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To Catch A Modern Warfare 2 Cyber-Thief
5:20AM Mike Fahey | Modern Warfare 2 is already making an appearance at torrent sites all over the internet, but it could have been worse. Dean Takahashi reports on how IPCybercrime stopped one pirate from making his big score. More »
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Schizo Teen Goes On Drunken Axe Rampage After FIFA Losing Streak
2:00AM Brian Crecente | A schizophrenic teenager who killed a grandmother with an axe during a drunken rampage after a FIFA losing streak went on trial this week. More »
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Postman Swipes 2200 Gamefly Games
3:00AM Mike Fahey | A Philadelphia-area postal worker with sticky fingers has admitted to intercepting $US86,000 worth of games originally intended for subscribers of GameFly’s video game rental service. More »
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German Activist Group’s “Killer Game” Toss Makes Me Uncomfortable
8:30PM AJ Glasser | Game Politics reports that a German advocacy group wants people to bring their “killer games” to the front of an opera house to throw away. One lucky tosser (har, har) will win a signed jersey from a sports team. More »
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Dropped Connection Sends Starcraft Swede Into Stabby Rage
9:30AM Owen Good | A balky Internet hookup is said to have triggered a Swedish Starcraft enthusiast’s random knife attack of a 15-year-old girl. More »
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Ready To Rat Out R4 Sellers? Nintendo Is Here To Help
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Earlier this year, Nintendo announced that it and 54 software game companies were filing a lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court against companies that import “R4 Revolution”-type devices, using the Unfair Competition Prevention Law as the legal grounding. More »
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Silent Hill Writer Sentenced For Vehicular Manslaughter
3:30PM Brian Ashcraft | Roger Avary, who received an Oscar for Pulp Fiction and who wrote the Silent Hill movie, is headed to jail for gross vehicular manslaughter. He was sentenced to a year in prison and five years probation. More »
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DS Games Help Send Florida’s Lamest Fugitve Back To The Can
10:30AM Owen Good | Not sure who looks worse, Lee Co., Florida, for being unable to catch this guy, or Daniel Larson himself, their No. 1 fugitive, caught after he strolled into a Walmart and stuffed a bunch of DS games down his pants. More »
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Metal Gear Style Cardboard Box Prison Escape
10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | There’s a device in the Metal Gear Solid stealth series in which Snake can sneak past guards by simply covering himself in a cardboard box. This isn’t just a game convention. It apparently really works. More »
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