Game Rage (From Western Telegraph)

Game Rage

5:12pm Friday 20th March 2009

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We've all succumbed to it at one time or another: game rage. Nevermind road rage, this condition presents a far bigger threat to the stability of contemporary society. For evidence type those two words into You Tube and get ready to duck behind your sofa as you're assaulted by a flying barrage of expletives, joypads and in some cases, consoles themselves.

I've never broken a joypad but I've succumbed to the red pixel mist before. Online gaming has ushered in a new era of rage: you can now get angry at other people on the other side of the world as they take you down yet again in your online game of choice. Of course, there is a darker side to all of this: many people who play online won't think twice about insulting you, before, during or after a game. I'm sure that these people come from all parts of the world. Because I don't speak any other languages I'm sure I've been insulted on numerous occasions while blissfully unaware, which is just the way I like it.

What gets your gaming goat and causes you to throw your P.S.3 out of the window? Has anybody ever actually done that?