Man steals 60 games in pants

A Myrtle Beach thief managed to nick dozens of PSP games from a Blockbuster; man simply stuck them in his pants.

Sometimes the simplest plans are the most effective. One gamer managed to steal 60 PlayStation Portable games from a Myrtle Beach Blockbuster yesterday, not by digging a tunnel or using some secret spy equipment--he simply stuck them in his pants, reports Myrtlebeachonline.com. According to a police report, his "pants were bulging out because he had so many games [in them]." An employee, who had observed the thief shoving PSP games in his pants, asked him to stop as he was leaving the store, but the perpetrator fled in a rental car. The value of the games is estimated at $1,800.

123 Comments

  • Toribor

    Posted Jun 24, 2006 9:16 pm PT

    Yes! That is awesome! I would shake his hand if I could. (No remorse for Blockbuster)

  • Toribor

    Posted Jun 24, 2006 9:15 pm PT

    Yes!

  • accurs3ds0ul

    Posted Jun 18, 2006 8:31 pm PT

    The thief was stupid. He could have gotten away had he not stolen so much...

    My plan would have been to put a few in my pants, rent a couple movies, and steal them over a time period of a couple weeks...

  • jedimas64

    Posted Jun 17, 2006 9:40 am PT

    i didnt even know blockbuster even HAD ANY PSP or DS games for rent or purchuse

  • Beelze

    Posted Jun 15, 2006 10:46 am PT

    sk1 is right. I worked as a CSR for Blockbuster while attending college in the early '90's. I witnessed some kid shove a couple of VHS(long time ago) tapes in his pants. My manager and I chased him from the store and he almost got nailed by a car while running across the street. After seeing this we stopped chasing. Later that month there was a huge regional meeting about what to do when a thief attempted to leave a store. Needless to say, chasing the thief was no longer an option and niether was restraining them. The worst part of the whole ordeal had to be the thief's selection of merchandise. They were some cheesy "R" rated skin-flicks. Poor kid.

  • SergeStorms

    Posted Jun 14, 2006 3:39 pm PT


    hsvclubsport_r8:
    ..off to ebay

    No kidding. With all the games on Ebay that get sold by people who sell A LOT of games on ebay, this is an extreme example of something pretty common.

  • videogamr49

    Posted Jun 12, 2006 9:48 pm PT

    Wow, 60 PSP games cost $1,800...still the article is just as cool lol.

  • sk1

    Posted Jun 12, 2006 2:29 pm PT

    Laugh all you want because Blockbuster FORBIDS its employees from physically restraining shoplifters in any way. I know a (former) mgr who was fired after he tripped a thief who was fleeing from his store. That's how they thanked him for saving them about a grand in merchandise. I guess ghsacidman only gets his news from gamespot because Blockbuster stopped its fees about a year ago and as to profits I think its been about a year since they 've seen those as well. They'll be gone in a year or so anyway (sooner if netflix wins its copyright lawsuit) so who cares anyway. I wonder if the ghs stands for god hates stupid acidman? Hmm. I personally am not a fan of Blockbuster but I don't think they deserve anything bad that happens to them. Think about all the stores they have, that's a lot of people out of work and that's not cool at all!

  • fenrir26

    Posted Jun 12, 2006 9:42 am PT

    Well now you know a use for PSP games......Filling in that "bulge"

  • owner211

    Posted Jun 12, 2006 9:31 am PT

    Hmm...

  • redrum10

    Posted Jun 12, 2006 8:37 am PT

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  • eiru

    Posted Jun 12, 2006 12:45 am PT

    LOl 60 games,,, that pant is one hell of a pant being able to fit 60 games

  • bigmick07

    Posted Jun 11, 2006 7:32 pm PT

    the only possible way to pull this off would be to only steal the umd discs.

    No human i have ever seen could fit 60 PSP size cases in their pants

    I agree with all those who think this guy is to be justifyed

  • fjp500

    Posted Jun 11, 2006 5:23 pm PT

    lmao thats funny was he poor or just trying to get away with sum free games anyways i solute him for getting away. did he empty it all out uz that would have gave the employee enough time to call the cops

  • hsvclubsport_r8

    Posted Jun 11, 2006 6:49 am PT

    ..off to ebay

  • Marco-T

    Posted Jun 10, 2006 6:20 pm PT

    My only question is how he ran away with 60 psp games in his pants!!! I mean I don't think I could out run the people at blockbuster period,so how did he escape with 60 games in his pants????

  • lageasy311

    Posted Jun 10, 2006 11:27 am PT

    wha'ts funny is how people honestly think this guy took 60 DIFFER games......did you guys ever think that maybe he stole more than one copy of a game?? That's just my own you know, thought process into this whole thing. And for the 4 year old nintendo losers there are alot more than just 4 games worthy of taking, go back to playing "lets count sand" or whatever "innovative" trashlore miyamoto puts out again.

  • gerrad2003

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 3:50 pm PT

    LMAO how the heel did they let the guy escape?

  • OmegaOrtega

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 3:49 pm PT

    Oh and 16 of them ARE NOT ports or have big brother console versions.

  • OmegaOrtega

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 3:45 pm PT

    Killagorilla27
    That's actually pretty funny...60 games huh? Being a PSP owner, I can comfortably assume that about 8 of those are actually worth playing...
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    http://www.gamespot.com/games.html?type=top_rated&platform=1024&mode=all&sort=score&dlx_type=all&date_filter=all

    Oh wow, look at that, 37 games rated 8.0 and above from Gamespot. Yep the PSP is going to sit on our shelves just like Carrie said

  • keldog

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 3:23 pm PT

    Google: "Keldog Halo Freak"

  • Imavnas

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 3:20 pm PT

    keldog:

    You know whats sad about what your saying? That no one knows who you are or wether what you say is true or not, just the same as you have no idea why the articles thief did what he did. According to you he deserves to rot in jail, etc. right? If you dont know why he did it then why would he deserve it? Blind Righteousness can be far worse than Grand Theft, especially considering the circumstances, so id be best if you stopped contradicting yourself and telling people their parents raised them wrong. True the thief couldve just been a scoundrel who deserved punishment for his crimes, but corruption stems far deeper than the eyes of the beholder can see, and hence, none of us, without proper evidence, are really in any position to comment on this theft. THIS is why the human race is the way it is today.

  • xaos

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 3:11 pm PT

    "Is that an entire video game retail outlet in your pants, or are you just happy to see me?"

  • dallasgamer080

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 3:09 pm PT

    haha about the no balls joke judge. wow i need to go to blockbuster

  • killercortez88

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 3:05 pm PT

    you know this shows how pathtic blockbuster is. The guy has 60 game cases in his pants( which probably didn't have any games in them because blockbuster keeps their games in a storage cabinet) so he would have a hard time walking because he has 60 GAMES IN HIS PANTS!! And they couldn't catch him.

  • what655321

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 3:03 pm PT

    Ok, well I work in retail as well. And about raises: They are part of a system. Most retail stores do a yearly review, and if you're review is high enough, you get a percentage raise in pay. That usually leaves you with around 20 or 30 more cents on to your hourly rate. All the stores part of a corporation have the same procedures. This guy stealing from Blockbuster probably doesn't effect their raises since it's just standard procedure and the managers of the store don't have much say in it anyway. But, like the poster who was defending the thief said, Blockbuster will barely see a hit in sales. Therefor, there was no reason to steal from a moral standpoint. Sometimes, stealing can be justified, but I highly doubt this is one of those times.

    Also, to the people who say "What a dumb***, why didn't he lock the doors? Why did he wait for him to leave?" It's because by law, there's absolutely nothing you can do before he tries to leave the store. He watched him put the games in his pants, and of course, the employee knew he was trying to steal. But that's why he waited till he was leaving the store before he acted on it, because that's the law. The employee isn't at fault here. He did what he could do. Plus, being payed minimum wage or slightly more, and being treated poorly by management every day, would you even care? I know I wouldn't.

  • LomgHair

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 3:02 pm PT

    Andydumi, you idiot, entrapment is creating a situation with the hope of forcing someone to commit a crime, not locking them in somewhere, that would be called 'locking them in somewhere'

  • Spider_man_1991

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 3:00 pm PT

    simplicity beats complications again.

  • mr__gameboy

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 2:53 pm PT

    hey thats right down the street from me. maybe it was me.

  • georgieporgie

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 2:43 pm PT

    I work in retail and just to let you all know that when you steal from a store the loss comes off the bottom line which is used to give raises to the employees. So when you steal your stealing from the person who is had working trying to feed his family or pay for his education and you are not sticking it to THE MAN but the hard working employee.

  • keldog

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 2:41 pm PT

    And by the way: Robin Hood was a fictional story and I doubt this kid was going to distribute the games to the poor childeren with $300 portable consoles in his local ghetto.

    Stealing from a corporation is still stealing. We aren't talking about copying the games, we are talking about taking something that doesn't belong to you. But I'm sure this low life would never steal from a person... but then again HOW WOULD "I" KNOW?

  • The1stFishBone

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 2:39 pm PT

    man i have about 100 games total it took years. he got 60 in one day

  • keldog

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 2:38 pm PT

    I can't believe any of you people are applauding a thief! This makes me sad for the future of the human race. I blame your parents for raising you with no morals or most likely letting the television raise you. Maybe Jack Thompson will figure out that GTA is not the problem. Lack of parents that bother with raising thier children is the problem.

  • GoddBless

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 2:35 pm PT

    "keldog
    ghsacidman: You have obviously never been a victim of some low life that is too lazy to work for what they want as the rest of society does and steals things that you hold dear. I guess you would still be with this idea of what it means to be a thief if someone broke into your house, stole 3 xboxes, 25+ games, a laptop, digital camera, and your DVD player... They don't steal to "stick it to the man". They steal because they are lazy low life bastards with a poor upbringing and sence of decency. All thieves should be raped in prison, repeatedly while it is being televised while thier families watch. Oh, then boiled in oil."

    Take it easy. The guy stole from Block Buster Video! He didn't steal from an actual person. It would be different even if he stole from some Mom & Pop store. Block Buster can recoup those losses easy because they are a big corporation so no one feels sorry for them. It's kind of like Robin Hood. He stole from the "rich" and gave to the "poor". He was loved because those rich folks could recoup their losses easily. If he stole from the poor then he would've been a bastard. There's a difference!

  • DJ_Lae

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 2:34 pm PT

    Were they the discs themselves, or PSP cases, or DVD-sized rental cases? Each one is progressively more impressive considering they're all crammed in his pants. Must not have been much else in there.

  • TimSpot GameSpot staff member

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 2:31 pm PT

    In other news, another store tried to give away 60 N-Gage games... there were no takers.

  • GoddBless

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 2:31 pm PT

    "RockysCatnipCo
    too much oblivion, lol"

    He must have a high encumbrance to hold 60 games. Lol.

    "Weeoo_86
    Lol how stupid is that?!?! when you rent a game from Blockbuster the games aren't in the cases on the shelves lol"

    I thought the same thing. All the BlockBusters I've been to keep empty cases on the shelves. When did they start keeping the actual item in the case on the shelf?

  • keldog

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 2:27 pm PT

    ghsacidman: You have obviously never been a victim of some low life that is too lazy to work for what they want as the rest of society does and steals things that you hold dear. I guess you would still be with this idea of what it means to be a thief if someone broke into your house, stole 3 xboxes, 25+ games, a laptop, digital camera, and your DVD player... They don't steal to "stick it to the man". They steal because they are lazy low life bastards with a poor upbringing and sence of decency. All thieves should be raped in prison, repeatedly while it is being televised while thier families watch. Oh, then boiled in oil.

  • jasonmacrillo

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 2:26 pm PT

    So sad..... I run a retail store... you would think the employees would have stopped him during the "stuffing" but there you go...

    someone has brutal losses for the month...

  • DLUX85

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 2:23 pm PT

    p2l5nm- no you wouldn't. no clerk wants to lose his life over a min. wage job. I would have asked the dude to get a few for me and ill look the other way.

  • Nitsua

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 2:23 pm PT

    Yeah, about sixty of them.. LOL

  • insane956dv

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 2:21 pm PT

    wow

  • msim

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 2:21 pm PT

    It was the two armed man!!!

  • athletesfoot

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 2:19 pm PT

    Wow. What can I say? The man's got game.

  • P2L5NM

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 2:14 pm PT

    "An employee, who had observed the thief shoving PSP games in his pants, asked him to stop as he was leaving the store"

    I would of punched him in the face.

  • Lord_Bafford

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 2:11 pm PT

    i have a feeling this is not the last time we'll hear from him

  • SystemShock2

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 2:10 pm PT

    that's amazing.

  • TVR_Fan

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 2:10 pm PT

    Talk about madness lol.

  • megaunit

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 2:06 pm PT

    Lol, it would have been funny if he would have gotten tackled.

  • enzima

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 2:04 pm PT

    MY MAN!!!!!!

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