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The man who owes Nintendo $14m: Gary Bowser and gaming’s most infamous piracy case(www.theguardian.com)

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Infynis@midwest.social
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Bowser says the people he worked with weren’t very social and he helped testers" troubleshoot devices.

"And suddenly I wake up and see three people surrounding my bed with rifles aimed at my head …

Wow, that escalated quickly

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I was shocked too. You really think some nerd who updates websites needs a SWAT team to take him down?! American police are crazy don’t listen to me, they’re not American!

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Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.world
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Those were police in the Dominican Republic. He’s a Canadian national but was living there.

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Yep, quite right! I got it mixed up with Puerto Rico in my head which is why I called them American

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