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Bullet-Proof Xbox Wows Police

Posted by simoniker on from the click-click-boom dept.

DocUi writes "The Baltimore Sun is reporting about how a man, upset with his roommates playing videogames late at night, decided to take it out on their Xbox using a gun. He stormed into their living room and fired a round into the offending game console. However, 'The 9mm gunshot did not penetrate the system and did not injure anyone at the scene, police said', although it 'disabled' the machine."

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  1. Re:Like a heat sink, only for bullets by weicco · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, no. XBox used Godmode and cheated!

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  2. Maybe they should do hardware exclusively by carcosa30 · · Score: 5, Funny

    cuz they sure can't make any bulletproof software.

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  3. Wow. by Dr.+Photo · · Score: 5, Funny

    When you try to shoot an Xbox and fail, it has got to be a sign.
    You need to take a deep breath, go out, and get a bigger gun.

  4. Re:Ammo for the special interests by neglige · · Score: 5, Funny

    99% of all Xbox games involve guns. That combined with this incident is sure to rile up a certain segment of the population.

    Yeah, I'm sure police stations all over the world will be equipped with a Xbox now... :)

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  5. Well he was aiming at the GameCube... by AvantLegion · · Score: 5, Funny
    ... but he couldn't miss the Xbox.

  6. Re:Nutjob by Haeleth · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, he must be crazy. It's obvious that the tool for the job is a sledgehammer.

  7. Matrix style by JFMulder · · Score: 5, Funny

    Xbox owner : Do you mean that when I will own an Xbox, I will be able to dodge bullets?
    Bill Gates : No, I mean that when you will own one, you won't have to.

  8. Re:Nutjob by BrynM · · Score: 5, Funny

    I came up with a solution a long time ago for my ex-roommate who played his NES way too loud constantly. While he was at work, I opened up his TV and disconnected the speaker. When he turned it on, he started smacking the TV and cursing at the "stupid peice of ____". I then asked him what was wrong and said that we should try the NES on my TV. Sure enough, it mad noise. I then "diagnosed" that he had blown the speaker and op amps in his TV by using the NES too loud. The classic line was telling him that the FM synth sounds that the NES made were perfect for blowing out a speaker and spouted some realistic sounding theories. He never did figure it out, but also never did turn it up loud again. Every so often, I would catch him trying to "warn" some of his friends about doing the same - "Dude! That's how I messed up my TV". Heh. If you're reading this, sorry Mike. It was me :)

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