San Diego GOP Chairman: Video Game Pirate?
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 Posted in Crime, Hilarious, Intellectual Property, News, Politics, Stupid Politics | 5 Comments »According to a lengthy article posted at The Raw Story, San Diego Republican Chairman and head of the state party's budget committee Tony Krvaric is co-founder of Fairlight, one of the world's largest and oldest software cracking rings. Krvaric, ...
JT and GTA IV: A Match Made in Heaven
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 Posted in Hilarious, Jack Thompson | No Comments »I typically don't post an image without story behind it, but Dennis over at GamePolitics just posted a pretty spectacular picture. I don't know what it is, but I can't help but chuckle when I look at it. Maybe it's ...
GTA Does Lead to Crime? UPS Employees Caught Stealing
Monday, April 28th, 2008 Posted in Crime, News, Rockstar | No Comments »Ben Kuchera over at Ars Technica reports that a surprising number of UPS workers are being fired for stealing copies of Rockstar's [tag]Grand Theft Auto IV[/tag]. Despite the collective cries of [tag]gamers[/tag] that GTA doesn't lead to real [tag]crime[/tag], ...
Man, Senior Arrested in Video Game Scam
Monday, April 28th, 2008 Posted in Crime, Fraud, Hilarious, News | 10 Comments »Frank Buchanan, 30, and his mother Dorothy Mae Buchanan, 68, were recently arrested in Minnesota for engaging a in scam that defrauded retailers out of thousands of dollars worth of merchandise. Buchanan allegedly bought and returned nearly 200 video ...
ICED Tackles Complex Deportation Issues Through Gaming
Monday, April 21st, 2008 Posted in Immigration & Customs, News, PC Game, Politics | 9 Comments »[swf]http://www.viddler.com/player/30434823/[/swf] Breakthrough, a New York-based non-profit group, has recently launched a freely available PC game called ICED, which hopes to help gamers “understand how important it is to restore due process to the immigration system.” ICED, an acronym for “I Can End ...
Man Files First Player-Launched Suit Against “Gold Farmers”
Thursday, April 17th, 2008 Posted in Class action, MMORPGs, New Complaint, News | 8 Comments »If there exists a segment of the population more vocal and protective of their hobby than gamers, I would love to meet them. No longer content with complaining on forums and signing meaningless Internet petitions, Antonio Hernandez, a former Orlando-area ...
Prisoner Files Restraining Order Against GTAIV
Thursday, April 17th, 2008 Posted in Hilarious, News, Rockstar | No Comments »We all knew that people who play Grand Theft Auto games can be very dangerous as every last on of them turns into a homicidal mainiac, but did you know that the game itself is a threat to the safety ...
