By Erik Kain
3/04/2014
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I’ve written a lot about video game violence in the past. Games like Grand Theft Auto and Call of Duty are often blamed for causing school shootings and other acts of violence.
There are plenty of pundits in the media with very little understanding of video games who are quick to link killers’ motivation to their gaming or film tastes.
But I never expected to see Dark Souls join this pantheon.
Well, it turns out that Craigslist killer Miranda Barbour is a fan of From Software’s dark, “death-laden” game.
That’s a point raised by Fox News Legal Analyst Peter Johnson Jr. who brings up the game without offering any actual analysis about how it may have impacted Barbour’s desire to kill.