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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 3:03PM CommentSystem said

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this feat couldve worked with the DS, let the kidnapper play with nintendogs and bore him to death.



bring it ds fans!
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 3:21PM (Unverified) said

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Meh.

Too easy.
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 3:04PM (Unverified) said

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How is this really a psp saving someone? if he used the browser to post an SOS online then sure, but this is more a case of stupidity. Who only leaves one guard? What happens if he, i don't know, gets distracted playing psp and falls alseep?

You want at least 2-3 people per hostage so that if they get free, they can be overpowered even after taking one guy out. Has no one seen a decent kidnapping movie?
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 3:06PM Vegeta has a ps3 said

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Dude it's the south.

no offense to any intelligent people living in the south.
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 3:10PM Ross said

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"no offense"

None taken
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 3:23PM (Unverified) said

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sounds like you're an expert.
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 3:05PM Vegeta has a ps3 said

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sigh.

Only in the south.
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 3:50PM zero21xxx said

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Of course only in the south. People are too smart in other parts of America! :-P
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 5:19PM (Unverified) said

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Oh yeah, guys. You're hilarious. Let's just base intelligence solely on geography. That sure makes YOU seem smart.

I've lived in Alabama since is was in fourth grade. Aside from the acclaimed universities and physicians found here, my state is the home of a NASA space flight center.

Also, there's no reason to pretend that rednecks, hicks, and racists only exist in the South. It's simply not true.
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 5:57PM (Unverified) said

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mmmm stereotypes ... sounds fun, can i try?

i'd rather be a southerner than yankee scum. i bet you wear a lot of hair gel, white k-swiss shoes, and think the civil war was fought over slavery, club kid. do you have a shitty import car that's 3 different colors of primer, no muffler, a huge spoiler, and some neon lights???

/insincere prejudice statements

don't forget that prejudice can be against any race, religion, nationality or creed. don't assume that people from the south don't read this blog. don't insult me, my family, my neighbors, my city, my state, and my country by making stupid statements like that. and it doesn't make it any less offensive, to say "no offense" afterwards.
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 6:32PM (Unverified) said

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Nice, colin. ;)
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 3:06PM teamsammalone said

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This will be spun into the violent behavior being born of his love for violent games.
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 3:13PM (Unverified) said

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"Only in the south?" You sound more ignorant and bigoted than anyone from that part of the country...
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 3:19PM (Unverified) said

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You ruined your point by conceding that people from the south are indeed ignorant and bigoted.
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 3:14PM brokenmonkey said

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Too bad he didn't use the handy MacGuyver tool to escape.
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 3:18PM Crono141 said

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Did any of you read the article (see: Read link). This is totally screwed up. They extorted over 27,000 dollars from this guy and sent it to Mexico.

I wonder what the legal status of these two upright and outstanding individuals were...
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 3:18PM (Unverified) said

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That comment was completely irrelevant and mostly offensive...
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 3:19PM Blurrz said

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+1 for riggs.
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 3:20PM (Unverified) said

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I wonder what game caused him to fall asleep. Not that it matters...the fact that it was on a PSP is reason enough.
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 3:25PM (Unverified) said

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It didn't matter what game it was.

The point is, he fell asleep while waiting for whatever game he was playing to load...

=D
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 4:10PM (Unverified) said

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ziiiing!
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 3:27PM NavParker said

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Isn't it a bit like saying someone was saved by a book because the kidnapper was a voracious reader?
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 3:40PM (Unverified) said

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Yeah, it's exactly the same. Gandalf saved me!

Wonder what game torturers play? Sadly Manhunt 2 wasn't released, so we can't pin that on it. Must have been GTA:Vice City Stories. I'd get a pretty good kick if it was Loco Roco though.
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 3:40PM (Unverified) said

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Mega true.

I was hoping that they used the browser to email friends/family and let them know the beef.
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 3:22PM (Unverified) said

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yeah, but it was funny.
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 3:23PM (Unverified) said

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Note to self:
Next time I beat the fuck out of some guy in a motel room, while extorting him for money, bring ds and Elite Beat Agents.

Nobody can fall asleep watching the Divas bounce around to "September." Nobody.
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 3:25PM heytherekiller said

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this comment is based on sony's sordid history when it comes to incredibly offensive ad campaigns...

for instance:

http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/06/sony-under-fire-for-racist-advertising/
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 3:33PM EKAJ13 said

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1: "Turn that piece of shit off and help me tie him up!"
2: "Hold on, I have to get to a save point!"
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 3:40PM (Unverified) said

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I can't wait to see how many kidnappers the new PSP-2000 foils!!
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 3:44PM Crono141 said

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Its funny, after the article mentions the kidnapper played a PSP, it calls him a "gamer" thereafter.

Negative SPIN FTL!
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 3:52PM (Unverified) said

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so you play the psp you fall asleep .. or the psp is so exciting it knocks you out .. CHOOSE A SIDE!
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 4:31PM Vegeta has a ps3 said

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I choose the former. jk jk guys.



Or am I?
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 3:49PM (Unverified) said

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He looks like a retarded Mark or Donnie Wahlberg without music talent, and apparently writing/directing talent as well.
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 3:50PM (Unverified) said

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yeah..that should have been in the uwe boll post. oh well.
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 4:16PM (Unverified) said

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i hope the only torture the victim received was trying to wait during PSP's obnoxiously long load times
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 3:57PM (Unverified) said

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I woulda thought maybe he stuffed it down some guy's throat or used the wifi or um, electricuted him somehow.

LAME!!!

Come on Sony PS3 can cure cancer but PSP can barely save hostages??? weaksauce
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 4:44PM skrame said

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Joystiq is retarded. Man saved by the PSP? Because the kidnapper played it before he fell asleep? Did he brush his teeth too, making the toothpaste a sidekick to the PSP? Heaven forbid the man took a dump before falling asleep.

******

JOYSTIQ NEWSFLASH UPDATE!

-POOP SAVES KIDNAPPER-

Joystiq, through its peerless investigative reporting ("we saw it on another blog") has learned that the kidnappers do in fact eat food!

Shortly before falling asleep (Ed- Criminals require sleep?) the kidnapper took a massive crap, leaving a steaming pile in the john. Tired from taking a massive poop (and torturing people like a jerk), the cowardly crapping kidnapper (Ed- alliteration sounds good and sells!) fell asleep.

While the lethargic lawbreaker lay(Ed -2 for 2!), the victim escaped. The tired torturers were later apprehended.

In a statement to the press, the victim thanked the steaming pile of poop. "If that dump didn't decide to come out, I would still be in there, forced to listen to my aggressor playing Ape Escape Academy." The poop refused comment. The mayor's office released a press release, giving the daring dookie (Ed- BAM!) a key to the city.
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 7:08PM (Unverified) said

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Poop saved Butch from Vincent... so yeah it could work.
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 10:51PM (Unverified) said

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Dude you are stupid,unfunny and mostly annoying,go post in kotaku where you belong.
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 5:55PM mietha said

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So the PSP has a use other than porn and card games after all. Then again...
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 9:57PM Jamesology said

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What do you mean porn? Oh... adult porn not kiddie porn like what the DS makes. LOL, I love my DS but I am not down with japanese kiddie porn DS games
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 6:19PM hvnlysoldr said

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How could the criminal play all day on the PSP's battery? Also there are other activities he could have tired himself out with...
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 6:25PM (Unverified) said

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Now if everyone would've listened to the big uncle Jack - none of this would have ever happened.

Shame on you.

Now, shit- I need to go shoot something.
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 10:05PM (Unverified) said

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You idiots seem to be just babbling on about the psp in this case when what really should strike you is the: "kidnapped and tortured for nine" GOD DAMN... I still can't believe we have sick twisted people like that today...
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 10:06PM (Unverified) said

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Edit: ...nine days"
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 10:24PM Jamesology said

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This proves that though ppl buy the DS it does not mean they actually play it or it proves that it gets boring fast.

1) There are more DS fanboys on this site consistantly posting; even on the PSP fanboys site.
-Maybe b/c the PSP games have more in-dept games and not just mini games or pointless games like Nintendogs.

2)Other than the stats of how many systems sold. The PSP or other Playstation systems has stories behind them of ppl actually playing them. (this story, the police in Europe caught playing in his car with a soccer game, the bus driver in US playing GTA, etc.)
-DS fanboy- "but the stats, its all about the stats"

Though I have a DS, the only thing making me play it is Glory Days 2 and the fact that I got all my games FREE---- R4DS baby!!
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Posted: Aug 16th 2007 11:55PM megapenguinx said

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meh, doesnt sound like the PSP played much a part.
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Posted: Aug 17th 2007 3:50AM jpcx01 said

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The US Government should give Sony a hero's medal.
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Posted: Aug 17th 2007 7:19AM foxhound said

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...Yeah, I'm kind of lost on how the PSP single-handedly saved the guy as well. When I saw the article's title, I thought the victim beat the snot out of the kidnappers with the handheld or used the browser to email for help.

Possibly in an even more hilarious course of action... The victim fired the memory stick at one of the kidnapper's eyes(try it! Those things go flying out of there with a good press down on the eject mechanism), and sliced the other one open with a case-seperated UMD disc. Yep, it would probably even get a nod from Frank Castle if the guy tried that. >:]
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Posted: Aug 17th 2007 5:04PM (Unverified) said

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Moral of the story. Bad people play PSP
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