence
broke: call of duty inspires acts of violence
bespoke: among us inspires acts of violence
When I was a kid, we played pacman. A literal puck who eats pixels and takes turns chasing ghosts. We turned out fine.
It’s not like that’s what caused us to go to rave parties, listen to beepy music and pop ecstacy pills.
BITCH I’M EATING A GHOST RIGHT NOW
Damn, you butchered that joke.
I’ve played Postal 2 extensively when I was 8y old and I only piss in peoples mouth at work. I don’t even remember when it was the last time I went shopping and burned some alive with a gasoline.
Speak for yourself.
WAKA-WAKA-WAKA-WAKA
I saw that same T-Shirt at the mall in 2001.
When I was a kid, I played Civ 3… so I guess, according to cable news, I’d be seen as a genocidal maniac on par with Hitler.
Funny you should mention that, the UHC killer killed 300 bugs in civ iv during his internship with the dev according to his resume.
Expect a knock on your door from the FBI tonight
I bet the CEO played Monopoly too. Ironic, isn’t it?
CEO probably cheated when he played Monopoly too.
I played the game of Clue a couple of times. That too is a murder simulator and “how to cover your tracks” game.
“technology”
