Kotaku: “Dual-Wielding Star Wars Nut Arrested for Lightsaber Assault”, December 19th, 2011
Again, a shining example of article desperation in a period of slow news.
Take out or replace the coincidental nerd/geek reference — in this case, the Lightsaber — and would this have any business whatsoever being posted on a gaming blog?
No, it wouldn’t. And really, even as it is, it still doesn’t belong. Was the person in question assaulting Toys R Us shoppers to steal their new videogame purchases? Was he mad that the people he attacked bought a title he didn’t like? Who knows; that’s not stated. But let’s infer that for the sake of justifying covering this!
Star Wars doesn’t automatically equal ‘gamer culture’. There are plenty of Star Wars-related/involved happenings in the world that never see the front page of Kotaku. And this is one of them.
Also, this was posted on Oregon Live’s site last Thursday, December 15th. Not only is it not news, it’s super old not-news.
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