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Two brothers living in Waukesha reportedly choked, cut and stabbed each other when they fought over a Playstation 2 video game controller. Waukesha Police are recommending that charges be brought against both brothers who violently acted out of anger.
Video games can sometimes bring friends and family together, this on the other hand could have ended up deadly for these family members. This all took place on Sunday at a home on Whiterock Avenue where the two brothers got into a huge argument over whose turn it was to play the video game. The fighting went from simple yelling to one of the brothers choking the other.
In defense the brother who was being choked, pulled out a knife and cut the hands of the instigator, after which the who was doing all the choking took the knife and stabbed his brother and then fled the scene. The brother who fled then walked to the hospital and suffered from severely frostbitten fingers. It looks like this violent guy wont be playing video games for quite a while. Police report that none of the injuries sustained were life threatening.
10 Responses to “Playstation 2 causes two brothers to choke and stab one another”
jane December 23, 2008
Just wait and see what they’ll do over a controller of the PS3.
+4ChrisWanker December 23, 2008
The PS3 controller?!? Try the Wii controller! Those things are deadly when in the wrong hands. Heck, they are still breaking TV screens around the world!
+4Laserpanda December 23, 2008
“this on the other hand also killed these family members.”
“police report that none of the injuries sustained were life threatening.”
They both died from their non life-threatening injuries?
NeutralBrennan December 23, 2008
“Playstation 2 causes two brothers to choke and stab one another.” The name of this article is the first fundamental problem. The Playstation 2 did not cause the brothers to attack each other. That behavior is rooted in their own sibling rivalry. Would the results have been any different had it been a bicycle they fighting over? Most likely not. I find it funny how when violence is anywhere within a sniff of the video game industry, that it’s always the video game that is either directly, or indirectly responsible. I know I may be alone on this opinion, but I feel this kind of wording is why people are able to get away with violence by blaming it on someone/something else.
+5Ric December 23, 2008
yes everyone. the playstation controller develloped its own mouth and told the brothers to choke and stab one another.. this is really getting rediculous now a days..media is just taking every shot at video games when its PARENTING thats clearly lacking here. and these kids are clearly pretty stupid to. its called discipline. try it parents. it usually works when you, you know, take charge and stop letting your kids get away with everything. jeez. haha you people writing these articles are stupid
+3Facebook User December 23, 2008
[quote comment="57305"]“Playstation 2 causes two brothers to choke and stab one another.” The name of this article is the first fundamental problem. The Playstation 2 did not cause the brothers to attack each other. That behavior is rooted in their own sibling rivalry. Would the results have been any different had it been a bicycle they fighting over? Most likely not. I find it funny how when violence is anywhere within a sniff of the video game industry, that it’s always the video game that is either directly, or indirectly responsible. I know I may be alone on this opinion, but I feel this kind of wording is why people are able to get away with violence by blaming it on someone/something else.[/quote]
The Playstation 2 did not do it, only an idiot would assume that. The Playstation 2 instigated the fight between the two. Go back and reread.
-1Tyler December 24, 2008
It would be funnier if they had been playing Red Steel.
+1The Trinidad December 24, 2008
Something is so wrong with people today. It is good to know these 2 egghead will be off the street for a little while. And since we know they are not very smart cause a smart person would have gone to the store and buy another controller. And it is time we put the blame on the people and not on the game. Always an excuse why something like this happen and it is never the parents or the egghead that cause the problem.
+1dell56677777 December 24, 2008
lmao get another controller
+2Cold BEJ December 24, 2008
Only choked and stabbed…heck, that’s nothin’! After my brother cheated and beat me at MarioGolf on the Gamecube, I eviscerated him with the memory card and enlarged his sphincter with the game disk.
Of course, I accept no responsibility for my actions and obviously my conduct is understandable considering the unimaginable power of a video game to turn me into a complete and total idiot. Please…no more of these type stories (I’ve used up my big word quota for the month – “eviscerated”). If these two gene pool flunkies hadn’t gotten in a fight over a controller, I’m sure they’d have found something else to battle over; say, for example, whose turn it was to wear the one pair of family underwear (soiled, naturally).
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