Jail for Video Game Murder?

by Traci Latoz

The next time you’re playing Nintendo Wii or XBox, think twice before offing anybody or anything. According to an article I read yesterday, a Japanese woman was jailed on charges of hacking to commit the virtual murder of her online husband’s persona after he unexpectedly divorced her. Whew! Time to step back into reality. All of these acts supposedly took place within a game called “Maple Story”.

More in video game news… keep faithful old Fido away from your Nintendo Wii, and your iPod for that matter. According to Britain’s Daily Telegraph, a recent study by PetPlan (a pet insurance company) named the top ten electronic gadgets for injuring pets. iPod and Nintendo Wii topped the list, followed by Sony Playstation, and Nintendo DS. Injuries named in the study included everything from falls to electrical incidents…eeewww. One other thing that ranked high on the pet injury list- karaoke machines?? I don’t even want to know the details on that one.

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