A British man who purchased a pair of used Grand Theft Auto games discovered what appeared to be ecstasy tablets wrapped in plastic and hidden in one of the game manuals.
The Telegraph reports that Richard Thornhill, 34, bought the second-hand games at a GameStation in Gloucestershire:
When I opened the box up, the cling film wrap fell out. I could not believe it. I have two children and my son plays Xbox all the time. He could easily have opened the box and found them.
I dread to think what the consequences would have been if he had. He is only 12. He could have died. It was a pre-used game, but that should not make a difference. My wife is beside herself over this because she keeps thinking about what could have happened and so do I.
The retailer and local police are investigating.
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Cue the inevitable chorus of 'what was he doing giving GTA to a 12 year old?' It's entirely possible his kid could handle GTA.
Anyway I can't imagine how this would happen, I mean wouldn't you take better inventory of your contraband?
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The dad bought the games, the dad opened the games.
He miiiiight just be a little more tech-savvy than the dinosaurs who still believe games are the product of beelzebub.
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I was under the impression that it was a product of Mephisto.
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No no no, Mephisto is the lord of hate, Baal is the lord of destruction, he's the one you're after.
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More "evidence" for Jack Thompson, lol
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Jack Thompson claiming that Rockstar is shipping free drugs with GTA and still saying drugs and murder simulator can make somebody violence in 3...2...1
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Ugh sadly I think everyone sees that one coming... and Jack is a big enough moron to do it too.
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I'll just leave this here.
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I'm on it.
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The point is the store should have checked. They make sure the game's usable, and that's it. Maybe it's time for used-game stores to be a little more thorough.
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Reminds me of what an editor overheard from a clerk at a game store. "Grand Theft Auto III? That's the game where you can do ecstasy and s***, right?"
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A parent checked the box like a parent should have...
crisis averted...
kids safe...
police investigating...
GTA not to blame...
world at peace....
nothing left to see here...
you can go about your business...
move along...
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Going to have to disagree with you a bit there. This is a colossal failure on the part of the retailer for offering the product for resale without even opening it. Judging by the wording of the article, all they had to do was open the box, which they should be doing anyway so they can make sure the game works, and they would have found the drugs. Either that, or this is some cashier's idea of a prank.
Either way, it is a huge relief that the parent was being responsible and found the drugs and took care of it properly.
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it's also possible the drugs were behind the manual and didn't fall out when the retailer checked the disk
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>which they should be doing anyway so they can make sure the game works
^this.
If I bought pre-owned, I'd think twice about going to this particular store simply because I can't be too sure they'd have checked to see if the game worked.
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