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Senior Technology Manager at WoTC Kills Himself, Wife, in Murder-Suicide

Started by RPGPundit, August 05, 2008, 12:28:01 PM

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August 05, 2008, 12:28:01 PM
http://kotaku.com/5032443/xbox-developer-dead-in-murder+suicide

He was, apparently, the manager of DDI.

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August 05, 2008, 12:44:25 PM
Why in this forum?
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Blackleaf

#2
August 05, 2008, 12:46:48 PM
From the other thread:

Quote from: StuartMy condolences to the families and friends of the two. I imagine that could include some people reading this site.

Jackalope

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August 05, 2008, 12:50:05 PM
Unless this thread is for discussion of how his death affects DDI and thus gaming, then this belongs in off topic.
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RockViper

#4
August 05, 2008, 12:52:34 PM
Damn that sucks.
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JongWK

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August 05, 2008, 01:39:23 PM
Horrible news for the family.
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Fritzs

#6
August 05, 2008, 01:51:54 PM
That's sad...

(and it belongs to offtopic)
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Blackleaf

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August 05, 2008, 01:51:56 PM
Similar thread on RPG.net
http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=408041

(I meant to post this here, not in the Gleemax thread)

Seanchai

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August 05, 2008, 02:22:33 PM
My condolences to the families and friends.

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August 05, 2008, 02:29:12 PM
That is horrible news.  My sympathies, and may their family and friends eventually find peace.
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jgants

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August 05, 2008, 03:00:41 PM
These kinds of tragedies are terrible.  In a strangely similar circumstance, I just had lunch with a friend today whose step-sister was murdered by her estranged husband last week.  I always feel so bad for the families because I cannot imagine how they manage to deal with something like that.  I would totally lose it.
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August 05, 2008, 03:04:17 PM
Quote from: jgants;232130These kinds of tragedies are terrible.  In a strangely similar circumstance, I just had lunch with a friend today whose step-sister was murdered by her estranged husband last week.  I always feel so bad for the families because I cannot imagine how they manage to deal with something like that.  I would totally lose it.
That's a very sad and unfortunate coincidence.

Losing a family member suddenly is very hard. :(

walkerp

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August 05, 2008, 03:17:45 PM
Vibes, man.
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KrakaJak

#13
August 05, 2008, 05:27:29 PM
Such a beautiful girl too!


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GameDaddy

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August 05, 2008, 06:17:03 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;232004http://kotaku.com/5032443/xbox-developer-dead-in-murder+suicide

He was, apparently, the manager of DDI.

He was not an RPG player or GM though... He did play (and maybe at one time design) Xbox live games though, and of course worked for Micro$oft.

Reference:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/josephbatten

She went through Harvard Law, was a public defender out in NC, gave that up, and moved out to the west coast to start a new life. Then she had an affair... and the rest... is history now.

Amongst the Xbox crowd, they are pretty evenly split on whether he was justified. And if all this had happened in Texas, it's still grounds for justifiable homicide, which goes along the same lines as self-defense.

In any event, IMO she didn't deserve to die, and he was as complete and  total a loser as is humanly possible.

It's unfortunate there's not a screening process that can detect losers like this, as they seem to be drawn to gaming like moths to a flame. The only place with more real-life drama, is Hollywood.
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