Wait what!? yes it's true apparently there are hard hardcore gamers out there that would do a criminal act just to get their hands on the game, or sell them.Two guys with semiautomatic firearms were hellbent on breaking street for Call of Duty: Black Ops, sticking a Baltimore-area GameStop and looting it of 100 copies of the game, deue tuesday.
Great, another ridiculous act that will hurt the gaming industry's image in the long run. Another leverage people can use to say gaming leads to violence. Take note that the supreme court is currently hearing the case to reenact California Law AB 1179 which bans the sale of violent video games to minors, perfect timing for this to happen. Everything is going great and it looks like they won't apply this law then this happens. It's either they couldn't wait to legally get they copy of the game or they thought they would instantly make a profit selling it on a higher price since it's not out yet. People can be just........dumb. Stupidity at its best don't you think??
Sources below:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/harford/bs-md-video-game-robbers-20101107,0,5201573.story via Kotaku
interested about the Supreme Court case? source below:
http://4playerpodcast.com/2010/11/02/games-as-porn-supreme-court-case-not-looking-good-for-california/
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