Jack Thompson, a Miami lawyer and critic of violent video and computer games, made the connection between the name that Oaklyn teenagers said the three called themselves and the Warriors of Freedom online game.

The site was not in operation yesterday. "Game is down fixing major bugs!" according to the Web site's home page.

Thompson, who has sued game makers and studied their possible role in shootings around the country, said he was struck by how the three Oaklyn suspects also had been armed with swords.

He said a sword was "not a typical of weapon of choice in a carjacking" but is a feature of the game Grand Theft Auto Vice City, which includes carjacking.

"In a sense, these guys probably were acting out a game," Thompson said.