The last thing I wanted to be doing was analysing the manifesto of a mass murderer. However, on Sunday, with depressing inevitability, it began emerging that links were being made with the Oslo atrocities and violent video games. I won't be re-treading old scientific arguments here. But what follows is a run down of every mention of video games in the manifesto and the context in which it appears.
Too Long Didn't Read
No one is expected to read all of this. All quotes from the manifesto are in italics and mentions of games are in bold - just scroll to those. The extra information is given so that there can be no confusion about the context in which the games are mentioned. There are also a few parts regarding the killer's stated motives - none of which are remotely linked to gaming.
The following is long but note that the document it is based upon is over three quarters of a million words in length (769,412 according to Word). That's the size of eleven lengthy doctorate theses.
Games
He mentions six games in total: two Dragon Age games (point and click Dungeons and Dragons-type adventures), World of Warcraft (the most popular online fantasy roleplay adventure game ever), Bioshock and Fallout - New Vegas (acclaimed adventure shooters) and Modern Warfare 2 (very popular First Person Shooter game) - one of the top five selling media of all time along with Thriller, Titanic and Avatar.
The upshot is that just ten minutes scanning the document shows that all mentions of games are completely incidental to the manifesto. In most cases he uses them as a pretence for spending ages on the computer, plotting. At worst he cites Modern Warfare 2 as a training aid for target practice - but this is a minescule reference embedded in an almanac of warfare. He mentions the rest in the context of taking a break from a hard day's plotting in much the same way that most gamers would take a break and unwind from work. I do that.
For people to leap upon the needle-like gaming references within the manifesto is to demonstrate a god-like myopia towards the haystack that enshrouds them.
He mentions modern warfare extensively throughout the manifesto - but not the game - the actual 'art' of warfare with detailed schematics, shopping lists, manufacture, arms dealers and anything else you can imagine. He was doing this long before Call of Duty was invented.
Religious references
Unfortunately, thanks to the Australian Christian Lobby, it needs to be mentioned that for any 'Christian' organisation to use the manifesto as a tool for pushing its own agenda beggars belief. Despite several Christian entities already citing specific quotes from within the manifesto in an effort to distance the killer from Christianity, the document is dripping in Christian justification. At one point there is a 10-page section citing Christian and bible references to justify the atrocities. Throwing stones in glass houses? Please don't.
Stats
Ultimately, in the 1528-page document, there are nine places with mentions of World of Warcraft, (one of which also mentions Bioshock and Fallout 3). Modern Warfare is mentioned in five different sections while Dragon Age is mentioned on its own once. If anyone finds any more, please let me know. I'd be surprised if there were more than twenty in total. I'd be staggered if I missed the one which said, 'actually forget everything else, I just want to copy the No Russian level from Call of Duty.'
The manifesto
The following contains long quotes from the manifesto. Some are unrelated to gaming, others shed some light on his motivations. All gaming references are included but this is no way an exhaustive analysis of the massive document. It took four hours just to skim it!
Here are the opening paragraphs.
Italics denotes quotes from the document.
Skip to the next section if and when you become satisfied that he wasn't motivated or influenced by violent games.
"The men the European public admires most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth."
After years of work the first edition of the compendium "2083 - A European Declaration of Independence" is completed. If you have received this book, you are either one of my former 7000 patriotic Facebook friends or you are the friend of one of my FB friends. If you are concerned about the future of Western Europe you will definitely find the information both interesting and highly relevant.
I have spent several years writing, researching and compiling the information and I have spent most of my hard earned funds in this process (in excess of 300 000 Euros). I do not want any compensation for it as it is a gift to you, as a fellow patriot.
Much of the information presented in this compendium (3 books) has been deliberately kept away from the European peoples by our governments and the politically correct mainstream media (MSM). More than 90% of the EU and national parliamentarians and more than 95% of journalists are supporters of European multiculturalism and therefore supporters of the ongoing Islamic colonisation of Europe; yet, they DO NOT have the permission of the European peoples to implement these doctrines.
The compendium, - "2083 - A European Declaration of Independence" - documents through more than 1000 pages that the fear of Islamisation is all but irrational. It covers the following main topics:
1. The rise of cultural Marxism/multiculturalism in Western Europe
2. Why the Islamic colonization and Islamisation of Western Europe began
3. The current state of the Western European Resistance Movements (anti-Marxist/anti-Jihad movements)
4. Solutions for Western Europe and how we, the resistance, should move forward in the coming decades
5. + Covering all, highly relevant topics including solutions and strategies for all of the 8 different political fronts
The compendium/book presents advanced ideological, practical, tactical, organisational and rhetorical solutions and strategies for all patriotic-minded individuals/movements. The book will be of great interest to you whether you are a moderate or a more dedicated cultural conservative/nationalist.
Included are also demographical studies, historical statistics, forecasts and insights on various subjects related to the ongoing and future struggle of Europe. It covers most topics related to historical events and aspects of past and current Islamic Imperialism, which is now removed or falsified by our academia by instruction of Western Europe's cultural relativist elites (cultural relativism=cultural Marxism). It offers thorough analysis of Islam, which is unknown to a majority of Europeans. It documents how the political doctrines known as multiculturalism/cultural Marxism/cultural relativism was created and implemented. Multiculturalists/cultural Marxists usually operate under the disguise of humanism. A majority are anti-nationalists and want to deconstruct European identity, traditions, culture and even nation states.
As we all know, the root of Europe's problems is the lack of cultural self-confidence (nationalism). Most people are still terrified of nationalistic political doctrines thinking that if we ever embrace these principles again, new "Hitler's" will suddenly pop up and initiate global Armageddon... Needless to say; the growing numbers of nationalists in W. Europe are systematically being ridiculed, silenced and persecuted by the current cultural Marxist/multiculturalist political establishments. This has been a continuous ongoing process which started in 1945. This irrational fear of nationalistic doctrines is preventing us from stopping our own national/cultural suicide as the Islamic colonization is increasing annually. This book presents the only solutions to our current problems.
You cannot defeat Islamisation or halt/reverse the Islamic colonization of Western Europe without first removing the political doctrines manifested through multiculturalism/cultural Marxism...
Does gaming appear to be an influence? It's not mentioned once and is completely irrelevant to his context.
There then follows detailed information on the distribution of his book; a thesis on "political correctness" which includes profiles of 'Cultural Marxists'; a thesis on historical revisionism and Marxist/multiculturalist propaganda plus criticism of Islam.
These aren't the ramblings of a deranged lunatic. Each section has a full bibliography. As a thoroughly researched thesis goes, it looks legitimate and almost impressive. But it's galactically one-sided and equally unbalanced. And evil.
The following section goes into how the Crusades weren't as bad as is widely thought.
280 pages in and we get to the next 'book': a review and analysis of Europe's current problems. That lasts for some 500 pages!
There is still no mention of gaming.
Next up is 'Book 3' which is, "A Declaration of pre-emptive War"
At page 812, he starts mentioning a European Military Order re-emerging - with special reference to the Knights Templar who are "sworn to protecting Christian pilgrims visiting the Holy Land after the Crusaders re-captured Jerusalem from the Muslims". A modern version of the knights prove to be very inspirational to him.
The book morphs into military tactics and planning with advice on credit checking and personal behaviour. It's here we see the first mention of games. On page 842:
3.26 Avoiding suspicion from relatives, neighbours and friends
Present a "credible project/alibi" to your friends, co-workers and family. Announce to your closest friends, co-workers and family that you are pursuing a "project" that can at least partly justify your "new pattern of activities" (isolation/travel) while in the planning phase.
F example, tell them that you have started to play World of Warcraft or any other online MMO game and that you wish to focus on this for the next months/year. This "new project" can justify isolation and people will understand somewhat why you are not answering your phone over long periods. Tell them that you are completely hooked on the game (raiding dungeons etc). Emphasise to them that this is a dream you have had since you were a kid. If they stress you, insist and ask them to respect your decision. You will be amazed on how much you can do undetected while blaming this game. If your planning requires you to travel, say that you are visiting one of your WoW friends, or better yet, a girl from your "guild" (who lives in another country). No further questions will be raised if you present these arguments.
Blaming WoW is also quite strategic due to another factor. It is usually considered "tabu" or even shameful in our society today to be hooked on an MMO. By revealing "this secret" to your close ones you are therefore (to them at least) entrusting them with your innermost secret. Usually they will "contribute" to keeping this secret for you which can be very beneficial. (If people from your "secondary" social circle ask them they will even usually "lie" on your behalf (giving you alibi), in order to keep your MMO project a secret.
So he says gaming is a good public excuse to mask all the time spent plotting.
This leads into a section titled, "Avoid exposing your political conviction" which includes the following:
Long term covers:
Say you play WoW (World of Warcraft) or another MMO and have developed an addiction for it. Say that are going to play hardcore for the rest of the year and it is no point trying to convince you otherwise. Inform them that you will be busy doing that in the future etc. Tell them that you are ashamed of it and you don't want to talk any more about it. Make them swear to not tell anyone! (you just effectively prevented any more questions from that person AND made the individual assist you in protecting your cover from everyone else)
Say you think you are gay and are in the process of discovering your new self and that you don't want to talk any more about this issue. Tell them that you are ashamed of it and you don't want to talk any more about it. Make them swear to not tell anyone! (your ego is likely to take a dent unless you are secure in your own heterosexuality, because they will actually believe you are gay. However, it's an extremely effective strategy for stopping questions and prevent people from digging in your life when you don't want them to.
Once again, gaming is referenced as a way of masking one's activities. As is feigning coming to terms with being gay.
Subsequent sections include: Avoid ending up on watch lists and How to stay motivated for longer periods - perform a daily mental check and Motivational music tracks, artist: Saga
Should we blame Saga?
He then goes into; Equipment - weapons/ammo/armour etc. It's incredibly detailed and features a full shopping list. Any notion that he's re-living some fantasy from a game or from a Schwarzenegger movie are way off the mark. He knows exactly what he's talking about.
However, he then goes into describing A Justiciar Knights introduction to ballistic armor, which has a hint of comic book super villain about it. However, he backs everything up with modifications to existing body armor using an intricate level of detail. It goes into the physics of body armor and even how to sew extra pouches into it. This evolves into martial arts and personal training and turns into the description of a Justiciar Knights' martial art which utilises the special armor's special spikes and features. Next is a section on dieting and body building.
At page 900 we reach the next gaming reference:
Marksmanship training
Target practise is likely going to be a problem for many people in certain countries (urban Europeans like us, ouch:). Consider taking a vacation to a country where you are able to train in marksmanship or join a gun club. Simulation by playing Call of Duty, Modern Warfare is a good alternative as well but you should try to get some practise with a real assault rifle (with red point optic) if possible. There are select 2nd or 3rd world countries that offer arrangements where you can practise with an assault rifle. Try avoiding Muslim and African countries (unless you are travelling in a group) as they are very racist/discriminating towards Europeans. There are security courses which is arranged by various security companies around the world as well. Lots of opportunities for those of us with creativity and enough cash:)
End note 1: I will try to order a one week "shooting vacation" in a Christian African country. I will try to find a "gun resort" with access to assault rifles. I may bring my own "red point" aim in order to get used to it.
End note 2: As i have now acquired a legal semi automatic Ruger Mini 14 I can legally practice at the gun range. Full auto training is not really required.
This is cited as one of the most damning references to gaming in the whole manifesto, but ultimately he's just thrown it into the mix as a form of target practice.
The next section concerns 'Packing Gear' and he endorses practices from the boy scouts. This is followed by extended war preparation notes which include how to buy arms on the black market and create weapon caches. It's all incredibly detailed. Next comes risk analysis of various criminal gangs around Europe plus details of Europe's primary targets. A new section delves into 'Shock Attacks'. What follows is a bomb-making guide which is the main reason we can't link to this document (it's illegal). Part of this section lists major power stations throughout Europe and the effects of radioactivity. It's followed by a sizeable section on ranks and medals and uniforms.
On page 1130 a section begins, "European political solutions for the future". The next eight pages deal with reform of the church. It morphs into instructions on forming the ideal society. There's a section on the importance of Facebook on page 1268.
On page 1273 discussion turns to "Western European Civil War Phase 2" from years 2030-2070. It goes into everything from insurgency to future financial investments. Phase 3 of the war will last from 2070 - 2083. Apparently.
On page 1283 there is another brief mention of Modern Warfare 2 - it's in the following context:
Training Facilities
Traditional military training facilities focused on physical conditioning and skills training. Newer facilities make extensive use of computer simulations of various kinds to provide more hours or training in more realistic situations at lower cost and with lower risk to personnel.
Temporary arrangements can be made with the local gun club, the local gym and an internet cafwhich facilitates multiplayer Modern Warfare 2 simulation.
Another passing mention of MW2 in terms of a potential training tool.
This is followed by notes on funding and militia building.
On page 1324 there begins a section on Christian justification of the struggle. It has ten pages of Bible quotes and historical justifications for atrocities. This is followed by more pages on how the Knights Templar are servants of Jesus.
There follows an interview with a 'freedom fighter' (page 1376).
Following this is a long section about the killer called: "Your personal life and convictions". It takes the form of a long and detailed interview. Among the questions are:
Q: What tipped the scales for you? What single event made you decide you wanted to continue planning and moving on with the assault?
A: For me, personally, it was my government's involvement in the attacks on Serbia (NATO bombings in 1999) several years back. It was completely unacceptable how the US and Western European regimes bombed our Serbian brothers. All they wanted was to drive Islam out by deporting the Albanian Muslims back to Albania...
... I spent three years were I focused on writing the compendium, 2083. During a 12 month period in the beginning, I also played World of Warcraft part time (which had been a dream for some time - hardcore raiding:). I lived very ascetic and relatively isolated in this period. These three years would also contribute to detach myself from my "old life". It's a process I used in order to isolate myself from most of my network, in preparation for the coming operation. I feel that this period was needed in order to completely "detach myself from "the game", my "former shallow consumerist lifestyle " in order to ensure full focus on the matters at hand.
Q: I guess you wanted to tell your friends about this. Has it been hard to live a "double life", hiding your true political conservative revolutionary convictions?
A: At first it was extremely hard to avoid the temptation to tell your closest friends. I decided however to withhold all relevant information from them and everyone, not because I didn't trust them, but rather because I wanted to avoid incriminating them. Revealing sensitive information to any of them would put them in a difficult spot, because they would be required by law to report this info to the authorities. It would also pose a serious threat to me if they decided to tell anyone. Adding any cell commanders on MSN or other online networks would be completely idiotic and reckless and would violate my oath. As such, I therefore only corresponded with moderate people who had no clue whatsoever about my clandestine activities. After all, a Justiciar Knight is not an ideologically insecure individual. A Justiciar Knight does not rely on constant babysitting or "patting on the back". He is self driven and ideologically confident with proven daily rituals/meditation which keeps him going.
A couple of my friends have their suspicions though. However, I have managed to channel these suspicions far away from relating to my political convictions. Instead they suspect that I am playing WoW (and trying to hide it) and a couple of them believe that I have chosen semi-isolation because of some alleged homosexual relationship which they suspect I am trying to hide, LOL. Quite hilarious, as I am 100% hetero, but they may continue to believe what they want as it prevents them from asking more questions;)) My goal is obviously to prevent my closest network from asking specific questions, and it has worked perfectly so far.
A passing reference to WoW again.
Q: What motivates you? How have you managed to stay focused and motivated for more than 8 years? Is it bitterness and hate towards the so called "cultural Marxist/multiculturalist elites" or perhaps towards Islam?
A: No, not at all. In fact, if they (the cultural Marxists) against all odds renounced multiculturalism today, halted all Muslim immigration and started deportation of all Muslims I would forgive them for their past crimes, and I think most Europeans would as well, despite the fact that more than 15 000 Europeans have died and 500 000 have been raped and/or ravaged physically or mentally due to multiculturalism. If they refuse to surrender before 2020 it will be no turning back. We will eventually annihilate every single one of them. They should know this so I hope they surrender before the deadline...
After further questions he details "8 unprovoked assaults and multiple threats and attempted robberies by Muslims in Oslo, Norway."
After 21 pages of interview he gives us his resume. There is another mention of gaming.
Personal facts:
Name: xxxxxx xxxxxxx
Nationality: Norwegian
Born: February 1979
Height: 183 cm
Weight: 80 kg
Ethnicity: Nordic/Norwegian
Address: Oslo ,Norway
Personality: Optimistic, pragmatic, ambitious, creative, hard working
Political view: Cultural conservative, revolutionary conservative, Vienna school of thought, economically liberal
Religion: Christian, Protestant but I support a reformation of Protestantism leading to it being absorbed by Catholisism. The typical "Protestant Labour Church" has to be deconstructed as its creation was an attempt to abolish the Church
Religious: I went from moderately to agnostic to moderately religious
Education: Non-formal equivalent to 7 years + at university level
Professions: Investor, Director, Manager - founder of several companies, Small business management (including organisational development), political analyst, author, stock analyst/trader. Im unsure whether resistance fighter (Justiciar Knight Commander) and martyr counts as a profession:)
Nicotine: Yes
Alcohol: Occasionally
Drugs: No
Tattoos: No
Sports: Snowboarding, fitness (body building/spinning), running
Watch sport: Only women's sand volley ball:P Perhaps I would if Norway didn't suck so hard in footbal
Name of your primary weapon: Mjollnir
Name of your side arm: Gungnir
Hobbies: Political analysis, studying new topics, Free Mason, Heraldry, Genealogy, gaming (MMO or Modern Warfare 2), travelling - learning about new cultures, music, friends. I have had the privilege of experiencing the following countries: Sweden, Denmark, UK, Germany, Poland, Belarus, France, Austria, Hungary, Austria, Croatia, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Spain, Cyprus, Malta, US, Turkey, Mexico, China, Nigeria, Cote d'Ivoire, Liberia.
Gaming is enough to mention in his CV, but does it leap out as a key influencer?
We then go into some more questions and answers:
Q: Name your favourite; a. music, b. destination, c. possession or item with high affection value, d. clothing brand, e. au de toilette, f. ball sport, g. football team, h. comedian, i. food, j. movie, k. type of architecture and interior design direction, l. beer, m. drink, n. books
A: a. Vocal elektronika (vocal trance) but also classical music and pop. Armin van Buuren, John O'Callaghan, Marcus Shossow with vocals like Audrey Gallagher, Emma Hewitt, Sarah Howells, Sheryl Dean, Helene Bsle, Saga etc. I also appreciate classical music. Opera: Wagner, Verdi, Mozart
b. Budapest, the architecture and cultural treasures are amazing, nightlife and people exceptional. Valetta, Malta is extremely impressive as well. A perfect balance of culture and nightlife. The architecture and historical sites in Valetta are amazing. Everyone should study the history of Malta as it was Western Europes frontline against Jihad for centuries and its history, architecture and historical sites reflect this. I did enjoy Las Vegas as well but I really dislike the superficial aspects of American society. The American state I found least superficial was Texas. I still love so many aspects of US cultural though. It's hard not to love it, but there is no place like European metropolitans. Biggest shit hole: it must be Ivory Coast and Liberia.
c. My Ipod + my Breitling Crosswind, chronograph. Also my collection of oil/air brush paintings I had custom made from the best graffiti artist in Norway, Coderock. It's a collection and recreation of 12 paintings. I've given two of them to friends.
d. LaCoste
e. Chanel Platinum Egoiste
f. Football or beach volley
g. Oslo's Lyn and Bygd Ballklubb
h. Pat Condell
i. No favourite. All cultures have excellent dishes.
j. 300, Sci-fi, zombie, Lord of the Ring, Star Wars, Passion of the Christ
k. Futuristic classical minimalism or pure baroque depending on the designated room/structure
l. Budweiser (the real Czech Bud, not the American piss water:P)
m. Red Bull + Absolute
n. George Orwell - Nineteen Eighty-Four, Thomas Hobbes - Leviathan, John Stuart Mill - On Liberty, John Locke - Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Adam Smith - The Wealth of Nations, Edmund Burke - Reflections on the Revolution in France, Ayn Rand - Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, William James - Pragmatism, Carl von Clausewitz - On War, Fjordman - Defeating Eurabia
Other important books I've read (in random order):
The Bible, Avesta, Quran, Hadith, Plato - The Republic, NiccolMachiavelli - The Prince, William Shakespeare - First Folio, Immanuel Kant - Critique of Pure Reason, Homer - Iliad and Odyssey, Dante Alighieri - The Divine Comedy, Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels - Communist Manifesto, Charles Darwin - The Origin of Species, Leo Tolstoy - War and Peace, Franz Kafka - The Trial, Arnold Joseph Toynbee - A Study of History
Gaming doesn't get a mention until:
Q: Hobbies and interests?
A: Friends, fitness (weightlifting and spinning), snowboarding, opera, theatre, art exhibitions, antiquities, MMOs, science fiction, Freemasons, European architecture, European history, European art in general, genealogy, heraldry, political/stock/currency/commodity analysis, travelling - learning about different cultures.
Annual grouse hunting trip, Oslo Pistol Club, Norwegian Masonic Greater Lounge.
I took a year off when I was 25 and played WoW PvE hardcore for a year.
Conservatism - Alliance, human female mage - PvE, Server: Silvermoon
Conservative - Horde, tauren female resto druid - PvP, Server: Silvermoon
I raided hardcore and was a guild leader in a couple of hardcore guilds: Virtue, then Unit, Nordrassil - Rank 1 Alliance PvE. We transferred the guild to Silvermoon. I grew tired of running the guild and sorting recruitment issues so I joined Nevermore, another hardcore guild on Silvermoon (Rank 3). Silvermoon is the most progressed Alliance server in the world out of more than 300 servers (10 million + players worldwide) so the competition is extremely hard. This means we were one of the most progressed guilds in the world at one time. I can honestly say running a hardcore WoW guild is equally challenging to running your own business with 7 employees or more. It requires an extreme amount of work in order to be successful and get server first kills. It was a good experience and something I wanted to do at least a limited amount of time during a period of my life.
I'm currently playing Modern Warfare 2 casually.
The above description could have been taken from somebody's Steam gaming profile page.
The rest reads like a job interview at a bank.
The final section is a diary, or, as he calls it, a Knights Templar Log. He talks about some friends and then starts describing events from April 2002.
January 2010
I was out with Peter and Didrik today. We had some drinks at Peters bachelor pad near Bogstadveien, probably the most prestigious place to live for bachelors in Oslo and not far from where I used to live when I was still in the "game". We then went on to a nearby restaurant, had an incredible meal, drank some more and met Peters girlfriend and her friends. We had a few beers and talked, very cosy<3 I remember telling Christine about my career as a writer, telling her that I wasn't planning on actually selling the book but rather to distribute it freely in order to more efficiently propagate our cause to a broader audience (they were all cultural conservative btw). Christine told me that she believed I was driven by idealism, which is of course true, but that I actually lived my dream. While I didn't want to start to argue that particular factor, as I don't like appearing like a pooper or to risk blowing my cover, it got me thinking. Are, we, the reactionary revolutionary conservatives really living our dream or are we making a sacrifice? To be honest, if I felt that other people could do my job I would not do what I do, that I can guarantee you. I don't want to do what I do, I would rather focus on starting a family and focus on my career again. But I can't do that as long as I feel like a person caught in a burning spaceship with nowhere to go. If you see the ship is burning you don't ignore it and start cooking noodles do you? You put out the fire even if it endangers your life. You don't enjoy putting out the fire but it is your duty to yourself and your fellow crewmen. And let's say your crewmen have been infected with a rare virus that shuts down their rational senses and they try to stop you from putting out the fire. You can't really allow yourself to be stopped by any of them as it will lead to your collective death. You will do anything to put out that fire despite of the fact that they are trying to stop you. Anything else would be illogical.
But sacrificing yourself for others who probably detest you for it doesn't necessarily have to be a miserable experience. After all, we have the truth and logic on our side and we will learn to find rewards and comfort in our actions. After all, sometimes being uncompassionate is the most compassionate thing you can do.
Anyway, back to email farming on Facebook, aaaaarrrrggh:/ It's driving me nuts, lol. I'm currently working on French leads/FB groups. An extremely tedious and boring task - preparing quality contacts from scouring patriotic Facebook groups and sending out 100 select invitations per day (from 2 FB accounts). I've been doing this for 60 days straight now, 3-4 hours per day. FB networking isn't all that bad though as you do meet a lot of interesting, like minded people. This is the main reason why my book has been delayed. I just feel that I must send my book to at least 10 000 primary nationalists in the European world and I'm currently at 6000 email addresses. Good vocal trance music makes this task a lot less boring;). My funds are depleting gradually though; currently at 50 000 Euro + 30 000 Euro in credit limits (12 credit cards ftw), which will force me into the next phase of the operation soon. A usual day for me involves email farming, writing, sharing "moderate" resources from my book on debate groups to coach fellow cultural conservatives, smoking, eating chocolate lol, taking a daily 1 hour walk/motivational meditation and doing some occasional battlegrounds in WoW on my badass Horde resto druid. I just completed Dragon Age Origins not long ago. A brilliant game!:D It's important to have fun a few hours every day. I regret to admit that I've become a notorious downloader of pirated movies, series and games etc. but have noticed that an increasing number of sites have been closed down lately. Stealing is bad, I admit, but then again, when you have devoted your entire life to a good cause you can allow yourself some naughtiness especially if it can contribute to conserve your funds, cough;). Yes, yes, no ones perfect:P
Does anyone else sense that he's at his most human when mentioning gaming?
February 2010
I just bought Modern Warfare 2, the game. It is probably the best military simulator out there and it's one of the hottest games this year. I played MW1 as well but I didn't really like it as I'm generally more the fantasy RPG kind of person - Dragon Age Origins etc .and not so much into first person shooters. I see MW2 more as a part of my training-simulation than anything else. I've still learned to love it though and especially the multiplayer part is amazing. You can more or less completely simulate actual operations...
He really likes MW2. So did I. And many millions of others.
October-November 2010
I am currently watching Dexter, the series about that forensic mass murderer. Quite hilarious. I'm also looking forward to watch the new movie-series about Carlos the Jackal (the Marxist-Islamist and Che wannabe scumbag). Hopefully, it will be as good as the Baader Meinhof Complex. I really enjoyed that one. Oh, and I'm also playing Fallout 3 - New Vegas atm after just finishing Bioshock 2. I'm also going to try the new World of Warcraft - Cataclysm when it is released in December. Time to dust of my mage...
Fallout and Bioshock are pretty violent games, to be fair. But have they really influenced him? All he did was say he played them. These are the only mentions of these games.
December, January and February 2011
My concerns and angst relating to this phase impacted my motivation, to a point where I had to initiate specific counter-measures to reverse the loss of morale and motivation. I decided that the correct approach to reversing it was to initiate another DBOL steroid cycle and intensify my strength training. I also spent some time locating and downloading some new inspirational music. A lot of new vocal trance tracks and some inspirational music by Helene Bsle. In addition; I decided I would allow myself to play the newly launched expansion: World of Warcraft - Cataclysm. The combination of these three counter measures, in addition to my 3 weekly indoctrination/meditation walks, resulted in my morale and motivation again peaking.
I would now initiate the most critical of all phases; the "chemical acquirement phase"
I will include a list of some of the items/components acquired during this period:
His mind seems to be going. But gaming seems to help him unwind from all the horrors. Even so, this paragraph is troubling. He's getting back into steroid-based body building, meditation, gaming and then starts listing bomb making ingredients.
April - 2011
On April 9th, I was inflicted with a virus by my mother and I came down with something that later appeared to be a very resilient throat infection. FFS, this is what happens when you live with people hanging out with hypochondriacs...! It was the third time she had infected me the last two years and I was very pissed off and frustrated. The manufacturing phase was SO close, in only 20 days and now I'm potentially neutralized for the next three weeks... I decided to ride the illness out as I thought it would pass within the week, but it proved to be very resilient. My energy levels dropped by more than 50% and I eventually ended up with an antibiotics treatment.
It was now April 25th and I was finally back to normal. I had spent the past couple of weeks playing through Dragon Age II and a couple of other newly released games. Awesome! The good news was also that I would practically immune to any bacteria's and viruses for the next 3 months, in the most critical of all phases, as my immunity system had been boosted and rejuvenated significantly by the virus. My training regime had suffered and I had lost a couple of kilograms of muscle mass but most if not all other practical things were now in place for the manufacturing phase.
More damning evidence against gaming.
Conclusion
It can't be overstressed how much of the manifesto I've left out. The actual gaming references above constitute a fraction of this article and this article represents less than one per cent of the manifesto.
Of the three books that constitute the manifesto, gaming is only mentioned in the third - which is more of an appendix compared to the thesis-like first two books.
Six games are mentioned, World of Warcraft, Dragon Age 1 and 2, Modern Warfare 2, Bioshock and Fallout: New Vegas. All are hugely-popular games played by millions around the world. MW2 is more popular than almost every film ever made.
In almost every case he cites gaming as a hobby in which he escapes the horrors of what he is planning. I've played every one mentioned. All of them got high marks when reviewed on Good Game and in all other game review media. He's a gamer. He's also a heap of other things.
For any media entity to focus on the gaming aspect of the manifesto (apart from mentioning that it's being talked about), is doing the public a great disservice. The most cursory glance (keyword search) through the document is enough to show that gaming is incidental to his outlook, motives and plans.
What really jumps out from the document is how on earth this man wasn't on any government watch lists, especially with such a manifesto being circulated online. He's no rambling nutter. He comes across very similar to Kevin Spacey's character in the movie, Seven - brilliant in many ways. But a complete phsycho. With his knowledge of modern culture, I fear he'd take that as a complement.
To go off topic for a moment (I'll be brief. But seeing as I've gone through the whole thing...) the really frightening thing is that he must have had an audience. Hopefully, it was one that simply enjoyed sitting back and watching everything unfold. For what is described is a very real and alarmingly well-researched and highly-detailed plan on starting, fighting and finishing a European civil war. If he has die-hard followers then the Oslo atrocities were just the beginning. The document itself makes the legendary Anarchist's cookbook seem like a gift from a party cracker and one can all-to-easily see that some troubled minds will follow its teachings.
How people have ignored all of this (and the thousands of other themes within) and selectively focused on game classification is particularly troubling. Especially those that are using over 90 innocent massacre victims to push their own agendas.
