Brickbat: Not Playing ^83.3%

Reason.com - By Charles Oliver - 7/3/2026, 8:00 AM

Framing Effect 63.4% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 63.4% - Negativity Bias 48.8%

After a deadly school shooting in Tacloban, Philippines, the government has temporarily banned the video game Gorebox because one of the teenage suspects allegedly played it. Two boys opened fire in a classroom, killing three students and wounding 20 others. Police say one of the shooters was "heavily influenced" by content online,... more