Ah. I don't think it's that useful to compare games nowadays to consoles even as recent as, say, the PS1, and certainly not the NES. Given the technological progress involved, you might as well be comparing an F-22 Raptor to a sharpened rock.

Anyone who says games used to have better quality control are either very young or wearing some gigantic rose-colored glasses. Before the 32-bit era games were simple enough that bugs were easy to find and fix, but the problem of more advanced games being broken on release has been around for as long as I can…

Personally, I don't understand Lifehacker's seeming obsession with man-purses and the contents thereof.

Read the other comments. 21 years is a maximum sentence in Norway, but there is the option to renew at the end of it. It is all but guaranteed this guy's sentence will be renewed in perpetuity.

Getting upset about the way a crazy person thinks is about as productive as getting made at the tides. Just move on.

Sure. He's a monster; no one's arguing otherwise. I don't know enough about Norwegian corrections to say whether most prisoners have video games, but I honestly wouldn't doubt it. I don't see why they would make an exception for him.

Nothing makes him special. His status as a human being means he deserves a place to live, healthcare, food, and some sort of basic stimulation to keep him from going mad - as the article notes, he is receiving essentially the same treatment as every other Norwegian prisoner. Nothing more. Which is exactly what he will…

Because he's a human being and human beings deserve to be sane and healthy while they're alive. He's already being kept away from the general populace, which is the point of prison. As for everything else, I don't care. It's not like he's eating caviar and fucking supermodels. He's living in a bare room and dicking…

I defer you to our illustrious OP, who asserted that the man should be confined to an empty room and strung up by his balls.

Again: Why are you so concerned about the entertainment choices of a man who will spend the rest of his life in prison? It's not like he's going heli-skiing or eating sushi off of naked ladies' butts. I could buy a PS2 and some decent games with the loose change between my couch cushions. The price difference between…

What else would you have him be doing? Honestly, I'm asking. This is a dangerous, unrepentant person who has no interest in contributing to civilized society. I'd rather he be dicking around on a console than spewing right-wing hatred or murdering children. Wouldn't you?

Mad? No. Disappointed in my fellow Americans? Yes.

I know this is a difficult concept to understand for a lot of folks on this site, but a room + a bathroom + videogames is not "pampering." The punitive side of prison comes from having no freedom. This guy will never again take a shit without being watched by a guard. He will never walk amongst the general public. His…

Great. Your point is noted. I'm sure the Norwegian Directorate for Correctional Services will take your educated opinion into consideration.

Thank you for the dose of realism. I find Internet Tough Guy calls for torture and dungeon-style confinement pretty sickening. No one's impressed, guys. The purpose of prison is to keep this person from interacting with the general public in any way. It's working, so I'm happy.

Can we stop it with this evolutionary psychology BS? Similar lines have been used to justify discrimination against gay people, the disabled, mixed-race couples, etc. People have chosen not to have children for as long as people have existed. We're a lot more than a tangle of Darwinian impulses. Can't we just respect…

I dunno man, I don't know why either "side" cares at all about what others do. I'm just glad childfree folks have moved away from terms like "crotchspawn." Boy did that shit make us look like a bunch of stunted, spiteful jerks.

On your brain or your balls?

No one ever "plans" on changing their mind, duder.

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