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50 Cent II Impressions

Wow, I'm not sure where to begin with this one. I'm not often overly critical of games, especially ones that haven't released yet, but I have to say here and now that I was very disappointed in the Fifty Cent game. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but it certainly wasn't what I was presented with.

The plot of the game involves 50 Cent and his G-Unit crew who are performing a concert in a "war torn country." Things start getting bad and Fifty and his pals must use an arsenal of weapons to help stop the terrorists involved. Something about watching this game being played really left me with a feeling that everything was kind of tacked on. Like they started out to make a terrorist themed arcade shooter and when it don't work out, added in 50 and friends to help sell some units.

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7:00 AM on Mon Apr 28 2008
By fdemarco
6,336 views, 88 comments

Latest by freespeech: SOOoooo is anyone saying this game is racist cause of the gangsta imagery?? I thought not..... more »

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15-Year-Old Killed For Not Passing Game

When 15-year-old Olivier Baptiste refused to hand over the video game he was playing to his 18-year-old friend William Suarez, Suarez pulled out a .32-caliber Smith and Wesson from his waistband and shot Baptiste in the head. This according to police, who have charged the alleged killer with manslaughter, illegal possession of a firearm, assault with a dangerous weapon, and discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling.

Witnesses told authorities that Suarez then put the gun down on the kitchen counter and began saying, "This just didn't happen," according to court documents.
Sounds like one seriously screwed-up individual right there.

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9:40 AM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Mike Fahey
92,349 views, 318 comments

Latest by freespeech: why was he friends with an 18yr. old????? more »

shooting

Texas Shooting 'Game Related'?

You have to love how vague this stuff is; to me, leaving off the 'And they were playing a video game' part wouldn't diminish the story at all.

A 15-year-old boy from Marble Falls is at Austin's Brackenridge Hospital after suffering a gunshot wound to the head. [...] The boy was playing a video game with a friend when that friend loaded a gun and shot him in the head.

Police said the 13-year-old shooter is being held at the juvenile detention center in Belton and is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

The newspaper said the boys were playing a video game called "God of War".

Hopefully this won't lead to a media frenzy - news is sparse right now, but we'll see how it continues to develop.

13-year-old shoots friend in the head [News 8 Austin]

12:00 PM on Sat Mar 15 2008
By mgreene
6,626 views, 178 comments

crime

Settlement Reached In PS3 Police Shooting

The PlayStation 3 launch was a dark time for gaming. Robberies, fistfights, and of course, the tragic shooting of 18-year-old college student and suspected PS3 thief Payton Strickland, shot through his door as policeman Christopher Long allegedly mistook the sounds of a battering ram for gunfire. Now a year and three months from the December 1st 2006 shooting, the New Hanover County Sheriff's Office has agreed to a massive settlement with the victim's family, along with a taped apology from Sheriff Sid Causey.
"I am profoundly sorry," Causey said against a backdrop of the United States and North Carolina flags. "I cannot begin to imagine the immense sorrow the Strickland family must continue to feel, but they will forever be in my thoughts and prayers. It is my hope that the Strickland family will accept this apology and know that it is offered with compassion and sincerity."
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8:20 AM on Thu Feb 28 2008
By Mike Fahey
7,256 views, 143 comments

Latest by DaiMacculate: @Billkwando, fuchikoma: Just a note on keeping dogs in "cages", while I totally agree with the given example of when its used exclusively to contain the dog and/or ignore it, I do think that proper crate/cage training can be very more »

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Man Shoots Son Over Xbox 360 Argument

As tragic as this sounds, the real story has got to be one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard. A young man (17) in Pennsylvania wanted his father to look at his Xbox 360 for some unknown reason and the father refused. An argument ensued resulting in the kid handing a rifle to his father and telling him to just go ahead and shoot him. So the father did. Now the kid is sedated in the hospital with a bullet lodged in his skull and the father is in jail. When asked about the situation, the boy's mother (and the man's ex-wife) said:

''One's in jail, one's in the hospital,'' she said. ''I won't know exactly what happened until I talk to [my son]. He's incoherent yet; they have him heavily sedated. (My ex-husband) did the shooting but it was an accidental thing that took place"

Clearly the Xbox 360 was really just a catalyst in what appears to be a long standing major family dysfunction. Sad, sure. Weird, definitely. But seriously, you couldn't make this stuff up.

When boy said 'shoot me,' dad did, police say [The Morning call]

3:00 PM on Sun Jan 6 2008
By fdemarco
10,420 views, 172 comments

Latest by ZeonicFreak: Im all for Chris Rock's Bullet control... more »

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Confrontation Over Video Game Leads to Shooting


Fresno police are still waiting for a 19 year-old man name Jonquel Brooks who they are in contact to turn himself in after last night's shooting at the University Village Apartments near Fresno State. More »

1:40 PM on Tue May 8 2007
By Kim Phu
2,923 views, 77 comments

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Breaking: IDIOT Thompson Blames Va Shooting on Games

Yep, despite the fact that he's a known liar, infamous for threatening fellow attorneys and judges and is on the cusp of (one would hope) losing his license to practice law in Florida, Jack Thompson managed to weasel his way onto Fox News to spew his own particular brand of hate and lies. More »

2:20 PM on Mon Apr 16 2007
By Brian Crecente
179,861 views, 320 comments

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Clip: Battle Storm: Senko No Ronde


Now this a game that the bums I sometimes call friends can sit down and be "entertained" by for at least a couple of hours after they go into a spacecake-induced coma while visiting me in Amsterdam. I, however, can appreciate it sober because I'm cool. More »

11:40 AM on Wed Apr 4 2007
By Kim Phu
1,180 views, 21 comments

ps3

PlayStation 3 Shooting Investigation Still On

North Carolina sheriff's deputy Christopher Long may not have been indicted by a grand jury for murder charges (the original indictment was due to a misfiled form) but that doesn't mean the investigation isn't going forward. The cop who fatally shot 18-year old PlayStation 3 robbery suspect Petron Strickland to death in his home could still face charges. More »

6:20 PM on Thu Dec 14 2006
By Michael McWhertor
101 views, 8 comments

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Charges Dropped in PS3 Shooting

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Former Deputy Charged in PS3 Shooting

UPDATE: Charges have now been dropped due to a foreman's error.

In a surprising turn of events, a former New Hanover County sheriff's deputy was charged today in the shooting death of a teen accused of stealing a Playstation 3 console. More »

5:00 PM on Mon Dec 11 2006
By Brian Crecente
3,683 views, 46 comments

crime

PS3 Line Robbery Results in Shooting

Two gunmen robbed a line of people waiting to buy the Playstation 3 outside a Wal-Mart store in Putnam, Connecticut early Friday morning, shooting one man for resisting, police there said. More »

9:08 AM on Fri Nov 17 2006
By Brian Crecente
642 views, 43 comments

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Bogost Talks About Dawson Shooting

I posted an interesting Q&A with Danny LeDonne, the guy who created the Super Columbine Massacre RPG, earlier today. In it LeDonne talks about his reaction to finding out his game has been linked to the shooting spree at Dawson College in Montreal. More »

6:00 PM on Wed Sep 20 2006
By Brian Crecente
117 views, 12 comments

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Feature: Columbine RPG Creator Talks About Dawson Shooting

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