Onder het kopje how low can you go?? De gast van de onderstaande foto is zo laf geweest om in een medisch verblijf van kanker patientjes alle consoles te stelen. Nu maakt dat niet alleen mij behoorlijk pissed off, maar ook half internet die nu jacht op deze klootzak maken. Het verhaal word door veel sites over genomen en kwam daarbij onder de aandacht van Electronic Arts die gelijk beloofde nieuwe consoles met een shitload aan games langs te brengen. Ook Microsoft hoorde dit en heeft nu beloofd om er ook het één en ander langs te gaan brengen. Het is bijna kerst en laten we hopen dat ze die lafaard ook snel op pakken, zodat een Bubba even een ander leuk spelletje kan spelen met hem onder de douche.

an Xbox thief in North Carolina breaks into a medical center and steals multiple consoles meant for children recovering from cancer. Update: The games industry rallies!

If I were writing a crime handbook, one of the first rules would be something about not doing anything that riles up the general public enough to make them want to hunt you down like a dog. Things like punching women in the face, or stealing the video game consoles children at the Carolinas Medical Center use while recovering from cancer.

The man pictured above is being sought be authorities in Charlotte, North Carolina, for breaking into an office on the Carolinas Medical Center Campus Saturday morning and making off with five video game systems, including an Xbox. The crime was caught by multiple security cameras located throughout the facility.

Police are hopeful someone will come forward and identify the man, playing on the community's righteous rage to garner support.

Update: After seeing the story on Kotaku, EA has contacted the Carolinas Medical Center and will be replacing the consoles and supplying them with new games. From an EA spokesperson:

"This story really struck us at EA. We can't believe someone would do this right before Christmas and victimize kids recovering from cancer no less. We've made contact with the hospital and EA's going to step up to replace the Carolinas Medical Center's consoles before Christmas and hook them up with new games as well. Hopefully this will brighten up the kids' holidays. Thanks for bringing this story to the attention of the industry."

Update 2: The Halo Waypoint team at Microsoft dropped us a line to let us know that they also had a care package on the way.