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In a roundabout way, one New Zealand girl got her stolen Xbox back. Wellington-based newspaper The Dominion Post tells the tale of 11-year-old Rena Sciascia, whose dad was too hobbled by a broken leg to chase a burglar who bolted from the Sciascia’s home earlier this week with Rena’s iPod and Xbox in hand.

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11-Year-Old Girl Chases Xbox Robber With Crutch [Crime]

Game-blame news from Romania: a 15-year-old boy said to be “dependent” on video games stabbed to death his adoptive mother, after she refused to pay the Internet bill in hopes the disconnection would put an end to his Counter-Strike addiction.

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Unpaid Internet Bill Leads to Game-Blamed Stabbing [Counter Strike]

Police and relatives say an argument over Tony Hawk: Ride precipitated a shocking murder in New York ; Anthony Maldonado, 9, (pictured) who got a PS3 for Christmas, was stabbed in the chest by an enraged 25-year-old early New Year’s Day. The specifics of what sent Alejandro Morales, 25, into a murderous rage are unclear.

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Argument Over Game Blamed as Nine-Year-Old Stabbed to Death [Murder]

The ancient Chinese curse reads, “May you live in interesting times.” So when a GameStopper says “It was an interesting day here,” you know he’s not talking about big sales. Four cops in a Detroit suburb overpowered a 43-year-old man who tried to return an Xbox without a receipt and, once rebuffed, got so PO’d he threatened to kill someone. These days, “I’m gonna kill someone,” are the magic words for a bigtime police response

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Detroit Shopper Gets Cray-Cray When He Can’t Return a Console [Doctor Detroit]

While it’s unbelievably tempting to litter this piece with allusions to the various Mario and Luigi properties, we’re instead going to bite our tongues and tell the story of some less-than-gentlemanly gents who beat and robbed a NYC cabbie at 4AM on November 1. According to police reports, the cabbie stopped his car at a gas station when one of the four patrons attempted to steal money out of his pocket. He asked the men to pay their fare and get out, which resulted in the attack.

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Men dressed as Mario and Luigi rob a cab driver

With New Super Mario Bros. Wii hitting this weekend, you’d think the bros would be on their best behavior.

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Oh No! Mario & Luigi Wanted For Assaulting NY Cabbie [What]

A-member them law enforcement perfesshunals down in Florida who killed time on a raid by bowling up big scores on a drug kingpin’s Wii? Well, 11 of them got sanctioned for their conduct, but not too hard, now

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Wii-Bowling Drug Cops Get Off Lite [Ruh Roh]

Modern Warfare 2 is already making an appearance at torrent sites all over the internet, but it could have been worse. Dean Takahashi reports on how IPCybercrime stopped one pirate from making his big score

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To Catch A Modern Warfare 2 Cyber-Thief [Piracy]

Houstonian Ofelio Antonio Otero, 40, allegedly shot and killed his 17-year-old son yesterday morning after arguing with him about a missing video game. Otero had been drinking heavily when he started arguing with his wife about said video game.

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Dad Kills Son Over Missing Video Game [Violence]