FBI pays visit to nuclear reactor-building gamer
by Justin McElroy 
on Jan 10th 2008 11:00AM
Though a few of our commenters have challenged it over the years, we still hold the belief that gamers are some of the most clever, creative and downright brilliant people around. In fact, it's probably a good thing they have video games to keep them busy, or else they might do something like
build a nuclear reactor in their basement. That's exactly what one Texas gamer and modder did and managed to get the FBI on his case in the process. We blame the post-holiday game drought.
No charges were filed though the FBI did take his project away, at the behest of his parents. While that may seem a little harsh, his mom's feelings were probably still a little hurt over the whole
chocolate milk incident. ... No, you're right. It's probably not the same guy. But
we can dream.
[Via
GamePolitics]
