The Slenderman Stabbing

I'm sure you've heard the media jump on the story about the two local 12 year old girls who stabbed their friend after hatching a murder plot, then tried - so far successfully - to blame it on the influence of the video game character SlenderMan. 

I saw some Alpha Male sheriff, looking all howdy doody in his little dress up costume, give a stern lecture about the dangers of the game and boy did the local stations slurp up his crap. 

For the record, SlenderMan is a thin, very tall, faceless paranormal being who inhabits a first person horror game that is downright, legitimately pulse-raising creepy. I wish I'd come up with such a scary, iconic character. 

 All of my kids know of the game, and OJ and PD have played it. I've watched them play it, I've heard them talk about it, and I don't have a problem with it - and that's coming from someone who enforces a no-video game system household. We have no Playstation, X-Box, etc. None. These 12 year old's hacked away at their friend because they are sick, warped f**ks, not because of some computer game.

Shame on the media (yet again) for jumping on the nearest bandwagon. Once the SlenderMan angle falls short, they'll start talking about how the girls were bullied, boo-hoo. Just you watch.

Ugh.