Breivik prepared for his carnage practising on World of Warcraft. I wonder which games the US Army used for their carnage in Iraq and Afghanistan. I suspect Dawn of The Zombies. In World of Warcraft players choose and customize characters, and join forces with other avatars to save the world, which needs saving often. Breivik's avatar was a highly regarded Justiciar, according to the BBC.
How obtaining the Scroll of Resurrection, learning new spells, and defeating evil sorcerers translates to what he did and how he did it, is a riddle that baffles. Exactly how World of Warcraft prepares one for mass murder is likely a question only Breivik can answer. And even then the rest of us may not understand his explanation.
But WoW was not Breivik’s only virtual obsession.According to the Huffington Post, he played the highly realistic video game Modern Warfare, "primarily to get a feel for how to use rifle sights.” The connection here, requires less imagination.

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