According to a report about Gutanamo detainees over at New York Times, your next eBay bidding war for that used copy of Sonic and Knuckles might be with Al Qaeda:
One detainee is said to have been schooled in making detonators out of Sega game cartridges. A Yemeni who has received little public attention was originally selected by Mr. bin Laden as a potential Sept. 11 hijacker, intelligence officials say.
Sometimes, I despair that the nightmare will never end. The horror and unspeakable tragedy of terrorist attacks on American soil is bad enough, but to do it by blowing up perfectly good copies of Phantasy Star II? The work of true moral monsters. If there was doubt in your mind before, cast it aside: these people are inhuman fiends.
Next President Will Face Test on Detainees [New York Times via Gearfuse]se]
If docs come out about terrorists using ‘lock-on technology’, we’ll know what’s up.
Sega doesn’t need any help making bombs. *ba dum bum*
ok… so does that mean that my Sega Cartridges will sell well on e-bay?
OOooh, we can do our patriotic duty and start hoarding cartridges! But then will we have to register them and report any thefts to homeland security?
This reminded me of that other story you ran a while ago:
http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/08/29/its-like-a-casio-but.html
So, you can be sent to Gitmo for an indefinate period of time for wearing a retro casio wristwatch, and it seems you’re also under suspicion now if you have Sega game cartridges around the house.
Never expected being a retro geek would be the hobby of ‘mavericks’.
Always knew I was living on the edge.
Believe me, it’s bad elsewhere, too.
A sega cart in a detonator? You can do that? Is this actually valid intelligence or just something said by a sleep deprived, humiliated prisoner that just wanted the waterboarding to stop?
Older brothers have been making younger siblings say ‘uncle’ for ages just by twisting an arm, imagine what you can get someone to say using other methods.
If someone tries confiscating my copy of Sonic II, they had better come prepared to fight.
This only works if you have the Game Genie. All other attempts ends with woeful MIDI music and a GAME OVER screen.
Perhaps they took the opening to Zero Wing too seriously.
News like this explain why no one is reading newspapers anymore and that Gutanamo detainees are gettin really good drugs!
I’m curious if after this there will be someone in the military chain that will start to rethink the Guantanamo policies (but problably they are considering it a GREAT achievement against TERROR AXIS OF EVIL…
As a nintendo fanboy this pleases me
greatly