Among Us Explained: The Party Game Played by the Alleged CEO Killer and Millions More
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s gunman, Luigi Nicholas Mangione, evaded police after the incident. Shot in December. 4. With so many questions surrounding Mangione, one thing that comes up in his social media posts and conversations with friends is that he plays his own game, including among usA popular social deduction game that has reportedly caused a stir during the pandemic nbc news Tuesday.
There have been attempts to connect the alleged assassination to a game that involves players killing each other, however, this connection is a bit silly. Among Us is a cartoon-style social deduction party game popular with streamers and played by millions of people around the world during the coronavirus lockdown.
A classmate at the University of Pennsylvania told NBC News that Mangione was part of a group that played games together, and one of the games they played was Among Us. The person thought it was “ironic” that Mangione was a suspect in the shooting of Brian Thompson, given the content of the game.
Alejandro Romero told NBC News: “I just find it very ironic that, you know, we’re involved in this game when there might actually be a real killer among us.”
this Among UsX official account Tuesday’s post appeared to be a response to the report, simply saying: “Well…”
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— Among Us 🚀 (@AmongUsGame) December 10, 2024
Among Us is a social deduction game in which players must identify impostors before killing the crew of a virtual spaceship. The game supports 4 to 10 players, with players taking on the role of a crew member, while one or two players take on the role of parasitic shape-shifting aliens who need to kill and sabotage the crew’s operations.
Social reasoning games are not new; some Desktop versions date back to the 1980s. Among Us launched in 2018 with little fanfare, but around September 2020, the game attracted a large number of fans after well-known Twitch streamers started playing it.
On October 20, 2020, U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar from New York and Minnesota respectively The game was played live and Twitch celebrities got in on the action 439,000 concurrent viewersthe streaming platform’s third-highest single stream ever. A month later, reports emerged that the game Over 500 million users.
As people dig deeper into Mangione’s past to uncover possible motives for his alleged shooting, more is being learned about his gaming habits. In the Gilman School’s yearbook, where Mangione was the school’s valedictorian, he was named “Best at pick up and drop off lines” and mentioned that he had played the Nintendo mascot fighting game Super Smash Bros., but did not specify which version. He also reportedly mentioned fighting game Tekken and hero shooter Smash Bros. in another rant. Overwatch. daily mail. The 26-year-old seemed to be just doing the typical things most young people do growing up.
Mangione was arrested by law enforcement on Monday after receiving a tip from a customer and is being held in custody in Pennsylvania. McDonald’s. Has been denied bail by the judge and is waiting to see if he will be released on bail Extradited to New York He will face criminal charges there.
He spoke publicly for the first time since a five-day raid ended and he was arrested at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania. glutton He emerged from a patrol car and yelled “This is an insult to the intelligence of the American people” as deputies pushed him into the courthouse.
