The Sun Vs Disney: The Real Culprit

Just as I was wrapping up my previous entry, the news started to crowd in.

A Disney GBA game, Monsters Inc, contains the phrase "Fuck off and die". According to the Sun (Link, not one of the most trustworthy tabloids, on or offline) little Beki Stewart booted the game and got the foul message. Her dad who apparently spent a wad of dough on two GBA consoles and the games for his kids was suitably incensed at Disney, which resulted in the Sun thrashing Disney and THQ, the developer.

What they somehow conveniently forgot to mention was the fact that the cartridge Mr Stewart bought was a pirated one, and which had been modified by a certain warez group. As any self respecting gamer knows, warez groups like to label their cracks, hacks, serial numbers, and games. Sometimes it's just a simple shout out to their mates. Other times it's profanity (like in this case). Had they done their research like these folks (Link) they would have found that it's Mr Stewart to blame for not getting his kid an original GBA cart. So while Mr Stewart can claim that he splashed 200 quid on the game and consoles, something nags at me instead, telling me that there's a possibility he bought the cart at a garage sale for next to nothing and spent the rest of the dough at the local watering hole.

It's as simple as that. Now spread the word. As much as I don't like Disney these days, no one deserves THIS sort of defamation.