News

Woman Consummated Xbox Live Seduction Over Thanksgiving Trip, Say Cops

Cops say a woman, posing as a 23-year-old over Xbox Live, traveled from California to Maryland over Thanksgiving and had sex with a 13-year-old boy she’d met while his parents were sleeping. She’s in jail now.


December 17, 2010
In Real Life

Memories Of A Forgotten Street Fighter Tournament

It was the summer of 1992 and Street Fighter II was the king of the still thriving US arcades scene.


November 27, 2010

Cops Zap PCP-Using Rock Band Enthusiast (With Video)

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November 8, 2010
News

Armed Robbers Snatch 100 Copies Of Black Ops In GameStop Heist

Two guys with semiautomatic firearms were hellbent on breaking street for Call of Duty: Black Ops, sticking up a Baltimore-area GameStop and looting it of 100 copies of the game, due out Tuesday.


July 30, 2010
In Real Life

Does This Mean There’s No School On Civilization V Day?

Gubernatorial proclamation naming September 21, 2010 – the game’s release date – as “Sid Meier’s Civilization V Day” in Maryland, home of Maryland-based Firaxis Games. Looks more like a letter of marque from Pirates! to me.