Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Police catch 360 thief thanks to RRoD return]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/12/police-catch-360-thief-thanks-to-rrod-return/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/12/police-catch-360-thief-thanks-to-rrod-return/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/12/police-catch-360-thief-thanks-to-rrod-return/#comments Ah, the Red Ring of Death. Most cursed malady of this console generation, maligned by the casual and the hardcore alike! But for all the frustration the Xbox 360's three lights of crimson chaos have caused, here's a little good: If it weren't for a certain RRoD in Florida, one Michael Dunbar would never have been brought to justice. Dunbar was accused of stealing the console and pawning it off to a shop, but without the serial number, police told the victim that they couldn't bring him in. Fortunately, the victim's grandmother suddenly remembered she'd sent the system in for an RRoD, and a phone call to Microsoft later, they got a serial number, Dunbar was arrested by the police, and we assume the console was returned to its rightful owner.

Little consolation, we're sure, for the eight painful weeks you had to wait while your Xbox was sent back to Microsoft for repairs (two separate breakdowns for me personally). But it's good to hear that someone somewhere has been helped by Microsoft's RRoD exchange process.

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A 13 year old boy was robbed of his newly purchased PSP in the once-peaceful town of Largo, Florida. A teen came up behind him, took the system, and shoved the victim's 73 year old grandmother to the floor. "I said, 'Give me my PSP back!' and I ran and I was right behind him, but I didn't do anything. I didn't know if he had a gun or not."

Tampa Bay's 10 reports that the police are still investigating the crime.

Joystiq73 year old grandmother shoved in PSP robbery originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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One of our readers has the coolest grandmother ever. She cross stitched the Gears of War logo for him, and just look how nice it is all framed and ready to go next to the family photos in the hallway. Our grandmother would never have stitched this for us ... even if we'd begged her. The closest we could probably get would be a quilted gingham checkerboard.

Now what we really want to know is: does your grandma play the game? Have her hit us up in multiplayer and show us if those skills with a needle translate to a chainsaw.

[Thanks, Alex -- and thank granny for us too]

JoystiqGears of War -- single-player cross-stitching action originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 11 Nov 2006 17:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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