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Police Blotter: Knock-Knock. Who’s There? Bang.

Crime is a constant feature of video games writing. Somewhere, someone is doing something illicit with them — sometimes comically stupid, sometimes tragic. Games and consoles are currency, objects of dispute, sometimes even weapons themselves. Kotaku‘s Police Blotter is here to round up the latest in games crime.


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.


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.


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

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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.


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.


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