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Former Marine's Disappearance Possibly Linked to COD

Kotaku - February 10, 2008

Submitted by Lithium (11) at 8:59PM PST on February 10, 2008

It seems a former Marine, who returned from Iraq 3 years ago and is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, has disappeared shortly after playing Call of Duty 4.

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sagexsdx posted on Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Xbox 360) at 9:41AM PST on February 12, 2008. RE: Former Marine's Disappearance Possibly Linked to COD
@zeromous,

smaller AND oversaturated

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zeromous posted on Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Xbox 360) at 8:31AM PST on February 12, 2008. RE: Former Marine's Disappearance Possibly Linked to COD
Again I can see no rationale for this game to trade so highly. COD4 is game of the year, but the FPS market is much smaller than people tend to imagine.

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zeromous posted on Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Xbox 360) at 8:30AM PST on February 12, 2008. RE: Former Marine's Disappearance Possibly Linked to COD
@Laoldar,

That was my first thought! Of course he's going to want to play, with 'the shit' still going on in Iraq. He's going to want his combat fix, this is part of what make PTSD so hard to cope with. Like a spouse who returns to their abuser.

Why did they not hide it!?

What makes me sick is how the media plays this as irrefutable proof of video games psychological effects, when really it just shows the psychological effects of WAR. The point is always lost once it hits Mainstream media.

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Laoldar posted on Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Xbox 360) at 5:28AM PST on February 11, 2008. RE: Former Marine's Disappearance Possibly Linked to COD
You have to shake your head at everyone this guy was with...he has PTSD from Iraq and saw a close friend killed in a bombing (nevermind his own injury), yet they don't hide the copy of Call of Duty?

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Animate posted on Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Xbox 360) at 9:15PM PST on February 10, 2008. RE: Former Marine's Disappearance Possibly Linked to COD
@Lithium,
Wow, interesting article. He definitely shouldn't have been playing any game simulating war. Probably not any shooting games either, but that's the genre that is prolific today.

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Lithium posted on Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Xbox 360) at 9:01PM PST on February 10, 2008. RE: Former Marine's Disappearance Possibly Linked to COD
This game seems realistic enough to me that it could cause some kind of flash backs.

If this article isn't game related enough for you guys say something and I will take it down.

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Lithium posted on Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Xbox 360) at 8:59PM PST on February 10, 2008. Article: Former Marine's Disappearance Possibly Linked to COD
It seems a former Marine, who returned from Iraq 3 years ago and is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, has disappeared shortly after playing Call of Duty 4.

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