Videogame crime report, 2007

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So much game-related crime, and GTA4 isn't even out yet

Date: 1st August, 2007

Location: All over North America

Crime: Videogame piracy

Details: Simultaneous raids of 32 homes and businesses looking for mod chips and swap discs

First booze,now videogames. It’s strange to think that Eliot Ness would be busting console modders if he was around today.

Platform holdersare not fans of the modding community. That’s no secret. This modern age of online firmware updates has seen war waged upon those who would copy and import to a hitherto unseen degree. Many a machine has been bricked and many a player has been forced into the dark shadows of offline gaming. In August though, thing took a big step up.

Nintendo issued a press release later that day pledging full support to the investigation and setting modders firmly in its sights as Mushroom Kingdom public enemy number one, so expect this kind of thing to continue in the future.

Time to bury that R4 in the garden…

David Houghton
David Houghton
Long-time GR+ writer Dave has been gaming with immense dedication ever since he failed dismally at some '80s arcade racer on a childhood day at the seaside (due to being too small to reach the controls without help). These days he's an enigmatic blend of beard-stroking narrative discussion and hard-hitting Psycho Crushers.