10 Shocking Incidents Where Video Games Led To Real Life Death

3. A Boy Attempting Rape And Killing His Mother For Taking Call Of Duty Away

Oftentimes when you look back over the likes of Jack Thompson and his overblown finger-pointing at the gaming industry, it's easy to forget just how recent some of the worst examples of game-related deaths are. Just last year 13 year-old Noah Crooks committed one of the most shocking and downright disturbing game-motivated crimes we've come across when researching this article - that of attempting to rape his own mother, before shooting her repeatedly, just because he couldn't play Call of Duty at the time. The most ridiculous thing is that following the insidious crime he expressed full remorse, stating that when his mother Gretchen had taken his copy of COD away due to bad grades at school, "Something just came over me.€ There's not even any wiggle room in the reason behind the attack, as courtesy of The Mirror we know he admitted in court his actions were directly due to the denial of being able to play his favourite game. The mother's body was found with her shirt unbuttoned and her lower half fully exposed, as Crooks said he couldn't go through with the act of raping his mother in the end, but had instead shot her multiple times before realising the full extent of his actions.