[H]ardNews 2nd Edition

Gamer on Gamer Violence:

I guess this just goes to show you that even mentally unstable / homicidal freaks can play video games too. The sad fact is that anyone that would kill someone over a virtual sword had "issues" before he ever touched a video game. I have the feeling that losing a game of checkers would’ve set this guy off.

A Shanghai online game player stabbed to death a competitor who sold his cybersword, the China Daily said Wednesday, highlighting a dilemma in China where no law exists for the ownership of virtual weapons.

Hacking The Grade:

Can’t make the grade? Just hack into the school computer and fix it like this chick did. Is it just me or does it seem like these types of stories are becoming almost commonplace?

A UCSB student is being charged with four felonies after she allegedly stole the identity of two professors and used the information to change her own and several other students’ grades, police said.