Boy grabs knife after dad unplugs video game

[Bombardier]

HONG KONG, China (Reuters) -- A 13-year-old Hong Kong boy flew into a rage and threatened his parents with a kitchen knife after his father pulled the plug on his computer game, police said on Monday.

"The boy's mother told police the boy was thrashing about with a knife. Nobody was charged," a police spokeswoman said.

The father managed to overpower the boy and no one was injured in the fracas early on Sunday morning, a local newspaper reported.

The father pulled the plug on the game at around midnight when the boy refused to stop playing and go to bed.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/fun.games/03/...reut/index.html

[method77]

note to all parents here: DON"T DO THAT!

[jipper]

"The father managed to overpower the bo"

that must have been hard, a grown man agianst a 13 yr old, next time slap the kid and see if he does it agian

[DudeAsInCool]

What was the dad thinking about? We're talking about a video game

[method77]

he's lucky the kid didn't use any of his 'special weapons'

[Shawn]

Touche. :lmao:

[wingnut2600]

I bet that the kid was just waiting to get to a save point... I think I may have to go all apeshit on someone if I was unable to save and I lost my info. I hate nothing more than when you are forced to stop before you get to a save point. Perhaps he found a fantastic item, or had been battling a boss for hours that he had been unable to beat until this time... I can feel his pain.

:frog:

(the bouncing frog doesn't need a reason to pull a knife on someone - what a mean emoticon)