Don't be a convict & play "witches games"!

[Jak]

Didn't see it posted but thought it was somewhat of a fun read.

http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/p...-crook/1383804

Criminals can run, but they can't hide. Especially if they play World of Warcraft.

Just ask Alfred Hightower. Having successfully left the country to avoid being nabbed for dealing drugs, the fugitive figured he was home free. But thanks to his insistence on keeping up with his World of Warcraft habit, Hightower was tracked down by authorities and is now in custody, reports The Kokomo Perspective.

The saga begins in 2007, when Indiana's Howard County Sheriff's Department issued a warrant for Hightower's arrest on charges of dealing in multiple controlled substances. U.S. Marshals were unable to locate the suspect, although a tip placed him in Canada.

According to Howard County deputy Matt Roberson, authorities came upon the Warcraft connection during their investigation into Hightower's background.

“We received information that this guy was a regular player of an online game, which was referred to as ‘some warlock and witches’ game,” he told The Perspective. “None of that information was sound enough to pursue on its own, but putting everything we had together gave me enough evidence to send a subpoena to Blizzard Entertainment. I knew exactly what he was playing — World of Warcraft. I used to play it. It’s one of the largest online games in the world.”

Blizzard played ball, giving up Hightower's account history, IP address, screen name, billing address and preferred game server. One Google Earth search later, and Canadian authorities had apprehended Hightower in Ottowa, Ontario.

“You hear stories about you can’t get someone through the Internet,” said Roberson. “Guess what??You can. I just did. Here you are, playing World of Warcraft, and you never know who you’re playing with.”

Warcraft is just the latest ally in gaming's war against crime. Several weeks ago, police tracked down a New York thief by tracing his online gaming on a stolen Xbox. Federal officials have even begun using Sony's Playstation 3 to crack passwords used by child pornographers.

Via Kotaku

So yah! Don't be playin' no witches games and watching hentai that Pedo Bear approves of! Or selling drugs.. or killing people, etc. etc.

[wipers]

Just another reason to not play World of Warcraft.

[Kang]

http://art.penny-arcade.com/photos/7...76_k4RQH-L.jpg

[Dimmauk]

Blizzard is a bunch of snitches.

[Jak]

Wow that comic was fast in the making. That or I was slow at posting the story and it was older than I thought. >_>

[SephYuyX]

Wow that comic was fast in the making. That or I was slow at posting the story and it was older than I thought. >_>

Old story + old picture by a weekish.

[Jak]

Old story + old picture by a weekish.

Eh, figured as much.. just didn't see it anywhere on BG and figured it'd be a fun way to waste away 2 minutes of everyones lives. Seems to have done the job.

[Cyn]

It was news to me Jak.

[Howard Roark]

I enjoyed both the article blurb and the comic, 'week olde news' be damned

[Gargoyle]

Comic would still seem to be quick in the making, story appears on Kotaku and Kokomo Perspective the morning of Dec. 31st, so the fact that the comic would appear to be made that day (given the copyright 2009) is still somewhat impressive. And yes, the whole thing is all around amusing, and depressing since I live in Indiana, and also not surprising as Kokomo is a shitty place.

[SephYuyX]

PA is indeed fast, but after years of drawing comics they have a ass load of available images to pull from.

When it comes to these daily unspecial comics they usually pull from their reservoir and change it a bit. Probably took them no more than an hour to do.

[Saithorx]

Dude didn't spell the capital of my country correctly