I feel no sympathy for anybody in this. All I see is some dumbass kid, 13 years of age, who should have known better, kill himself. Then you have the parents, who decided that it's a videogames fault instead of their own parenting, and possibly that their kid is a damned ******, sue Blizzard.
You see it all over the news. Kid does some stupid ****, parents blame everybody else but themselves. You NEVER see a parent say to the camera, "Hey, you know what? I should have spent more time with him. Maybe it wasn't wise getting my 10 year old boy an 'M' rated game."
By the way, in case anybody hasn't noticed, this is what scientists like to call "Survival of the fittest". Every species on the planet has it's own survival traits. Some fly, others run, some swim, we got some with camouflage, others fight back. Humans think. If you're a human, and you can't think, laws of nature take over. Not saying everybody with some mental handicap should die, that's not my place. But when you see some 13 y/o kid decided to "re-enact a scene from a videogame" and ends up killing himself, hey, that's stupid. My brother works for the railroad, I hear a whole bunch of stories about stupid people, who end up getting hurt and killed.
Some ****** decided to take his chances with outrunning several thousand tons of train to the railroad crossing, ended up getting clipped by it, car goes flying 50 yards, guy dies. His fault. Trains can't stop on a dime, takes more than a few city blocks, they can't turn, they are on tracks.
You know that annoying horn they blow while moving through town? They have to, by law. I can't remember the exact distance, but let's say 100 feet before each crossing, they have to sound their whistle in a certain pattern until they cross it. That's telling all those idiot drivers out there "Hey, I'm a big freaking train, I'm coming through, I can't stop, I can't turn, so stay the hell outta my way."
I'm sure somewhere in that kids mind, his common sense whistle was blowing in his head. "Hey kid, this aint smart, looks kinda dangerous here, maybe you shouldn't do this." Kid decided he was smarter than common sense, he paid the price for it.
Parents are doing two things, blaming somebody else for the actions of their son, and in part, themselves. It's always easier to cope that way. Everybody elses fault but their own. Then they are also trying to capitilize on it.