This is EXACTLY what happens when people take a game to seriously. Its just a game, oh well. Video games increase the creativity level in a teen, but when the boy has clearly had "mental problems" from the start, the game is not to blame. Halo 3, GOW, GOW2 and any other game that is "makebelieve" im shure doesn't sture the mind of teens. Games like them are fine AS LONG as they are played by mature people.
We people of the 405th are living, breathing proof that video games do not hurt the mind. Games incurage what we do, and people like us turn out well.
There are things ment to be, and not ment to be in life. If the 17 year-old is thrown into jail or a mental institution, it is ment to be. Its a bad thing to hear about things like this happening, but its not too hard to accept. Many people have the same "problem", but non the less, it is not the fault of video games.
Just my 2-cents.