Svein Holden, prosecutor in the case against Anders Breivik, was in his openingsbetoog quiet in the period in which Breivik World of Warcraft played. He tried this the picture that Breivik social ge lwa isolated.
Breivik, the man who a year ago in Norway 77 young people doodschoot on the island of Utøya, lived in 2006 and 2007 with his mother. He did a year long nothing else than World of Warcraft games, said prosecutor Holden yesterday in his openingsbetoog. Holden described the game as violent. The mostly stoic Breivik had to laugh at the passage about his WoW past, especially when Holden a screenshot showed of Justicar Andersnordic, the character that he played.
Holden did make it clear that Breivik in the ten years prior to his act was a socially isolated existence and a life full of failures behind him. For example, the prosecutor in addition to the WoW-past that Breivik, without much success three times, has tried a private company.
Holden is not the first connection attempt between games and violent crime. In many controversial court cases do prosecutors the same. So would Tristan van der V. many shooters have played. The murder, a year ago in Alphen aan den Rijn, would even vaguely resemble a scene from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Also in the cases surrounding the murders at the Columbine High School and Virginia was the link with violent video games laid.
There is a lot of research done into the connection between violent games and violent behavior. The results of the various studies contradict each other. There are studies that a related show, but also studies that are not related to show. Also in Norway, was directly after the shooting on Utøya the link. So took a Norwegian supermarket chain in World of Warcraft and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 from the shelves as soon as it became known that Breivik the games had been played.
