Taking games too far...

[kalniel]

Proof(?) that (role playing) games are bad for you...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6425333.stm

A man accused of a stealing underwear from a shop in a knifepoint raid believed he was a female elf at the time

Mr Boyd, who said he visits a psychiatrist regularly, conceded that he "seemed to have blurred that line between reality and fantasy".

[Steve B]

if hes psychologically unstable, should he be playing these sorts of games at all?

[Stewart]

'A man accused of a stealing underwear from a shop in a knifepoint raid believed he was a female elf at the time, Belfast Crown Court has heard.'

He is mad. Lock him away for public safety. Case closed.

[Syd]

OMG

Perhaps that explains my desire to look for mountain silversage in the flowerbeds at work.

[Steve B]

the good old draconian approach stu i sort of agree with you here.

[this_is_gav]

I play Grand Prix Legends religiously. I don't go thieving 1960s F1 cars. And I wouldn't if they were relatively common either.

[dave87]

Is he actually mentally unstable? or is he somewhat clever and realises he can get off with a lighter sentance?

[nichomach]

QUICK! CALL JACK THOMPSON!

Seriously, though, if he's examined by a shrink and they confirm that when he looks in the mirror he really DOES see pointy ears, then the chap would probably need some serious help, games or no games.

[Clunk]

As long as you've got you're 'elf, that's all that matters.

[MadduckUK]

Funniest thing of the day (the story - not the joke)

[father smurf]

he could be an elf!

[kalniel]

Don't you mean 'she'?

[Stewart]

Funniest thing of the day (the story - not the joke)

You didn't need to point that out; it was a Clunk joke.

[Mike Fishcake]

Playing 'We Love Katamari' affected me in that I got a large sticky beachball and started to roll up boxes, dogs, small children, fences, snowmen and large national monuments until I realised what I was doing.

[MadduckUK]

i wont ask where you found this large..sticky...beachball...

[nichomach]

Or whether it was sticky when he started, presumably...