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more about #florida FireflyPunk: Am I the only one catching an implication that pot is roughly similar to video games? more » mindf1ow: Weed should not be smoked unless its doctors orders. That baby paid the price for his lack of sobriety. High or drunk, BOTH are bad, and yet people al... more » MinusTimes: Just another example of the dangers of co-sleeping. The guy could have gone to bed at a decent hour and been perfectly sober and this would have more ... more » Mancomb Seepgood of the Elevator Protection Agency: A sad, sad accident but it had nothing to do with the pot. Anyone who tokes regularly knows the effects are pretty much over in a couple of hours so u... more » phisheep: The myth of killing children by lying on them in your sleep goes back thousands of years. See for example 1 Kings 3:19 in the story of the judgment of... more » BarfHappy: As a side note, i hope pot NEVER EVER gets legalized in any country i put a foot on. I am highly allergic to the active principle, and if not treated ... more » KiwiMan: There are plenty of cases of mothers and fathers putting their young children in their bed to sleep, then accidentally suffocating them. It's a traged... more » TheHeartless: As an avid gamer, and a big ol' pothead, let me give my anecdotal evidence as to why this guy is just an asshole who had a tragic accident. There is ... more » KindaGamey: A woman on an airplane was just reported to have accidentally smothered her baby because she fell asleep whilst breast feeding. True story. I don't th... more » Sabbatai: He slept. He didn't murder her and I doubt most mothers would call this negligence if they REALLY thought about how many times they have fallen aslee... more » TheOmnitron: Im sorry, I laughed when I read it. But Im an asshole. In all seriousness, this is sad. But, to look on the bright side, it proves Darwin has a point... more » Hahaue: I don't see why you felt the need to sensationalize the title. Neither marijuana nor video games had anything to do with it, you're just giving people... more » Sabbatai: So he rolled over on her when she was sleeping next to him..and when he was himself asleep. Not pot's fault. Not video game's fault... really not ev... more » SketchyIndividual: The accident (and it was an accident folks, it's not like the guy thought to himself "Hey, I think I'll smoke some reefer at noon then smother my chil... more » Octopain: I think your inclusion of Pot in the title is a little irresponsible. As you mentioned, after 12 hours any effects of the drug would be negligible com... more » Chester Coat Sleaves: Don't buy it. Kinda did but then I started thinking, as high as I've gotten over the years would I ever roll over onto a baby and not notice? The answ... more » Mrugby08: Makes me more convinced than ever that people should be given a test of some kind before being allowed to have children. more » Chronixal: Utterly tragic situation and one cannot begin to imagine the guilt and torment he must be feeling right now. Negligent and irresponsible he may have b... more » IvanDashSmith: I am a very heavy sleeper, and only after rolling onto my wife multiple times at night, smooshing and aggravating her in the process, has she agreed t... more » -MasterDex-: That's truly tragic but both the long gaming session and weed the previous afternoon are not to blame for this. The fact is that the child was asleep... more » -
#tragedy
Pot, Video Games, Child Care: Which One Is Not Like the Other?
A Florida father is looking at a long and uncomfortable tour of the justice system after getting high, gaming all night, and then falling asleep on his 7-month-old daughter, suffocating her in the process. More » -
#ruhroh
PS3: It Only Does Kidnapping ...
A Florida teenager says he was kidnapped at gunpoint, driven to a Walmart and forced to buy his captors a PlayStation 3 for the new super-low price of $299.99. Cops have arrested one suspect. More » -
#ruhroh
Wii-Bowling Drug Cops Get Off Lite
A-member them law enforcement perfesshunals down in Florida who killed time on a raid by bowling up big scores on a drug kingpin's Wii? Well, 11 of them got sanctioned for their conduct, but not too hard, now. More » -
#stupidcriminals
DS Games Help Send Florida's Lamest Fugitve Back to the Can
Not sure who looks worse, Lee Co., Florida, for being unable to catch this guy, or Daniel Larson himself, their No. 1 fugitive, caught after he strolled into a Walmart and stuffed a bunch of DS games down his pants. More » -
#ruhroh
Cops Play Wii During Undercover Drug Raid
Guns drawn, cops busted down the door of a suspected south Florida drug dealer, then proceeded to kick some ass - on Wii bowling. A security cam captured some playing video games while others searched for drugs and weapons. More » -
#crime
GameStop Robber Demands Madden by Name
"Small, unmarked bills" is the clichéd demand of an armed robber. Not in Jacksonville, Fla. A holdup artist told a GameStop employee to fill his bag with games - Madden NFL 10, to be precise. More » -
#crime
Sell a Used Game in Florida, Leave Your Thumbprint
The sheriff of Broward County, Fla. (Fort Lauderdale) says Florida law requires him to treat used games the same as merchandise sold at pawn shops. That means sellers can't go home with their cash (or store credit) without leaving a greasy smudge. More » -
#clips
ASCII Fighter II Super Hyper Text-Based Championship Edition
Earlier this year, five students from the University of Central Florida had to design a networked, text-based multiplayer game for their programming class. This, amazingly, is what they came up with. -
