At long last, the beloved 2005 action/tactics game Swat 4 is available on GOG. The folks at GOG have also posted an interview with two of the core designers, Paul Hellquist and Bill Gardner.
Swatter Will Spend One Year In Jail
Matthew Tollis, a 22 year-old from Wethersfield, Connecticut, is facing a year in jail for his role in a series of Swatting calls made last year.
'Swatter' Gets Five Years Jailtime
Jason Allen Neff, who last year pleaded guilty to a variety of crimes related to his role in a group who thought "swatting" was a fun time, has this month been sentenced for his crimes. He'll be spending five years in a federal prison.
Minecraft Ban Leads to SWAT Team Assault
Last year, the Washington state legislature was said to be considering stronger laws and punishments against "SWATting," which is trolls' cute way to take revenge when something displeases them in an online game. They phone a fake call to your local cops and next thing you know, armed deputies are crawling around the…
"Swatting," the Hip New Griefing Trend, Sends the Cops to Xbox Live Mod's House
Cops in Sammamish, Wash. are super pissed after being sent to a home here by a 911 call claiming someone inside had claymore mines and hostages. The caller turns out to be a prick seeking revenge on an Xbox Live moderator.
Second Time's the Charm, or at Least a Trend, in Xbox Live SWAT Griefing
Instead of bogus pizza deliveries, sending a SWAT team to your door appears to be the hip new griefing trend in online gaming. Earlier this month we told you about a gamer in Eugene, Ore. who answered the doorbell to a police raid, thanks to some douchebag he met in FortressCraft. Now it's happened to someone in…
When Online Gaming Goes Wrong, You Don't Need to Get SWAT Involved
A disagreement over an Xbox Live Indie game has resulted in what may be the ultimate grief, with one gamer sending a SWAT team to another gamer's home after phoning in a bogus murder-suicide 911 call.
