From Georgia, uh, comes the most pernicious piece of anti-used games propaganda I've ever seen. A mother of two small children says she will from now on buy new games because she found a hand-drawn pornographic picture inserted in the case of a used one bought at GameStop. The kicker? This all went down on in a town called "Cumming."
As reported (live! They did a live shot for this!) Action News Avenging Troubleshooting Crusade Detective WSB-TV spoke to Aggrieved Mother Traci Turner (of Cumming, Ga.), who bought a used copy of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games at the Cumming GameStop. When her son opened the case, he discovered a cartoon drawn on the inside cover.
Normally, this is the kind of case investigated by the Seinfeld Library Detective, but WSB sent its Senior Butt Dick Ass Reporter Reporting Live to the Cumming GameStop to dig up some answers to this incredibly trivial non-controversy. They said they said they're sorry. The Cumming Mom says sorry's not good enough! She says she's going to buy new games, "spend a few more dollars so she can avoid this happening again!"
What the hell did I just watch? Seriously, did EA, Activision, et al. just cook up the greatest troll in the history of the war on used games?
Pornographic Drawings Found Inside Used Wii Game [WSB-TV via Game Politics]
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