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The man who owes Nintendo $14m: Gary Bowser and gaming’s most infamous piracy case (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] [email protected] 38 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Bowser says the people he worked with weren't very social and he helped testers" troubleshoot devices.

"And suddenly I wake up and see three people surrounding my bed with rifles aimed at my head ...

Wow, that escalated quickly

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I was shocked too. You really think some nerd who updates websites needs a SWAT team to take him down?! ~~American police are crazy~~ don't listen to me, they're not American!

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Those were police in the Dominican Republic. He's a Canadian national but was living there.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Yep, quite right! I got it mixed up with Puerto Rico in my head which is why I called them American

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

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