In Real Life

Do Not Share Resident Evil 4 Online In Japan. The Cops Might Get You.

Heck, do not share anything online in Japan. The Hyogo Prefecture cyber police nabbed a 34-year-old man for doing just that.


January 19, 2012
In Real Life

Police Affirms Mum’s Right To Confiscate PS3 Until Piano Practice Is Finished

The police in Lake Oswego, Oregon, a Portland suburb, pride themselves on the motto “no call is too small”. And they took one, yesterday, that comes straight from the Sheriff Andy Taylor manual of community policing.


October 19, 2011
News

GameStop Robber Leaves Shoe Behind, Gets 12 Years In Prison

A Washington DC man who robbed a Gamestop in 2008 for nearly $US7500, but left the store one shoe light, was sentenced to a dozen years in prison today.


September 2, 2011
In Real Life

Police Chief Used Department’s Only Computer For Video Games

Doug Foster, who has been the Police Chief of Umatilla, Florida, for the past 19 years, has been suspended for 10 days after a litany of complaints against him by staff.


August 25, 2011
News

How To Turn A PlayStation 3 Theft Into A Drug Bust

17-year-old Bobby Lee Huffman of Hickory, North Carolina, called the police to his home on Monday after he discovered his PlayStation 3, controllers and games had apparently been stolen. Then Bobby Lee did something incredibly stupid.


June 28, 2011
News

Plastic Gun Roleplay Leads To Call For Video Game Ban. Wait, What?

Donned in camo fatigues and bulletproof vests, four masked men were on a villa rooftop near a government building in Abu Dhabi. Special forces arrived and arrested the four men. The men were carrying fake guns as well as plastic and metal clubs. They were videotaping themselves roleplaying.


June 2, 2011
Xbox

When Online Gaming Goes Wrong, You Don’t Need To Get SWAT Involved

A disagreement over an Xbox Live Indie game has resulted in what may be the ultimate grief, with one gamer sending a SWAT team to another gamer’s home after phoning in a bogus murder-suicide call to police.


January 29, 2011
In Real Life

This Guy Wants His Video Game Back

But first he has to put on some makeup. With a Sharpie. And then find his sword.


December 16, 2010
News

Chinese Gangster Busted After Buying Consoles

A leader of a Chinese organised crime outfit called “Dragon” was arrested in Japan after the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department was able to nail him – for ordering two game consoles.


September 17, 2010
In Real Life

Cop Tosses Tripping Gamer To The Floor, Makes Him Laggy

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Not all Halo: Reach midnight launches went according to play. Take for instance this one in Winnona, Minnesota’s Gamestop, which was plagued not only by an inebriated gamer and a handsie cop, but LAG!