Germany's Killer Game drive killed by lack of interest

by Griffin McElroy { Oct 19th 2009 at 5:00PM }

A German advocacy group called Aktionsbündnis Amoklauf Winnenden, which is mostly composed of parents and friends of victims of the tragic Winnenden school shooting from earlier this year, recently attempted to host an event where owners of violent video games would dispose of their aggressive software en masse. The group rented out a sizable dumpster, hoping to fill it to its brim with Mature video games which people had spent their hard-earned money on.

We certainly sympathize with the horrible loss this group recently suffered, but even if they choose to vilify video games, asking people to throw their stuff away probably isn't the most effective course of action. The somewhat predictable results of this event can be found in a video after the jump.

Tags: dumpster, germany, protest, school-shooting, violence, violent-video-games, winnenden

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Blank-Mage @ Oct 19th 2009 5:02PM

Can someone point me towards the dumpster in question? Cause that would be AWESOME.

Blank-Mage @ Oct 19th 2009 5:04PM

Ah, again, I fail to read the article properly. I hadn't realized the event had already ended.

Blank-Mage @ Oct 19th 2009 5:15PM

Well, I could still use a copy of Grand Theft Auto, I suppose.

MystileArmor @ Oct 19th 2009 5:27PM

If I lived in Germany I'd be thinking the same thing: Loot the dumpster.

Or maybe this was a plan masterminded by the German equivalent of Gamestop to turn around and stick a price sticker on that dumpster.

Blank-Mage @ Oct 19th 2009 5:41PM

You don't live in germany?

YOU LIED TO US!

Gamer4Life @ Oct 19th 2009 5:41PM

looting the dumpster would be a great way to save those games. This gives me an idea for a counter event, adopt a game, people gather up abandoned and unwanted games and have gamers adopt them so they can all have good homes.

MystileArmor @ Oct 19th 2009 6:01PM

My fat zittle body iz from Germany, zee perzon I ate iz Dutch.

[ArchiGamer] [Controlling you through a chip in your butt since 1999] @ Oct 19th 2009 6:10PM

God Mystile, is there anything you -won't- eat?!

MystileArmor @ Oct 19th 2009 7:55PM

Bathwater, that I drink, not eat.

Neuromancer @ Oct 19th 2009 5:05PM

Oh Germany, when will you ever learn?

fundando @ Oct 19th 2009 5:34PM

Take that censorship.

Sparkiller @ Oct 19th 2009 5:50PM

Actually, they did?

Mr Khan @ Oct 19th 2009 5:06PM

hopefully Merkel and her ilk are paying attention to this.

Red Leader @ Oct 19th 2009 5:06PM

That dumpster is MASSIVE. I understand where they were coming from with this idea, but you think they could have at LEAST started with a more standard-sized dumpster? Maybe even just a trashcan?

Or . . . doggy bag?

copa @ Oct 19th 2009 5:14PM

Actually, 20 minutes after the end of this video, the dumpster was completely filled with copies of ET for the Atari 2600.

Aurailious @ Oct 19th 2009 5:29PM

Adding lulz for the win.

Gamer4Life @ Oct 19th 2009 5:36PM

Video games aren't the problem, disturbed people are the problem!

Dummy00001 @ Oct 19th 2009 7:24PM

@Gamer4Life, true.

I was smoking once together with bunch of family people and they have had similar to US parenting problem sentiment. (I live in Germany right now, Frankfurt a.M. area.)

50 years ago wife having a job was an exception - and actually required permit signed by husband. Now: majority of wives have jobs. Or more like have to have a job because few families can live on a single paycheck.

End result is that the kids for the most of the time are left to themselves.

The empty dumpster isn't an indicator. Germany already has quite strict game censorship and it would get only worse as parenting becoming bigger and bigger problem.

meatee @ Oct 22nd 2009 2:08AM

hah yeah its a construction site dumpster; the trashcan in my bathroom is all they really needed :)

Blank-Mage @ Oct 19th 2009 5:10PM

OH, the guy responsible for the shootings was a 4chan commenter. That explains everything.

james @ Oct 19th 2009 5:28PM

ya, i'm surprised they're not blaming 4chan at least a little. ..

Kyle @ Oct 19th 2009 5:53PM

I'm pretty sure 4chan is one of the many things that has already been blamed.

Zing @ Oct 19th 2009 6:04PM

4Chan? Did Jackie recently have 4 sons?

Farlateal @ Oct 19th 2009 5:17PM

Was that a Yu-Gi-Oh card in there? O.o

Durden @ Oct 19th 2009 6:06PM

Is that Gears of Wa.... oh nevermind, that's just brown rusty metal.

The Dark Wayne [Planeteer: Power of the Batusi] @ Oct 19th 2009 6:39PM

NOICE!

Lunastra78 (PSN: lunastra78) @ Oct 19th 2009 5:20PM

Blame the player, not the game.

Sly @ Oct 19th 2009 5:20PM

wow, that's pitiful.

Shagittarius @ Oct 19th 2009 5:21PM

One of those games looks like the Hanna Montana game.

Blank-Mage @ Oct 19th 2009 5:25PM

I'm more likely to kill people after playing that than I am after playing Counter Strike, I know that much.

Blank-Mage @ Oct 19th 2009 5:26PM

Wait, how do YOU know what the Hannah Montana game looks like?

Shagittarius @ Oct 19th 2009 5:28PM

I saw it once when I accidentally walked down the Wii isle in Bestbuy...

MystileArmor @ Oct 19th 2009 5:33PM

In his defense, once you see Hannah Monana that shit will burn into your cornea.

whylekat @ Oct 19th 2009 5:40PM

So is she the super hero? Or is that Molly Cyrus? So confusing!

Jack_Jackington @ Oct 19th 2009 5:21PM

Senseless violence on belongs in video games and movies. May the fallen ones rest in peace

Jack_Jackington @ Oct 19th 2009 5:23PM

only*

Aguiluz @ Oct 19th 2009 5:26PM

I'm tempted to make a video response of me laughing.

Aguiluz @ Oct 19th 2009 5:28PM

(at them)

MystileArmor @ Oct 19th 2009 5:31PM

Thanks for being one of those assholes that clutters YouTube with useless junk.
Try to find a song you've heard on the radio and you get 2.4 million results with 2.3 million of those being idiots covering the song with an out-of-tune banjo.

Rob S. @ Oct 19th 2009 8:35PM

I agree, I mean dammit I just want to hear the people who made the song, not some lame knock off by some no talent teenager.

arrrgh @ Oct 20th 2009 3:58PM

dont forget all the pop up tags all over the damn video so you can "BE SURE TO CHECK OUT MY OTHER VIDEOS * * * * SUBSCRIBE TO MY CHANNEL!!"

and all the other bs they taint videos with. Fuck you, youtube community.

Gibbeynator @ Oct 19th 2009 5:29PM

Aaaaaand cue the Price is Right fail music.

Nicknin10do @ Oct 19th 2009 5:39PM

http://failureatlife.ytmnd.com/

Gamer4Life @ Oct 19th 2009 5:32PM

I laugh at them for their failure in this endeavor, sure their lose was a tragedy but blaming video games for disturbed individuals' irrational behavior is not cool. Every time I see people pull this shit, it disgusts me. I understand they are hurting from their loss but lashing out at others (gamers in this case) doesn't change anything really. These people would do more good lobbying for better psychiatric care and interventions from their government.

whylekat @ Oct 19th 2009 5:38PM

It's funny how much better this strategy worked 50 yrs ago w/books & a bonfire.

I wonder why they couldn't pull the same results this time around.....

Blank-Mage @ Oct 19th 2009 5:46PM

That was in terrible taste, +1.

Nook @ Oct 19th 2009 5:56PM

they were missing the fire. if the offer was bring your violent game down, throw it in a dumpster, douse it with gas and burn the game straight into hell.

DROVES would have turned out.

Blank-Mage @ Oct 19th 2009 5:40PM

Anyway, I'm still amazed that people can blame video games for their problems. I mean, let's think. For example, Call of Duty 4 has sold well over 10 million copies. Now, how many cases of school shootings have we had? I'm gonna go with, maybe, 5. (That's a rough estimate, it's not like I did research or something.)

That means there's a one in 2 million chance that Call of Duty makes you bat shit kill crazy. Now, how about OTHER factors? Like their parents? Has anyone thought about blaming the parents? My parents raised me to avoid killing anything short of mosquitoes. It works out, you know? As a kid, I once tried nursing a bee back to health after my sister squashed it. I save worms from puddles, I take spiders outside.

Now, I can also play Gears of War and remember that I'm slaughtering bots, not people. Yes, violence is fun. Video games allow me to be violent without the guilt. So how about we think of games as a healthy outlet for aggression, not a demonic killing simulator?

Okay, I'm done being serious, back to light hearted wit, now.

Kyle @ Oct 19th 2009 5:56PM

I take spiders outside too!

Durden @ Oct 19th 2009 6:04PM

I run and scream like an idiot! I can't even watch movies with spiders in them!

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