Looks like a 27 year old guy in San Diego needed his GTA fix and didn’t have the correct funds so he held up a Game Stop instead. Let the cries of video game violence begin…
Richard Fiel, 27, was arrested by police after a short standoff at the Suzuya Japanese B.B.Q. restaurant in the 5400 block of Kearny Villa Road. Police said a search of the man’s car turned up a can of pepper spray, a PlayStation 3 dual-shot controller, and “Grand Theft Auto,” “Grand Theft Auto III” and “Grand Theft Auto IV” video games.
I especially like how he picked up not only a copy of GTA 4 but also a copy of GTA 3 and a Dual Shot controller! I desperately have wanted a Dual Shot controller, but they have been sold out everywhere I go. Reporting at its finest.
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November 12, 2007 – 1:57 pm
So I said I was back on Wednesday. Technically, I was. Problem is, I came home from my honeymoon to a dead laptop. I spent the better part of 2 days recovering data and reformatting this bitch and I’m at about 95% now. Enough that I can get email and do some coding when needed. So if you’ve been wondering (or thanking the good Lord) why you haven’t seen me around in a few days, there’s your reason.
So on to funnier topics… I almost got arrested at Best Buy when I went in to buy Guitar Hero III for Xbox 360. I walk in like any normal person and pick up the game off the shelf. Note that they keep the games in those crazy plastic cases so you can’t steal them. I take the game to the check out counter and the cashier opens that crazy plastic case and takes the game out. He goes “Hmmm the game looks open.” The plastic seal and sticker was cut all the way down the side and top. He pulls the case open a bit and there’s no game in there. Monkey man cashier gets on the horn to management who whisk me away to a back room for interrogation. Ummm, what the fuck just happened. After being searched and yelled at, they finally accepted my argument: if I was going to steal the game, why the hell would I bring the empty case to the counter? I got no apologies, and after 5 minutes, I was finally allowed to buy the game. If I wasn’t getting reward zone points I would have gone off to another store to buy the game.
So kids, moral of the story: make sure the game inside that crazy plastic protection case hasn’t already been stolen.
