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In Real Life

Police Blotter: Man Avoids Prison, But Is All Out Of Bubblegum

14 June 2012

In Real Life

Teen Murders Elderly Neighbour To Buy Video Game Console

A 14-year-old boy staying with his aunt and uncle in the Tamil Nadu village of Ekkadu couldn’t afford the 8000 rupees (roughly $150) to purchase a video game system, so he strangled a 69-year-old neighbour.

24 April 2012

In Real Life

Unlikely Fan Fiction Crossover Battle: It’s Why Tails Is Fighting The Murlocs That Matters

Sometimes it’s not the battle that really matters, but rather the events leading up to the battle. For instance, in 1monkeyfromhell’s “The Winter of Tails”, Sonic’s sidekick is on the run because everyone he knows has been murdered in horrible ways.

22 March 2012

In Real Life

Manila Counter-Strike Match Ends In Murder

A round of Counter-Strike at an internet cafe in the Philippines capital of Manila turned deadly on Monday, when a member of the losing team was murdered after an argument over the payment of approximately seven dollars in winnings.

7 July 2011

News

Man Deploys ‘Madden Defence’ To Beat Murder Rap

A man on trial in North Carolina for killing his pregnant fiancée says he could not have been the killer, and is using a screen capture from a game of Madden NFL as his alibi.

20 May 2011

News

Look Out Naughty Bear, Here Comes Chucky

A2M’s Naughty Bear, a video game about a deranged child’s toy with murder in its heart, wasn’t the blockbuster success I hoped it would be. Perhaps the concept just needed to be powered by a familiar face. After that it’s all Child’s Play.

7 April 2011

News

Man Pleads Guilty To Killing Over Scarface: The World Is Yours

22-year-old Alejandro Garcia of Corpus Christi, Texas, will spend the next 15 to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to the 2007 shooting death of his younger cousin over whose turn it was to play Scarface: The World is Yours.

18 March 2011

PlayStation

Stolen PS3 Leads Cops To Double Murder Suspect

A man suspected of a double homicide eluded police for two months, until a PlayStation 3 stolen from the victims’ home turned up and led authorities to an arrest.

10 March 2011

PlayStation

L.A. Noire’s Investigations And Interrogations

L.A. Noire will have you picking through the misery and gore of unsettling murders. Then you confront suspects and witnesses with your findings.

1 March 2011

News

Suspect Compares British Shooting Spree To Grand Theft Auto

Qhuram Awan was either an unwilling hostage or a willing accomplice during Raoul Moat’s 2010 crime spree that left one dead and two seriously wounded. Speaking to Newcastle Crown Court, Awan recalls the event was “like a video game”.

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