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Halt, criminal scum! EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Ultimate cheapassery: The 2-hour Torchlight demo 20 Since many of you are like-minded folk, I can only assume you spend a good portion of your days pointing and clicking. I know I do. Why then, are we wasting our precious finger energy performing ... Kid reports parents to cops after they take his Xbox 36 Yet more evidence that children are stupid and should be mass-executed has arrived today, with word of a young boy in Illinois who called the cops after his parents took his Xbox (we assume a 360... PS3s being used to nab pedophiles 45 I guess the PS3 really does do everything. Not content to be a game device, a Blu-ray player, and everything else Sony markets it as, the PlayStation 3 is also a handy tool used by police to crac... Guy steals 100 copies of Modern Warfare 2 58 If you decided to steal from a GameStop, what would you grab? The expensive consoles? As many games as you can dream of? If you're one man in Meadville, Pennsylvania, the answer is easy -- keep i... Kidnapped teen forced to buy a PS3 at gunpoint 48 This is one of those real "WTF" stories. An eighteen-year-old is currently facing charges of kidnap and robbery after capturing a teenager and forcing him to buy a PlayStation 3. Kyle Yarkosky wa... Big surprise: Modern Warfare 2 already hacked 67 Have you had enough of Modern Warfare 2 coverage yet? Are you a vindictive PC gamer? If you answered "no" to the first question and "yes" to the second, you are now free to have a few quiet "I to... UK devs: Piracy a 'problem,' but not 'threat to survival' 12 Piracy is, and always has been a threat to creative industry, and the gaming industry is no exception. However, a survey conducted by TIGA, a regional trade body, suggests that while the majority... Did a DS help save a girl from child abuse? 33 I knew that the Ninteno DS was quite useful for doing things like playing games and helping me make oyakodon, but fighting child abuse? That's wasn't on the back of the box. The Ayr Advertiser re... Stealing Modern Warfare 2? Activision will hunt you down 63 Activision is not messing around when it comes to Modern Warfare 2, and has demonstrated that it will literally hunt down anybody engaging in shenanigans involving its massive FPS title. When one... Man causes hospital blackout, blames Silent Hill 60 You don't often see Silent Hill at the center of a "games made me do it" controversy, but a thirty-five-year-old man claims that Konami's psychological horror series inspired him to bre... Daily Mail implicates videogames in schizophrenic attack 40 Oh Daily Mail, where would we be without you? Probably in a much better world. The Daily Fail's latest mess is a story revolving around James Callaghan, a schizophrenic teenager who attacked a 65... Man kills his son over a missing videogame (facepalm) 159 A forty-year-old man becoming enraged beyond reason over a missing videogame is worrying enough, but when you find out he's prepared to kill his family for it, things enter a whole new level of d... USPS worker busted for stealing 2,200 GameFly games 52 Wow. I've seen some examples of criminals with nerve, but it must have taken some real brass to get this flagrant. A United States Postal worker has admitted in court that he is responsible for t... 15-year-old set on fire over $40 videogame debt 101 A group of kids are currently in detention for setting one of their peers on fire over a $40 videogame debt. Micheal Brewer was set alight at an apartment complex in Deerfield Beach, Florida, whe... Starcraft fan Zerg rushes teenage girl with kitchen knife 42 I'm sure we've all been in a situation where the power has gone or the Internet's shut down right when we've been in the middle of a hot gaming session. What do you do in those situations? Throw ... Gamers to use real security cameras to spy for the cops 62 I'm not sure if this is manipulative, scary, brilliant, hilarious, or all three. A brand new PC game called "Internet Eyes" will allow players to view thousands of CCTV cameras around t... Australian ratings turn 'middle class into criminals' 32 We all know by now that Australia is severely lagging behind the times thanks to its archaic rating system that refuses to rate games intended for audiences of eighteen and over. 15+ is the highe... Fugitive caught after stuffing DS games down his pants 20 If there's one thing worse than being an escaped criminal with a heroin habit, it's being STUPID escaped criminal with a heroin habit. Daniel Larson, despite being incredibly idiotic, became Lee ... Cops play Wii Bowling while on drug bust 68 The one major problem with drug busts (aside from the waste of public money) is that they're simply not fun enough. Luckily, cops in Polk County discovered a way to inject a little happiness into... Modern Warfare 2 scalpers charging obscene prices 26 If you thought that Activision was bad when it came to game prices, you should take a look at the scalpers who are currently charging ridiculous prices for Modern Warfare 2: Prestige Edition. The... China ripping off Pokemon, Digimon and Naruto in new show 38 China's state-run TV station China Central Television is airing a new show for kids that manages to plagiarize Pokémon, Digimon and Naruto in one big shameless faux-anime package. The cart... Courtney Love threatens to sue over Guitar Hero Cobain 83 Despite the fact that Activision was able to get Kurt Cobain into Guitar Hero 5 and release the game with no problems whatsoever, new rumblings from Courtney Love's bloodstained lair seem to sugg... Man steals Wi-Fi to play Halo in a library 55 The above picture shows a genius. A criminal mastermind so brilliant it's amazing that he was ever caught. Sitting in a library, with headphones on, a mysterious big bag under his desk, and a new... Oh my God! Microsoft STOLE LittleBigPlanet's music! 56 Today, on what must obviously be an incredibly slow news day, Microsoft has come under fire for BLATANT THEFT, shamelessly stealing the music that was 100% totally invented for LittleBigPlanet. T... Man gets two years and fined $96,000 for DS piracy 19 Protip: Don't create a Web site offering over 1,000 DS games for illegal download unless you're really sure you won't get caught. Yoshiaki Asagiri wasn't so careful, and now a Kyoto District cour... Punk kid hits people with car doors, Grand Theft Auto blamed 32 You know the drill by now. Some filthy little sh*thead decides to be antisocial and delinquent, then tries to dodge accountability by blaming videogames, something he knows will deflect the blame... Gamer's screaming triggers SWAT team response 31 When I first saw this story, I thought it was old news from Copenhagen, where a SWAT team hilariously responded to the sounds of gunfire coming from a loud PS3. However, it's happened again. A wo... Pedophile blames videogames for being a pedophile 44 Blaming videogames for your sins is all the rage, and it's such a hip movement that even dirty pedophiles are doing it! 38-year-old Ontario man Michael Cherry loves him some kiddy porn, but in pl... Kids steal Wii, mom pawns Wii, everyone gets arrested 18 They say videogames pull families apart, but in the case of the ironically named Law family, a Wii certainly helped bring a mother and her kids closer together. It's been alleged that three kids ... Man gets life for killing over a PlayStation 2 33 Ex-Fresno State student and gun fan Jonquel Brooks has been given life in prison following an attack on four men who accused him of stealing a PlayStation 2. On May 7, 2007, Brooks was approached... Government denies prisoners have ever had PS3s 14 A few days ago we railed at Rye Hill Prison after it was reported that its inmates had somehow been given access to PlayStation 3 systems and were using them to communicate with the outside world... Prisoners using PS3 Wi-Fi to chat to friends 29 We've written about the stupidity of the British prison service and its insistence on letting inmates have the latest videogames before, but this about takes the cake. PS3s were already supposed ... Boy accidentally shoots brother dead over videogame fight 56 I'm sure we've all wanted to shoot our brothers at some point, but 11-year-old  De-Andre Finley went that extra mile, accidentally killing his 9-year-old sibling after a videogame row ended ... Woman loves videogames more than one-year-old son 25 A Kennesaw woman has incontrovertibly proven that videogames are better than children after being arrested for abandoning her one-year-old son in a vehicle so she could get a gaming fix at a near... PS3 rumble lawsuit returns from the grave 12 I'm sure you all remember Immersion, the parasites who sat on patents for rumble technology and then sued any company that dared use them. It led to the famously arrogant "Rumble is a last-g... Advance Wars killer found guilty 35 You might not remember it, but quite a while ago we ran a story where Advance Wars had somehow been linked to a murder. 20-year-old Mathew Pyke was found stabbed to death last year, and it had be... Crime lords using PS3s to rule the world from prison 19 It sounds like something out of a TV show, but the UK's Serious Organized Crime Agency is suggesting that imprisoned crime bosses are using PlayStation 3 systems to run their evil empires from be... Bomberman used to promote anti-Nazi violence? 26 A German ex-politician has been charged with invoking violent acts against fascists after producing an anti-Nazi poster with a picture of Bomberman on it. The poster shows Bomberman holding a bom... Texan sex offenders may need to register online game handles 35 Quite why something like this hasn't been implemented sooner is beyond me, but it seems that Texas' legal system has finally caught up with the modern age and is considering a new bill that requi... Counter-Strike argument leads to murder of teen 30 A number of deaths have been pinned on Counter-Strike over the years, but never has the venerable online shooter ever been directly involved. That is, until a certain argument in a Novosibirsk In... Videogame addiction used to justify embezzlement 19 A 21-year-old Wisconsin man is in a spot of trouble after using a fraternity debit card to unlawfully spend over $12,000 on videogames. Rather than accept responsibility for his crimes, Jose... GameFly files formal complaint against the USPS 55 Ah, the USPS. I can only speak for my local branch of this lovely organization, but if the rest of the United States Postal Service is anything like my lot, then it is made up primarily of lazy, ... If you like little girls, we've found you a dress-up game! 71 Sometimes we get the most random tips sent in to Destructoid HQ, and sometimes we feel the need to chase them up just in case there's an interesting story at the end of them. Every now and then, ... Idiot kid tries to swap handgun for PSP at school 34 A foolish child caused his middle school to be locked down this past week after bringing in a handgun. However, rather than pay tribute to Columbine or Virginia Tech, the boy had brought the fire... Man beats six-year-old over game performance ... wait, what? 41 Let's have a really messed up story to reinstall our collective faith in humanity, shall we? It's being reported that a 50-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of beating up his six-year-o... ESA celebrates the Pirate Bay convictions 36 You must surely be aware by now that the founders of popular file-sharing site The Pirate Bay have recently been convicted of breaking copyright law and are due to be imprisoned for one year. Fre... EA sends illegal weapons to press, wants them back 41 The concept of consequence has never been fully grasped by videogame PR. Whether they're putting severed limbs around London or sacrificing goats, you can always count on marketing bods to do som... Selling stolen Fallout 3 copies makes Bethesda angry 16 In another example of great British intelligence, a UK game store has been taken to court after purchasing and then selling stolen copies of Fallout 3. Bethesda is understandably angry over hot c... Father kills partner because she played too much PS3 43 The newspapers love to run stories about someone who committed murder "because" they played too many videogames. How ironic then, that passive aggressive newspaper The Telegraph is runn... Team Rocket is real and wants to corrupt your Pokemans 34 This is quite a demented story to start your week. The Nintendo World Store launch party for Pokémon Platinum in New York was the source of drama when a fake "mystery gift" was u... What was in Jeff Dahmer's Xbox? 67 Since violent videogames came along, news media and family watchdogs have had a field day. Every violent activity in the world can now be linked to gaming, giving these fine, upstanding moral fol... Animal Crossing fans are pedophiles, according to Missouri cop 65 While it's great to see cops tackle the growing problem of sexual predation in an online world, misinformed finger pointing and jumping to suspect conclusions won't solve anything. Such is the ca... Times Online: German school shooter copied Far Cry 2 49 The Times Online, following the great news media tradition of linking violent acts to videogames, has noted that German school shooter Tim Kretschmer was a gamer, making sure to note "sinist... School shooting in Germany linked to videogames 43 A school shooting that took place in Germany yesterday is already being linked to videogames, with politicians in the typically game-unfriendly country pointing fingers at violent media exposure.... Taxing videogames will stop knife crime, claims illogical man 36 A tax on videogames would combat knife crime in UK, claims a government advisor who lost his own son to inner city youth crime. According to the rather outrageous suggestion, videogames are "... Man chokes girlfriend with Wii remote after stealing cookies 42 The Wii is the console that is bringing families together across America. Such irony then, that it also doubles as an effective strangulation tool for moronic boyfriends. Daniel Alvarez of Austin... Wanted: Have you see this Mii? 14 It's the kind of thing that could only happen in Japan. A Kanagawa man is currently wanted on suspicion of a hit and run and posters featuring his likeness have been issued by police. However, ra... Hudson threatened by wannabe Bomberman 11 A Japanese man has been arrested for a most ironic crime -- threatening to blow up Bomberman developer Hudson. 29-year-old Takao Ike was apparently so dismayed at the recent quality of Hudson tit... Portland killer leaves meticulous PS3 eBay instructions 27 Erik Salvador Ayala is a name that should be familiar with many of you by now. The 24-year-old depressive lies at the center of a shooting in Portland, Oregon, where he killed two people, injured... Free copy of Far Cry 2? Something's phishy about that ... 16 Nothing in life is free, unless you're talking about Jury service and the Ebola virus. While this is a commonly accepted truth, human logic is almost always overridden by the promise of a freebie... « NEXT « next - expanded blog view		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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