Man tunnels into GameStop, steals games

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Complete fail. haha

Computer game piracy is big business, but there are still those who prefer to get their games the old-fashioned way: by digging a tunnel into their local games shop and making off with as much stock as they can carry.

At least, that's the slightly bizarre approach taken by a man from Greeneville, Tennessee, who was arrested late last week after being caught tunnelling into his local GameStop store from an empty adjoining building.

The heist, which would perhaps have been more suited to robbing a bank than a games retailer, resulted in Steven Archer, 33, making off with almost $300 in cash and around $5,400 in games - hardly the scam of the century, but a pretty good haul nevertheless.

Sadly for Archer, he didn't have long to enjoy his ill-gotten gains: leaving a trail of evidence, the man was arrested by Detective Pat Hankins and charged with felony burglary, according to local paper The Greenville Sun.

While most people who don't want to pay for their games rely on digital methods such as peer-to-peer file sharing services and binary Usenet groups, it's refreshing to see that some still long for a simpler time when a pickaxe and patience was all you needed.
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Man tunnels into GameStop, steals games | THINQ.co.uk
 
I read about this. That's serious dedication, lol.
 
Thats absolutely ridiculous. I can not even fathom doing that...
 
What a douchebag, that's more like EPIC FAIL!!!! <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>
 
I know a gamestop in a mall got robbed from the top actually. Problem is though the location I work always has people trying to shoplift. We lost roughly $20,000 of merchandise throughout the winter holiday.
 
A tunnel!? seriously?! That is ridiculous I think someone was watching too much Ocean's 10, and The great escape.
 
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