Internet Prank Goes Too Far, Sends Schools Into LockdownNathan Grayson8/27/14 8:37pm44828EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalink "Swatting" is a "prank" that involves calling the police on Twitch streamers for bogus crimes. They get arrested mid-stream, one (anonymous) person in the whole damn world has a good laugh, and nobody else wins. This time it got way out of hand.
He Thought He Was Buying a PS4; He Got a Box of Towels InsteadOwen Good11/30/13 1:00pm2064EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkA man in Colorado Springs got (sunglasses) fleeced when he met a dude to buy a PlayStation 4 and ended up with a box of towels. That said, they do dry you off a lot better than the Xbox One.
'Blowing Up' a Best Buy Was Just a Figure of Speech, Says Modern Warfare Fan Facing a Shitload of TroubleOwen Good11/10/11 10:00pm198EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkDescribed in a police report as plotting to blow up a Best Buy and murder its employees because they didn't have his preordered copy of Modern Warfare 3, a Denver-area man says his upset outburst was interpreted to an illogical extreme just to punish him for being upset on the game's highly anticipated rollout night.
Man Threatens to Blow-Up the Best Buy That Ran Out of Modern Warfare 3Mike Fahey11/09/11 1:20pm227EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkIf there's one thing I've learned in my years as a video game consumer, it's that terrorists threats don't speed up restock. It's a lesson Colorado's Loromin Sar missed, allegedly threatening to bomb a Best Buy and shoot its employees for not having his copy of Modern Warfare 3 in stock.
10 Years in the Slammer for Mom Who Played Facebook Game While Toddler DrownedOwen Good4/15/11 8:30pm333EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkThe 34-year-old woman who left her 13-month-old boy alone in a bathtub while she played a Facebook video game got 10 years in prison, as prosecutors pursued a stiff sentence to underscore the seriousness of the crime.
A Look At One of the Largest LEGO Libraries in the WorldBrian Crecente10/05/10 12:00pm74EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalink I spent yesterday hanging out at NetDevil with Tristan checking out their soon-to-be-released massively multiplayer online game LEGO Universe.
Colorado Board Of Education Supports The California Game LawMike Fahey9/17/10 4:00pm300EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalink As the entertainment industry rallies against the controversial California video game law, the Colorado State Board of Education issues a call for the state to support the law, calling violent video games a potentially harmful activity like gambling.
Video Game Store For Sale On eBayOwen Good8/16/10 10:30pm213EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkEver wanted to own your own games store? Well, you can buy one on eBay - or the inventory of one set to close on Sept. 1 in Grand Junction, Colo. The owner ships it free up to 750 miles.
Killer Gets Two Life Sentences in Xbox-Motivated MurderOwen Good7/17/10 2:00pm631EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkA Colorado Springs teen who killed a developmentally disabled man - investigators said he wanted the guy's Xbox - will spend the rest of his life in prison for it.
Giant Wine, Autographed Items, Vinyl, At Upcoming CharityBrian Crecente11/05/09 3:00pm291EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalink What you are looking at here are most of the items we plan to auction off during Kotaku's Child's Play Fundraiser later this month.
Console Arcade, DJ Hero, Rock Band Set for Colorado Child's Play FundraiserBrian Crecente11/03/09 11:00am401EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalink The Kotaku Child's Play fundraiser will include Rock Band and DJ Hero up on stage as well as a free console arcade when it kicks off on Nov. 19 in the historic Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom in Denver.
When There's Nothing to Blame, There's Always GamesOwen Good3/28/09 4:00pm22EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkLast October, Stefan Martin-Urban shot up a suburban cul-de-sac, killing two people and then himself. Investigators found no drugs, no journals explaining his motives. But they did find video games, and so that's the answer.
Video Games Live Coming to ColoradoBrian Crecente3/08/09 11:00am39EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalink Finally! Video Games Live is coming to Colorado. In a sad irony, my Rocky editors told me I could cover it for them when it did. Unfortunately, the paper isn't around to see that happen.