Grahamr:

Because they're gamers! Gamers need to put down the controller, step off the platform, and get a life!

... or as Jack would put it. :)

If the ten year-olds are murdering pixelante supersoldiers, then why din't they tear apart the robbers?

Arghhh... me and my girlfriend are about to move to Arlington, and we both love video games. And for the whole summer I have been trying to convince her that crime isn't that bad around DFW. Nooooooooo...

OMG I live in Arlington, and i think I know exactly where this place is.

I hope they find the second guy soon. That is just a bullshit thing to to. Robbery of anyone is bullshit and done by weak people who lose at the game we call life. Funny thing, if they had tried that in my area they would have been shot dead because the Gamestop is located in between a gun shop and a police barracks.

That analogy doesn't appear logical, John.

How is the illegal use of a weapon to commit a crime the same as one of dozens of game development companies providing entertainment software to those who have an interest in it?

After all, Rockstar isn't operating illegally, unlike the theives you refer to.

And if you don't like what Rockstar provides, how did they illegally force you to purchase and/or play their software?

I just don't see the comparison there.

Nightwng2000
NW2K Software

Brokenscope,
Actually, most flash games are freebies.
Since the industry is commercial, the only one I can think of as commercial, even though it's Independant, is "Ethnic Cleansing". At least, if I remember right, that one was shareware. So, technically, it is commercial and could feasibly be considered industry material.

Still, the problem becomes misuse of the technology.

Hmmm...
Ok, Hot Coffee wasn't meant to be played. It took special 3rd party software to unlock it, so I can't use it here.
But, armed robbers are to legal gun owners what (company that passes off a game as E rated but embeds a gameplay unlockable hardcore sex scene (as opposed to requiring 3rd party unlockers)) is to the legal industry.

I have a vague memory of there having been one, but I can't remember for certain. Not sure if it were an Easter Egg or not.

Nightwng2000
NW2K Software

@ nightwng2000

My thoughts exactly. They probably thought they could get away with robbing a speciality store and make a decent profit off selling the merchandise. It'd practically be suicide to rob a store like Wal-Mart and you probably wouldn't get much.

@ kurisu7885

Yep. Well that's half of it. I also figure they took a 360 or two. I remember in one of the original PS3 robberies the thieves robbed a GameStop and took both PS3s and 360s.

They probably stole both consoles, and maybe a few games. Especially games that aren't officially released yet. Other than a Wii, I doubt there would of been anything else of extreme value to steal.

Replace armed robbers could in theory be replaced "gansta" rappers talking about their glock and how many times they been shot.

@Gameboy

PS3 machines most likely is what I'm guessing you mean.

See! Games cause crime!

How dare games and game playing devices be of any value worth stealing, its all their fault!

Something the dumb gamer community (NOT!) doesn't realise! Mark my words, tomorrow we'll find out the criminals played GTA!

(how was that for satire Jacky boy?)

I can't wait to see what Thompson's reply to this is. More than likely he will make a claim that "The gamers did nothing to stop the crime" so we can safely rebut with "Would you willingly try to stop a guy who was willing to use a gun?"

I watched and read the report.

It seems they stole expensive gaming equipment. No word on what it was, but I'm sure we can all guess. I highly doubt they intended to play them. They most likely intended to sell the equipment.

I'm surprised that someone would do this, then again I'm surprised at crime in general being a (mostly) law-abiding citizen.

for a second I thought the gamers were the ones robbing the store, misread the title though.

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