Young Gamers Caught Up in GameStop Robbery
Young Gamers Caught Up in GameStop Robbery
July 30, 2007
A pair of 10-year-old gamers probably got more action than they bargained for when they stumbled into an armed robbery at their local GameStop.As reported by CBS-11, police in Arlington, Texas have arrested one man, William Stevenson, in the robbery. Another remains at large.
Surveillance video shows how the crime went down, including the confrontation between the robbers and the unwitting young customers.
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Posted 03/21/10 at 06:23pm
Andrew Eisen: No, I think I'll stay safe and warm in my own little world where Provolone is king and that... other cheese... doesn't exist.
Andrew Eisen: No, I think I'll stay safe and warm in my own little world where Provolone is king and that... other cheese... doesn't exist.
Posted 03/21/10 at 06:22pm
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JDKJ: I wish the Speaker would ask me for what purpose does the member rise.
Posted 03/21/10 at 06:18pm
JDKJ: Provolone?! Please! Try aged Blue Stilton. Also known as Zippy Ass-Crack Cheese.
JDKJ: Provolone?! Please! Try aged Blue Stilton. Also known as Zippy Ass-Crack Cheese.
Posted 03/21/10 at 06:13pm
Andrew Eisen: Nothing beats Provolone.
Andrew Eisen: Nothing beats Provolone.
Posted 03/21/10 at 06:11pm
JDKJ: Betcha my cheese beats your cheese.
JDKJ: Betcha my cheese beats your cheese.
Posted 03/21/10 at 06:09pm
Andrew Eisen: I don't know, I can count pretty high with my graphing calculator. It's a TI-86!
Andrew Eisen: I don't know, I can count pretty high with my graphing calculator. It's a TI-86!
Posted 03/21/10 at 06:07pm
JDKJ: There'll be more dead babies than you can count if the socialists succeed in passing that God-damned Obamacare!!
JDKJ: There'll be more dead babies than you can count if the socialists succeed in passing that God-damned Obamacare!!
Posted 03/21/10 at 06:04pm
Andrew Eisen: Hmm, top 10 child deaths in film. What a great blog post that would make! If I had a blog. And if that hadn't been done a million times before.
Andrew Eisen: Hmm, top 10 child deaths in film. What a great blog post that would make! If I had a blog. And if that hadn't been done a million times before.
Posted 03/21/10 at 06:03pm
JDKJ: Whoa! It's some rotten blue cheese, too.
JDKJ: Whoa! It's some rotten blue cheese, too.
Posted 03/21/10 at 06:00pm
JDKJ: *sighs and smiles* I just cut some cheese.
JDKJ: *sighs and smiles* I just cut some cheese.
Posted 03/21/10 at 05:58pm
Andrew Eisen: Well, just so there's no confusion: implied deaths won't get you to the top of my favorite child-deaths list.
Andrew Eisen: Well, just so there's no confusion: implied deaths won't get you to the top of my favorite child-deaths list.
Posted 03/21/10 at 05:58pm
JDKJ: Most authorities hold that "cut the mustard" mutates and derives from "cut the muster."
JDKJ: Most authorities hold that "cut the mustard" mutates and derives from "cut the muster."
Posted 03/21/10 at 05:56pm
Andrew Eisen: Checked the dictionary. I guess you could cut one definition of muster.
Andrew Eisen: Checked the dictionary. I guess you could cut one definition of muster.
Posted 03/21/10 at 05:56pm
JDKJ: Don't take my word for it. Look it up yourself.
JDKJ: Don't take my word for it. Look it up yourself.
Posted 03/21/10 at 05:55pm
Andrew Eisen: Cut the muster? That wouldn't make a lot of sense. You could pass it sure but cut it?
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Posted 03/21/10 at 05:53pm
JDKJ: As in: "Zippy always cuts the cheese but he never cuts the muster."
JDKJ: As in: "Zippy always cuts the cheese but he never cuts the muster."
Posted 03/21/10 at 05:51pm
JDKJ: And I believe the expression is more properly "cut the muster," not "mustard." Not to be confused with "cut the cheese."
JDKJ: And I believe the expression is more properly "cut the muster," not "mustard." Not to be confused with "cut the cheese."
Posted 03/21/10 at 05:48pm
JDKJ: I kinda like the way it's left to the imagination. Like the shower scene in Hitchcock's Psycho.
JDKJ: I kinda like the way it's left to the imagination. Like the shower scene in Hitchcock's Psycho.
Posted 03/21/10 at 05:46pm
Andrew Eisen: A flying shoe doesn't quite cut the mustard. If it was shot like a similar scene in Bride of Chucky, Gage's death would rank a lot higher.
Andrew Eisen: A flying shoe doesn't quite cut the mustard. If it was shot like a similar scene in Bride of Chucky, Gage's death would rank a lot higher.
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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. :)
Damned idiots.... why go out of their way for freaking gaming stuff? This coming FROM a gamer.
Now Jack, before you post here, read through the comments already posted. If you would take at least two minutes out of free time that i'm sure you have, you would see that the people who are posting here are just as disgusted at the actions of these individuals as you are.
Stop. Look. And think about it.
.... how Had I not heard about this?
They are to gun owners, what rockstar is to the game industry
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
Nightwng2000
NW2K Software
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
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.
I agree it was a bad analogy, however it wasn't a comment on the illegality. It was a comment on the image hit.
A better one would have been
Armed robbers are to gun owners, as [Insert highly offensive stupid pointless racist offensive, designed only to anger and offend flash game here] is to the games industry.
A gamestop got robbed. If it had been a gas station, a wal-mart, or a McDonalds no one would be caring about JT. Heck, the only reason this made news was because of the pair of young boys that got caught up in it all.
I'm all for making fun of Jacky-boy when he does something idiotic (Or has the potential to), but let's call a spade a spade here.
PS3 machines most likely is what I'm guessing you mean.
Some people have tried to rob big stores, but usually that is for cash, not merchandise.
And, yeah, it's more likely to be to sell rather than keep. I suspect those that steal to keep usually rob homes, though they do sell that stuff too.
Nightwng2000
NW2K Software
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?)
At least no one was seriously harmed.
Nightwng2000
NW2K Software
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.
Seriously, glad these idiots were busted.
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