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Gaming Blogs to Breach Thief: You Are Our Hitler by Ice Cream Jonsey 04/01/2010, 11:40am PDT
As bad as gaming blogs are, the fact that they were there for an idiot stealing a few meg of source code has them thinking they finally belong.

(Long story short: some dumb kid asks Stepto to unban his gamer ID. As it turns out, he warezed Forza 3, but at first lied and said he played it early. He then hooked up a network cable to a unwatched laptop near the Breach booth and started grabbing code - apparently - and when called on it, ran.)

Here's an article from Joystiq when the kid was not at his arraignment:

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/30/breach-thief-jumps-bail-currently-playing-modern-warfare-2/

WOW AMAZING INVESTIGATIVE REPORTI- oh, he wasn't there because he contacted the court?

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/01/alleged-pax-east-breach-thief-agrees-to-appear-may-19-in-mass/

Update: When asked if May would face any additional charges for skipping bail, press secretary Wark told us, "No, no additional charges at this point. He actually contacted the court upon learning of the default warrant and made arrangements to postpone the court date. Given that he and his whereabouts are known to authorities, that he has no criminal record, and that he affirmatively contacted the court, his request was granted. At the end of the day here, we aren't exactly dealing with John Dillinger, you know?"


So, the kid did everything absolutely the right way and didn't skip out on anything. Joystiq, to their credit, and the credit of all gaming journalists everywhere, corrected their earlier post because it was completely factually inaccurate. Or at least I hope they do at some point - as of right now, it still says he "jumped bail."

As unprofessional and lacking as these retards normally are when it comes to passing along press releases, the fact that they've got their fangs into what they perceive to be a juicy news story is breaking the barriers of incompetence.


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Gaming Blogs to Breach Thief: You Are Our Hitler by Ice Cream Jonsey 04/01/2010, 11:40am PDT NEW
    Also Girls Generation ripped off Bubble Bobble ... by Ghost of Kotaku's Past 04/01/2010, 11:56am PDT NEW
    Kotaku went with "out on the lam" and "surrenders to authorities" btw NT by Worm 04/01/2010, 5:58pm PDT NEW
 
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