Theft does not equal store credit

A man in California has been arrested and sentenced to five years in prison. This is not unusual; however, the cause is more idiotic than unusual. What was the cause, one might ask? Well, he stole four women’s purses over the course of two weeks and used that score to buy a number of PlayStation 3 games from a Target in Vista, California. He also bought mobiles, televisions and iPods.

Where it gets stupid, though, is that Rodelio Cataroja, Jr. used the same store to buy the same brand (PlayStation 3) in a total of four transactions.

Whoopsidoodle.

That would have alerted the store’s guard, let alone the cops. I don’t exactly understand on how a guy like him who was intelligent enough to steal credit cards actually made a stupid mistake of making a number of transactions from the same store, but clearly, I’m not a criminal mastermind like Cataroja.

Of course, there’s a fairly large amount of people not in jail that are also not criminal masterminds like Cataroja.

Child porn is not like bubble gun for a class

A Kentucky man was arrested for allegedly convincing an 11-year-old Houston girl to send him naked photos using his PlayStation 3 console.

Ew.

Ewwwwwww.

Anthony Scott Oshea of Somerset, Kentucky, was taken into custody by local authorities, charged with with three felony counts, including promotion of child pornography and online solicitation of a minor, after allegedly receiving naked photos of the young girl and then e-mailing them to people in at least five states, all through the PS3. Harris County Texas prosecutor Eric Devlin claims that Oshea “groomed” the girl over a period of time, befriending her and bothering her for photos until she finally relented. Houston authorities are hoping to bring Oshea to Texas to stand trial.

Pedophiles are not very clever, in case you haven’t noticed.

This is why you’re paying increased prices

Yankee Stadium will make its public debut on April 16, when the Yanks are scheduled to face the Cleveland Indians. However, we’ve got a pretty good idea what we’ll be seeing the first time we cross the threshold of Baseball’s Cathedral 2.0 — Sony devices and branding, as far as the eye can see.

Well, those of you that can actually afford to go to the game, that is.

Sony Electronics and the Pinstripers announced Thursday of last week that they’d signed an agreement designating Sony the official consumer electronics manufacturer of the Yankees. What’s this mean? Well, Sony gets a prominent advertisement on the right-field wall (as well as a number of diorama ads in the concourse), and the new stadium gets over 550 Bravia and LCD HD televisions for the high-roller suites, and a PS3 gaming area in the park’s “Strike Zone.” Oh, also, the Yanks’ new mascot is Polygon Man. That’s a fair trade-off, right? Sure, if you’re into decadence.

Take it from Snee: Wii’s days are numbered

Now that Sony’s Blu-Ray has defeated Toshiba’s HD-DVD format, there is no reason not to buy a Playstation 3.  The Nintendo Wii has coasted on novelty, but its failures as a serious gaming platform will be no match for a PS3 market.

Don’t get me wrong: the Wii is pretty cool. I own one, but I still ignore most of my real world responsibilities with my computer. The ability to throw my wiimote through my LCD screen doesn’t make up for its shortcomings. Besides, I can already do that with my remote control.

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