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:

‘Extremely ironic’: Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO slaying played video game killer, friend recalls (NBCNews)

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.

cross-posted from: https://rss.ponder.cat/post/72744

  • @PetteriPano
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    401 month ago

    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.

    • @Lost_My_Mind
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      181 month ago

      I saw that same T-Shirt at the mall in 2001.

    • @TrueStoryBob
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      81 month ago

      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.

      • @TORFdot0
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        81 month ago

        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

    • @jaybone
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      61 month ago

      BITCH I’M EATING A GHOST RIGHT NOW

    • @WereCat
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      230 days ago

      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.