Julien Barreaux, an avid Counter-Strike player and obvious loony, spent six months tracking down another player who killed his character in a knife fight. So, what’s a man to do besides find the other player, grab a kitchen knife, and try and stab him to death? Yeah, that seems logical. Barreaux spent the six months tracking the user based on his Counter-Strike user name, finding him on a Counter-Strike forum, and eventually finding the players home address. News outlets report that Barreaux broke into the man’s house and stabbed him in the chest, missing his heart by less than an inch. Barreaux was later arrested, where he told the police that he “wanted to see his rival wiped out for killing off his character”. At the trial, Judge Alexiane Porel noted this after sentencing Barreaux to two years in jail and anger management classes.

“You are a menace to society. I am frankly terrified of the disproportionate reaction you could have if someone looked at you the wrong way in the street.”

I guess it’s all fun and games until someone dies in a game and stabs someone. I’m pretty sure that’s how that adage goes.

Source: NY Daily Times

So not only is pop star failure Miley Cyrus trying to rot your brain with her crappy singing career, now she’s trying to kill tweens with her crappy jewelry. As Associated Press reports, the mega-giant Wal-Mart chain is selling Cyrus branded bracelets and charms that have high levels of the toxic metal and carcinogen cadmium. Of the materials tested, almost 98% of them contained at least 5% cadmium, with over 90% of them reaching an average of 16%. Leave it to Wal-Mart to actually know about the issue, but continue to sell it because, “it was requiring suppliers to show through tests at a company-approved lab that children’s jewelry and other kids’ products had little cadmium — or else Wal-Mart would not accept the items for sale.” Classy Wal-Mart, classy. Long-term exposure to cadmium can lead to bone softening and kidney failure. It is a known carcinogen that recent research suggests can, like lead, hinder brain development.

Source: Associated Press, and to CJ for the news tip, who eats cadmium and poops lead for lunch. HARDCORE!

In case you haven’t heard, Voltage Pictures (the production company for the hit film The Hurt Locker), and specifically Nicolas Chartier (producer of the film), is filing thousands of lawsuits against BitTorrent users who illegally downloaded the film to their computer, which constitutes copyright infringement and possible distribution of copyrighted materials. So, a good fellow over at Boing Boing (reader) sent an email to Nicolas with his disapproval for the way they are doing things, especially concerning the lawsuits. The response back was, well, let’s just say Chartier could use a good PR agent.

Original email from Boing Boing user (Also named Nicolas):

Dear Mr. Chartier,

I have recently become aware of Voltage Pictures’ intention to sue thousands of people who are suspected of having used BitTorrent to download films produced by your company.

I wish to register my disagreement with these tactics, and would like you to know that as a result of these actions I am boycotting your films. The majority of the people you are suing were not seeking to make money from their downloads, and will be financially devastated by a lawsuit or settlement. While it is completely understandable that Voltage Pictures wishes to defend its intellectual property, this is an inhumane way of doing so.

Until Voltage Pictures publicly states that it will not pursue lawsuits for downloading its films, I will not view, rent or buy any films produced wholly or in part by your company. I will urge my friends and family to take the same actions. I do not wish for the money I spend on entertainment to be used against otherwise good people.

Thank you for your time.

If you’re reading this from the front page, hit the jump to read the response.

Who needs those silly bluetooth earpieces anyway. I mean, those things are getting wicked small, almost to the point where unless you’re looking, you might not even notice them on people walking around in public who are seemingly talking to themselves in full conversation. You know who I’m talking about. Those people who walk by you at the mall and say something like “Yeah, I am pretty sure Pokemon is the bane of the human race.” and you’re like, “Hell yeah it is!” Then you go to give them a high-five and they look at you like you’re retarded because they were talking to someone on the phone. So how could you possibly enhance this form of visual birth control (because you’re never getting laid with this thing)? Well, strap the whole damn cellphone to your ear instead. For the low-low price of $15 you can get yourself one, and if I see anyone out in public with one of these things I’m going to falcon punch them square in the balls. Unless it’s a girl, then it’s definitely a boob shot. KA-POW!

Source: Cell-Mate

A local Pittsburgh man, after attending a Jay-Z concert, broke into a home, then crawled into bed with the home owner because he (the intruder) was apparently cold and drunk. Sounds legit. The news report as follows:

Damn Frank, all the guy wanted was a little cuddle time and you have to pull a baseball bat out. Granted, I’ve never been drunk enough to think it’s a grand idea to go breaking into someone’s house and sneak into bed with them, but that sounds like a challenge if I’ve ever heard one. I know what I’m doing this weekend. Who’s with me?

Source: KATU, and to jweber who I hear sneaks into peoples beds even when he’s sober. You sly dog you!

Just a hint for those of you who aren’t in the know: Talking about bombing your local airport for ANY reason is probably not a great idea. With that said, Paul Chambers is a moron.. and he’s British to boot, so that’s strike two (Just kidding you crazy Brits, I love you guys and your crumpets and tea). Apparently while traveling by plane, Paul was stuck in an airport due to weather conditions. Pissy and probably drunk, he tweeted

Fast forward to January 13th, when the local police decided to pay him a visit with a paper copy of the tweet. I’m sure you can guess the rest of what happened. Paul was arrested, interrogated, and locked up under the World Terrorist Act until his trial date of February 11th. Along with that, the tweet was deleted, and his computers and iPhone were taken for evidence.

I’d like to make three key points here. One, Paul is a moron. Two, this is my 100th post. Yay me. And three, while I think it’s sad that this exploded (Yeah, I went there) into what was obviously just a frustrated traveler, I think if you’re stupid enough to post on the Internet a bomb threat, you should expect that an equally stupid agency should put the smack down on your ass.

Strike three, Pauly.

Source:  www.gizmodo.com

I didn’t want to have to post this. All the people who sent in tips on this piece of warm stupid made me, just remember that. Now, I know what you’re saying, “Come on Geekogle Guy, give it a chance! Look how warm it is!” Yes, it’s warm I’m sure, and apparently you have to be either a dude with long hair or some guy with ear gauges to pull off the look. Maybe if it came with a bo-staff or nun-chucks or something, but it’s unlikely they do. I’ll trade turning up the heat a little bit to keep warm than to look like a moron in a lime green robe worn backwards.

Source: www.hottopic.com

Verizon subscriber “Michael”, after working with seven different customer service reps and almost 2 hours on the phone, got the last straw in his attempts to get a higher speed DSL package installed when the rep told him that, and I quote, “Your home cannot handle the 7MB speed. If I put in the order for 7MB, your house will burn down.” Now, I’m no wiz on installation and limitations for DSL packages, but I think that’s a little bit of an exaggeration. Maybe I should downgrade my home connection. Who knows, there could be a fire starting right now. I get 21MB/s at home via Comcast, but apparently Verizon’s lines are so fast you can only use it in the future. Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need… roads. Needless to say, Michael is no longer a Verizon customer.

Source: www.consumerreports.com

So the news reports say that no one got trampled this year due to Black Friday, so that’s good. However, we as a society of retarded materalistic monkeys didn’t learn much from last year. Take a peek at this video from a Walmart store and the ridiculous people storming (what looks like) a Rock Band display. I don’t know for sure that it is in fact Rock Band, and I don’t care. I have an idea, let’s all act like complete jackasses to get your whiny little twit of a kid the newest hot Christmas item. You got it down folks. I actually just made a new category called “retarded” just for this video. I’m not kidding.

Source: www.youtube.com

For those of you who frequent any forums, blogs, or really anywhere on the web these days, you’ve seen these jerkoffs. They are the first!ers, and I hate you all. But I do love this video.

Source: www.youtube.com