Full FeedRunaway Call of Duty 4 player Brandon Crisp found dead
Sad news is coming out of Canada today (November 6, 2008) - specifically, the town of Barrie, in Ontario. Brandon Crisp was discovered by two deer hunters today a little over a mile away from where his bike was found on October 20, 2008. Brandon originally ran away on October 13, 2008, after a dispute with his parents over video games.
Brandon’s parents, Steve and Angelika Crisp, had felt that the amount of time he spent playing games, specifically Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, was excessive, and they had decided it was time to take away the fifteen year old’s Xbox 360 for good. Brandon rebelled at the news, and decided to run away. His parents thought this threat was idle, and so didn’t stop him - his father even helped Brandon with his preparations before he left.
Video games weren’t a new issue in the Crisp household. TheStar.com reports that Brandon’s parents had suspended his Xbox 360 privileges over 20 times before, due to the amount of the time he spent playing Call of Duty 4 online. His father, Steve Crisp, had purchased the Xbox Live subscription for his son, and Brandon had purchased Call of Duty 4 with his own money.
Our heartfelt consolations go out the the Crisp family in this terrible time. We all hoped that this story would turn out for the best, with Brandon just hiding away at a friend’s home. It is a tragedy that something like this happened to someone so young.
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Thats sad, first off i will like to note u can not in anyway blame Call of duty 4 or Xbox for this, note 1 all Xbox 360 that are online have the updated version of the consol and they have a parental part in witch parents can se an amount of time for there kid to play or an amount per week, 2 note Call of duty 4 is rated 18+, how did a 15 year old kid buy this game? parents got it for him? thus there fault?, send me feedback on if you agree or disagree
on November 7, 2008 at 08:29 AM - LINKWith the tragedy at hand, I think it is better to put aside blame for a while and instead offer sympathy to the family and friends of Brandon Crisp.
The news stories don’t elaborate, but they do mention that Brandon had purchased Call of Duty 4 with Christmas money. Most likely one of his parents went with him when he did, and gave consent without paying attention to what he was buying.
I do agree though, that it is difficult to blame the game and the console in this situation. But, when something like this happens, the grief-stricken may want to try and find something to be mad at to help them get over their anger at such a senseless happening.
(As a side note: I didn’t know Xbox 360s had parental control. Nifty!)
on November 7, 2008 at 01:32 PM - LINKYea it does its good and very handy there is no way the hack it :) if u want any info on it or need help with it i would gladly help :P
on November 7, 2008 at 08:28 PM - LINKI am a Jew. Brandon is not. He is an idiot. This tragedy is the parents fault. They are idiots too. It runs in the family.
on November 14, 2008 at 10:23 AM - LINKyou need to shut the #### up . could you even IMAGINE how bad the parents feel about it already,, picture that happening to you put yourself in there shoes n then have some asshole calling you an idiot ,, n your on here running you mouth calling them stuff like that . ya well go #### yourself because your relee disrespectful n you need to learnn respectt.
on November 25, 2008 at 09:00 PM - LINKJew Bagel u r a pathetic individual and i pity that u r incapable of having moral fiber or showing the slightest bit of respect. Tho it is tru that the boy was too attached to the game and the parents should hav intervened earlier to prevent this i must say that i agree w/ Jenni Lada. May God hav mercy on your pitiful soul.
on January 18, 2009 at 09:03 PM - LINK