Posted Dec 08, 2006 at 07:24PM by Kristine C. Listed in: PSP Tags: GameStop, DevHook, Texas
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Oh noes! Pr0n!It's a mother's worst nightmare and every pubescent boy's dream: the gift of free pornography. Well, it wasn't actually free per se, but it definitely WAS a mother's nightmare since it turns out that the memory card that she herself bought for her son's PSP was loaded, not with eboots or homebrews or the latest version of DevHook, but pornographic videos and images. And the source? A GameStop store in Fort Worth, Texas.

Apparently, the said mother bought a refurbished memory card for her son's PSP, only to discover later on, when her kid and a friend turned on the PSP, that it wasn't only refurbished, but most possibly heavily used. A GameStop spokesman was told about the incident and has been noted to remark that he has never heard of a similar incident happening before because of the company's policy to erase data on refurbished cards before reselling them. An investigation is currently ongoing.

There have already been numerous warnings that such gadgets as the PSP can be a potential hiding place for your 12-year-old's porn collection, but then again, other items such as cellphones, flash disks, or almost anything with a USB cable and some memory can be used for the same purpose.

Tsk tsk. Could it be that the attendant who sold the memory card mistakenly sold the card that is for his, um, personal use?


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   by badam - 2006-12-08
 » someone

Someones is going to get fired


   Re: DCJoeDog - 2006-12-08
 » YOU FOUND IT!!

So that's where my mem stick got off to. LOL

   Re: Mike (Unregistered) - 2006-12-08
 » Heh

Yeah, speaking of "getting off"

Seriously though...I want my memory stick back.

   Re: pix (Unregistered) - 2006-12-08
 » pix?

Pix?

   Re: Guest (Unregistered) - 2006-12-10
 » Why?

Why would someone get fired if anything they need to put up a warning saying that they dont moniter the contents of the memory cards, stikcs, ect
   by catfishd (Unregistered) - 2006-12-08
 » haha

OWNED.


   Re: a (Unregistered) - 2006-12-09
 » a

f u c k yeah
   by Tattoo (Unregistered) - 2006-12-08
 » lol.

Nice.

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   by LordDragon - 2006-12-08
 » Bull *****

I work at A Gamestop in S.A. Tx. and when we take a trade in on a memory card of any kind it goes to the factory to be refurbished BEFORE we sell it.Either the kid got caught and diddn't want to own up or the mom is trying to get some money.


   Re: GOSTone (Unregistered) - 2006-12-08
 » mem stik

ive bought mem sticks with all kind of crap still on them, gamestop's trying to cover up.

   Re: well (Unregistered) - 2006-12-08
 » U nevr know

that shop keeper could have giving the 1 which he uses by mistake(most unlikely) but maybe they forgot to delete the stuff on exactly this memory card

   Re: Gohla (Unregistered) - 2006-12-09
 » Oh noes

Even humans can make mistakes :P
   by I work at gamestop (Unregistered) - 2006-12-08
 » hahahahaha

lol i work at gamestop you guys wouldnt even know how many sticks i erased that had massive ammounts of porn on them but somehow there is barely any homebrew ..


PWNT


   Re: wow (Unregistered) - 2006-12-08
 » lol

america eh... not enough ppl smart enough to use homebrew anyways... but porn, anyone know how to transfer

   Re: Sr_Moska - 2006-12-09
 » I'm going to gamestop

you're my hearo working at gamestop :P (I mean it)

I want my refurbished mem stick loaded with porn please! LOL
   by RaiderX - 2006-12-08
 » "to remark that he has never heard of a similar incident happening before because of the company's policy to erase data on refurbished cards before reselling them."

BULL!! THIS SAME STORY HAPPENED LAST YEAR! IT WAS AT AN EB THOUGH I THINK, CANT REMEMBER IF IT WAS AFTER THEY GOT BOUGHT OUT BY GAMESTOP, PROBABLY. SO THAT GUY IS TOTALLY BILLSH1TTING THIS SH1T AND SHOULD BE SHOT


   Re: *Ollie* (Unregistered) - 2006-12-08
 » correct

i remember reading another story just like this one right here on QJ a while ago, can't remember when though
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   by Benji (Unregistered) - 2006-12-08

Flash memory is the coolest thing ever. 8)

P.S.RA1DER, CAPS LOCK MAKE LOOK COOL.

   by PspFanatic (Unregistered) - 2006-12-08
 » Hmmm...

I would of thanked them and gave them a tip for not making me go through all the hassle. LOL

   by sfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfdsf (Unregistered) - 2006-12-08
 » 4

Getting off on that ***** lol

   by d00d (Unregistered) - 2006-12-08
 » ***** Happens

I gave my 6 year nephew a collection of SNES games once, it also had homebrew porn games/photo albums in it which i didn't realize. I was horrified when his mother told me what he had discovered.


   Re: ... (Unregistered) - 2006-12-09
 » ...

YOU DUMB BASTARD
   by its true (Unregistered) - 2006-12-08
 » EB / game stop dont care

i got my xbox and the hard drive was loaded with sh1tty rap and emo good thing i put some home brew on there because i was going go crazy


   Re: hahaha (Unregistered) - 2006-12-08
 » rofl

nice...
   by thiefraccoon (Unregistered) - 2006-12-08
 » the kid probably lied

I think he put all those in there himself
and just lied and blamed gamestop when his mom saw the porn!...at least that's what I will do. a pretty smart kid eh? gonna make something of himself later. maybe a pornstar

   by Johhnie blaze (Unregistered) - 2006-12-08
 » got one

my friend bought a used psp with some homemade porn pics on them.. we where laughing our behinds off at work. good job EB

   by Zmaz (Unregistered) - 2006-12-08
 » Paranoia!

Jeebus... People are so paranoid about porn, sex, etc. Has anybody actually done a conclusive study showing that porn is harmful? And, when will people realize that the bigger the deal they make about porn, and act all secretive about it, the more horny little teenagers (myself included) will want it!

Example: In Europe, they have an open attitude about sex, they have condom vending machines on the streets, and as a result: They have a lower teenage birth rate than the US, and a lower overall AIDS rate!


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   Re: BULL3TPR00F - 2006-12-08
 » exactly

its human nature to do exactly the opposite of what one tells you to do.

for example, your up on a very high point, someone says, "don't look down" everyone that heard the person say that, is going to look down nearly instantaneously .

Also, disclaimers, such as those at the beginning of stunt shows/movies. They merely make people want to go out and perform said stunts more than if there was no disclaimer (unless maybe if the person is a total retard).

If everyone was more open about it, there would be no sense of adrenaline. It would not be a big deal, and therefore people would easily get bored of it, which is basically the case in Europe (I don't know if its the entire continent but i know for sure Amsterdam is ENTIRELY open about EVERYTHING)

   Re: anonymous stranger (Unregistered) - 2006-12-08
 » yea

exactly, people like to challenge, whether is stupid or not, you prohibit beer, people smuggle, everyone knows the prohibition right?

   Re: a (Unregistered) - 2006-12-09
 » bcdefg

Yes its harmful and im living proof!
My brain is a mess of... All sorts of bad things... It kinda annoys me yet entertains me at the same time.
   by Strangler (Unregistered) - 2006-12-08
 » re

what kind of investigation is ongoing? how is this even news? what kind of newspaper or lawyer would even take this seriously?

   by Strangler (Unregistered) - 2006-12-08
 » re

why is it such crap is taken seriously and no one does anything about say something like this?

http://www.realmofinfamy.com/forum/off-topic-discussion/judge-blames-12-year-old-girl-sex-20-year-old-92.html

   by titty_sucker (Unregistered) - 2006-12-08
 » pron porn

free pron is that anything like free porn, :p

   by KH (Unregistered) - 2006-12-09
 » Ugh

Ok, the reverse psychology crap is just not right. Yeah, Europe WOULD have a lower birth rate from selling condoms. That's not from people not wanting to do it, that's from them BUYING THE CONDOMS. I wouldn't enjoy sex more, just because people told me I couldn't...


   Re: X (Unregistered) - 2006-12-09
 » Oh really?

Are you speaking from experience? I've found that sex is that much more excellent after attending an abstinence-only sex ed course, and knowing that if either of our parents found out, there would be hell to pay.

Of course neither of those are issues now, and sex is still excellent, but still. Ah the memories.
   by hey (Unregistered) - 2006-12-09
 » how?

maybe he got the porn on there when he got it? or may be he jailed the box on witch has pornongraphy but if he did his name must be billy the bong mong because e cnt gt a gf and thr was no *****er board to shove up your arse and decompile the res and then buy a mod chip for u psp (personal sex playwer)

PSP=pornable sex playstation

   by Drachenflieger (Unregistered) - 2006-12-09
 » hehe

Yeah, old news guys... why not write something new instead? :P

   by urmom (Unregistered) - 2006-12-09
 » fk you

how about taken care the 5 loser who rape a 13 yr old girl and everyone knows about it but the cops wont do *****? WHY? the ppl who run this country are old ppl still back in the first century when there was no crime.
btw I think is the parents fault for not making sure the memory stick was clean and not sticky. sue the parents

   by Bob Smith (Unregistered) - 2006-12-09
 » Bull Spit

people at gamestop never reformat the sticks before they sell em

my friend bought a 2 gb used from them and it had a whole bunch of vids and save games and pics and music on it....so gamestops are a bunch of lying SOB's

   by someone (Unregistered) - 2006-12-09
 » i say: why complain?

its sad to me that the only people on this island who are actually responsible are the ones we dont want for to be responsible. like mem stick refurbishers...
lol

   by daniel (Unregistered) - 2006-12-09
 » europe

i live in europe,in a small island called ireland
i dont get y every1 tinks europe is open about everything,sure we have condom vending machines all opver the place but ppl get the idea we dont watch porn,there isnt a 13 year old boy(including me) i know that doesnt watch porn
and we do it secretely like every1 in the usa
and sum people tinkeuropean women walk round beaches with their tops off well heres the facts from somebody who actually lives in europe,THEY DONT!
we are no different than americans except for the fact were not fat *****s and dats its easy as hell to get a condom
1 more point,people seem to think its impossible to get drugs in europe,well i could go up to dublin and get some hash VERY easily


   Re: Eugeniu (Unregistered) - 2006-12-09
 » ...

I WANNA MOVE TO EUROPE NOOOOOOOW!
   by 123456789 (Unregistered) - 2006-12-09
 » why?

its just porn. i have no idea why people are blowing this out of proportion. i would understand if there was some kind of terrorist plan to destroy something on the psp, but porn... what has the world come to? everybody does it.

   by Astaroth (Unregistered) - 2006-12-09
 » Hilarious

You would think that the stores would be smart enough to reformat the disks before selling them again. Either ask the customer to do it or have an employee do it on a nearby computer/PSP.

   by mmmmmm (Unregistered) - 2006-12-09
 » hi

I got a 2gig sandisc from gamestation [uk]. It had the telesync version of disney's Cars on it. Plus 3 albums and some pics of the previous owner.

   by lolboy (Unregistered) - 2006-12-09
 » krazy

OMG what a ***** mom. She should just reformat the f****** memory stick and drop it at that. LOL who even cares where the pron came from. The kid, gamestop, or anyone for that matter. Just get rid of it and deal with it. Its called GET A LIFE MOM. People sue for everything these days.


Southwest Airline was sued because they had a sticker on the side that said eeny, meeny, miny moe.

   by Granavatar_Ofme (Unregistered) - 2006-12-09
 » Quick Faq.

A)Why they bought a used MS?

Cheap A$$ people buy used 1 gig,you can take the content as an extra or the price of the bargain.

A)Why they bought a used MS from Gamestop?

I dunno why someone would buy used or buy at all on gamestop,the prices are high and the guys in the counter are gheys.Buy from wal-mart or Toy r Us also for used crap theres ebay.But avoid Best buy at all cost.

B)How the mom found the pr0n?.

I cant imagine but i bet it was one of those funny moments that needs to be capture on youtube.

C)Did the mom grab the memory stick with gloves?.

i think thats a good idea.



That poor PSP,it met the HORROR.

   by Rok - 2006-12-09
 » HAHA

This is very funny to me XD



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