One of the stranger attempts to tie crime to videogames:

Like many other hacktivists, Gonlag was an avid player of “first-person shooter” games, the protagonist in his own adventures. Digitally attacking MasterCard and Visa elevated that engagement to the real world, a literal dream come true.

Did he also, perhaps, read novels featuring first-person narrators?

Of all the things out there this is what I am supposed to be scared about?

Pluueeaase! I am far more concerned about governments operating in the dark and private enterprises supporting governments in hiding their actions.

Now I know where the Guy Fawkes mask idea came from:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0434409/

Given that the practice originated with 4chan users, I think the Epic Fail Guy meme is more likely for a source.

I believe that was the drawing and not the actual mask.

Link, please?

V for Vendetta came out in March, 2006. The above link states the meme came about in late 2006.

This was a pretty good article and I like that it was written with a level of candor that is fair to both sides and factually telling the information. However, it was very long and I stopped reading half way through.