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Wal-Mart Pulls Halo Off Shelves
Tuesday, August 19, 2003
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In response to the alleged sniper shootings in West Virginia, Wal-Mart has pulled both Halo and Grand Theft Auto from shelves in Charleston WV. According to Wal-Mart, the town of Charleston in it's current dilemma, is not in need of these "sniper style" shooters. So far three victims have died; two by head shots and one was hit in the neck, all were at convenience stores at night time. More info on this story can be found at CNN.com **EDIT: I thought I needed to clarify that only the Wal-Mart in Charleston has pulled the games. **




Thursday, December 11th @ 12:55 PM
MAX_KIllJoY wrote..."Blaming video games for these kinda things is worthless. If someone is willing to snipe a person in real life without a war going on , I highly doubt they even are the type to play video games, much less be influenced by Halo or GTAIII. People need to stop blaming video games and figure out the real problem in society. "
Friday, September 19th @ 3:25 PM
jbond03 wrote..."halo and GTA. what about the hundreds of other titles like Splinter Cell or Ranbow Six.. are those still on the shelves?"
Wednesday, September 17th @ 9:24 PM
AlphaRaptor wrote..."I agree with all who say that pulling GTA3 was a good move. But Halo? C-mon Walmart! The dorks...."
Sunday, August 24th @ 11:32 AM
CheezWhiz wrote..."oh crap! i have halo. i guess i need to go start shooting people."
Sunday, August 24th @ 9:27 AM
Cyclone wrote..."That's stupid, why dont they just pull all the REAL guns they sell off the shelf instead?"
Friday, August 22nd @ 9:54 PM
Reclaimer wrote..."Remember folks, games don't kill people, people kill people.
This quest for sensitivity gets a little silly.

"
Wednesday, August 20th @ 6:45 PM
jbrentk55 wrote..."in halo u shoot aliens that have blue blood in a ring thousands of miles avay from earth.This is absolute bs..How can wall-mart possible benifet from halo being pulled off of the shelves?"
Wednesday, August 20th @ 2:48 PM
John002 wrote..."Wal-Mart trying to legislate morality again. This is exactly why I don't buy sh*t there."
Wednesday, August 20th @ 11:03 AM
Gators2001 wrote..."JR Alberda is my IDEAL!!! ... Plus what about tWal-Marts shotguns and rifles??? They also sell scopes that go on RIFLES.... I learned how to be a Lee Harvey Oswald from playing HALO!!! ....... :-)"
Wednesday, August 20th @ 9:45 AM
JR Alberda wrote..."What is up with people today. It seems that the evil gunmen of today have become cowards. Everywhere you look its cowardous behavior in peoples violence. Events like Colombine are horrible but at least those kids had the guts to face thier problems head on with a gun instead of hiding in vehicles and shooting people in the back. Case in point, the palastinians. Who are these "martyrs for Islam trying to fool, if you dont like the Israeli military hitting your homes, attack the Israeli military, dont blow up a bus full of school children. Thats like getting beat up in the schoolyard and getting revenge by beating up the guys kid sister. The problem is that they are COWARDS. If confronted by a regular Israeli face to face, fist to fist I doubt that the Palasinian 'Martyr' would even have the guts to fight. "
Wednesday, August 20th @ 7:50 AM
gH0sT wrote..."While I am very confused, I (apparently the minority here) like to think and get the facts before I fly off the handle. The jury is still out on this one as the article to which the link points says nothing about Wal-mart at all. In fact, a search for "wal-mart, halo, sniper" and even "wal-mart, halo" on CNN returns an empty set. I would ask XBoxAddict, "wuzup wit dat?" and I would ask you other bozos, "do you develope every social philosophy from a single paragraph lacking sitation on a gaming Web site?""
Wednesday, August 20th @ 12:38 AM
X-Chris-X wrote..."Why dont you morons actually think for just a sec and read the cnn article. can you imagine your mom or brother or father being shot in the head? things like these are terrible. but i dont think halo is the cause but GTA is defantely a disgusting game. its pointless violence. Halo is defantely not the cause but i still think that this whole sniper thing is sick and if they find the person who is doing this then they should give him the chair or just shoot him in the head. "
Tuesday, August 19th @ 11:40 PM
ALC wrote..."the sniper shootings, of course, were commited by impressionable nine year olds. otherwise, what would the big deal be?"
Tuesday, August 19th @ 9:50 PM
Fixxer wrote..."Maybe the person will snipe the manager of that walmart. Heh. One less dumbass."
Tuesday, August 19th @ 9:14 PM
spectre187 wrote..."a game is just a game, not reality... maybe if people can't understand that, they shouldn't be gaming in the first place...ban games for people who confuse fantasy with reality, not from the gamers who want a good time and can understand that a game is, fantasy...another reason to boycott wal mart"
Tuesday, August 19th @ 9:11 PM
melon wrote..."what about all the other shooting games? Hitman 2, frontline, conflict: desert storm. These games have sniper guns in them, and there is other too."
Tuesday, August 19th @ 9:04 PM
sabca wrote..."Wow, idiocy is just oozing out of that plan. Shame about over-reaction"
Tuesday, August 19th @ 8:30 PM
cybrdude wrote..."Pulling GTA3 is a good move. Unforunately the game portrays real life and is bad for children and the weak minded..

Halo on the other hand, is total "scifi" and does have some moral value, bad decision.

Late..."
Tuesday, August 19th @ 7:02 PM
thrAsher wrote..."Who shops at Wal Mart?"
Tuesday, August 19th @ 6:23 PM
Soccer2505 wrote..."If they are gonna pull games like Halo and GTA then they might as well pull any game with a gun in it. They wouldn't have to do it at all if people were such stupid fags. Its pretty stupid that one dumb !&%$@#* has to ruin things for everyone. "
Tuesday, August 19th @ 6:20 PM
shapoopy wrote..."ha prakeem lol"
Tuesday, August 19th @ 5:54 PM
Discretion wrote..."I agree with WWEOMATIC. The point they pull video games off but leave the real thing? Yet they didn't pull anything but GTA and Halo? Time to take off Wolfenstein and other hit games while their at it... I think Wal-Mart forgot Halo and GTA brought in the most sales."
Tuesday, August 19th @ 5:54 PM
prakeem wrote..."Damn, and I was gonna go to walmart and pick up Halo today :/"
Tuesday, August 19th @ 5:38 PM
shapoopy wrote..."agree with moose"
Tuesday, August 19th @ 5:37 PM
chow184 wrote..."that is one of the most ****'ed up things I have ever heard , if they pull Halo off they better pull all the other FPS'ers off also



























"
Tuesday, August 19th @ 5:36 PM
Maska wrote..."What about the Bond games? And basically any FPS out there?"
Tuesday, August 19th @ 5:26 PM
slickbmw wrote..."haha...that is the gayest thing walmart has ever done...they are stupid...guess they wont be making much money...Halo and sniping...yeah its so lifelike it makes me want to go snipe a real person...this is gay...and no..i dont want to snipe anyone"
Tuesday, August 19th @ 4:53 PM
wweomaniac wrote..."yay walmart! you did the right thing... wait no you didn't. Shouldn't they friggin pull allt he paint ball guns, pellet and bb guns from their shelves too? makes no sense. "
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