Clever Geek Of The Week Gets Rewarded For Stupidity

Man Who Bought $735 Xbox One Photo Gets Free Xbox One - The Escapist

For those who take an interest in the exploits of the most clever of clever geeks I have a follow up to the latest award winner.

Mr Peter Clatworth, 19, who made headlines after falling for one of the oldest tricks in the eBay scam book after buying a photo of an Xbox One for an exorbitant sum, even admitting that he did in fact read the words 'this is a photo' before pressing buy it now thinking that he may still get an actual console.

After a failed attempt to garner sympathy by claiming the console for his 4 year old son (seriously, a 4 year old son?) he should have considered himself fortunate that he was able to get his money back and subsequently learned an important life lesson.

Nope, this moron has now received a free Xbox One courtesy of CeX, a games retailer in the UK.  Now I am not normally one to swear in my articles but WHAT THE FUCK are they thinking. This company is rewarding someone who is lucky to have the $735 he was originally duped out of in his pocket. This imbecile is more than capable of walking into a store and purchasing one of these units for himself and he is now being rewarded for being a fucking idiot.

If I lived in the UK I would avoid CeX like the plague knowing that they are willing to stoop this low to get some publicity, or maybe fabricate a sob story about how the PS4 I was going to take with me when I visit the local orphanage got destroyed in a freak accident involving a cat, a balloon and a heck of a lot of static electricity.

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Breaking News - Australian Blogger Buys Uncut Saint Row 4

I can already hear the cries of outrage and the stirring of the angry mob over that fact that I have just purchased and am downloading the international version of Saints Row 4 from the US Playstation Store.

I am risking all that I am to see just what effect this game will have on me.  I am risking becoming a junkie because fictional alien narcotics give cartoonish characters super powers.  I am risking becoming a menace to society as I have the option to use an equally cartoonish alien weapon that can perform a virtual anal probe on a collection of polygons representing virtual people within a matrix style simulation of a fictional city!

Rest assured reader, I will carefully document what horrific changes occur within my very soul so you can feel safe and reassured when the special Australian release version of the game reaches our shores.  You will know just how much the Australian Classification Board is protecting you and your sensitive, fragile adult mind from the horrors of over the top, completely unbelievable video games.

Yes dear reader, I make this ultimate sacrifice for you...

It has nothing to do with allowing me to play a game that is getting excellent reviews, as the developer's wanted us to experience it, almost a month prior to the censored Australian release and costing almost half the price of what it will be once it reaches our shores.  Honestly, I don't know how you could even suspect that?

Once I get the opportunity to sit down for a solid play session I will certainly pass on my first impressions, always assuming I'm not trying to score alien narcotics in some dark alley while lying in wait to stick objects up the anal cavities of passers-by.

Wish me luck guys.

Oh and watch this trailer.  It is hilarious and Australia gets, well, a special mention.