Portland shooter willed his Playstation 3 to his roommate
An article in the Portland Oregonian reports on the video game habits of Erik Ayala, the suspect in the Saturday (January 24. 2009) shooting that killed two teens and wounded seven others. According to the article, police say Ayala begin a shooting rampage outside an underage club in downtown Portland… Continue Reading »
MapleStory murderer arrested in Japan
In Miyazaki, Japan, a 43-year-old female MapleStory user was arrested by police for killing her in-game husband’s character after the 33-year-old male user virtually divorced her. The scorned women then logged into his account, using information he had given her during better times, and completely deleted his character as retribution.… Continue Reading »
Move Over GTA: Petty crime and misdemeanor games (that will never get made)
Not much can make the heart race like doing something you know you’re not supposed to be doing. Perhaps that is why so many games rely on big-time crimes to provide adrenalin-boosting activities - stealing cars, massive property damage and murder. Although videogames do allow people to partake in ethically… Continue Reading »
Teens kill child by acting out Mortal Kombat
The headline may be straight out of 1993, but this story is anything but funny. According to the Denver Post, 16 year old Heather Trujillo and her boyfriend Lamar Roberts were babysitting Heather’s 7 year old sister Zoe when they became drunk and decided to perform Mortal Kombat moves on… Continue Reading »
Video-game pirate fined $25,000
In the old days a pirate was a seafaring thief who committed his crime at sea and at times on the shore, the first known acts of piracy took place in the 13th century B.C., but today modern day pirates sail the digital seas on the internet and siphoning the… Continue Reading »
Six teens arrested for virtual crime in Habbo Hotel
Five teens arrested and charged for the virtual theft of furniture from various residence in Habbo Hotel, a popular virtual networking hang out website for youngsters. Many people reading this article may not see why Amsterdam police officers and creators of Habbo Hotel are taking this problem way too seriously.… Continue Reading »
Finnish shooter said games did not encourage his rampage
Tuusula, Finland was in shock following a fatal school shooting that killed six students and two faculty personnel, and wounded 10 others at Jokela High School in a small Finland town. Flags in Finland were flying at half-staff Thursday, November 8, 2007, and a moment of silence was observed for… Continue Reading »
Experience what it’s like to download at unlimited speeds from a massive collection of over 800 Terabytes of user uploads. You’ll max out your Internet connection downloading a file in… Continue Reading »
Live Coverage of E3 2009
The Gamertell team brings us live coverage from the E3 Expo.
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