17-year old Daniel Petric shot both his parents, killing his mother, for taking his copy of Halo 3 away from him. You can hit the link to read the story of how it went down, but I don't feel like copying it here.

Lawyers for the accused delivered a brief statement at the opening of the trial, explaining that their client had be under a large amount of stress after being homebound for a year due to a snowboarding accident with nothing to do but watch television and play video games.

It's just an amazingly heart-wrenching story, made even more so by the following exchange between father and son related by Mark Petric (Daniel's father) during testimony:

"Dad, I'm so sorry for what I did to Mom, to you and to the family," Daniel Petric said, according to his father. "I'm so glad you are alive."

"You're my son," Mark Petric responded. "You're my boy."

*tearing up*

http://kotaku.com/5110323/teen-shot-parents-because-they-took-away-halo-3 [from kotaku]

Wow.  What would Master Chief say?  Too bad there's no Halo in prison, dumbass.  I don't care what the ages are, the giant M is for MATURE you freakin morons.  If your kid is freaking out over stupid crap like you took his game away, he obviously has a ways to go.  This is the kid's fault, but seriously, there is something wrong with your parenting skills if they don't understand the whole concept of punishment and reward, and you let it get this far.  My damn 5 year old knows that if he does what he is supposed to do he will get what he lost back after a certain amount of time.  Seriously.  Not that I wish this on anyone, but I can hear J.T., Jr just freakin chomping at the bit for the account on this one.

--- (Edited on 12/17/2008 12:39 am [GMT-0600] by Mstoner) ---