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The case of Brandon Crisp, as chronicled on Gamepolitics, provided anti-gaming advocates with precisely the ammunition that they needed to remind citizens of supposed “dangers” of our chosen entertainment medium.

For gaming advocates, though, the story amounted to nothing more than misplaced blame. Even when it was revealed that Crisp’s cause of death had nothing to do with gaming whatsoever (he died after falling from a tree), mainstream media outlets were quick to attribute the passing to Crisp’s long hours spent playing Call of Duty 4 to the exclusion of the outside world.

Now that the dust has settled and the public has looked past Crisp’s passing, one member of the mainstream media, Canadian journalist Jesse Brown, has taken the opportunity via a podcast to offer his opinions on the matter.

Brown’s estimations on the matter were formulated after he had the opportunity to spend time playing on Call of Duty 4’s multiplayer setting. After playing, he expressed disappointment with the vulgar language that was expressed by other Xbox Live participants. In closing, he recalled his time there as a “sad place” and openly questioned how Crisp could have found solace in this area.

“It’s awful that Brandon spent so much of his time here when he had so little to spend,” Brown wrote.

Gamepolitics noted in their analysis that considering Crisp’s quiet, reserved personality, playing Call of Duty 4 online could have served as a means of relating to others. It is certainly a logical argument, considering that spending time on social networks and them becoming an increasingly common source of interaction is becoming the norm.

Sadly, Brown’s comments make him seem like a member of the old generation, one that not only refuses to recognize technology but is adamantly against adapting to it. That is quite a disappointment in these changing times.

Read [Gamepolitics] Via [CBC Radio]