NYC GameStop swarmed...but not by customers

Posted May 24, 2009 at 3:42PM EST by Glenn M.

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When you hear that GameStop got swarmed, you'd think they broke the date on Final Fantasy XIII (PS3, Xbox 360), but then again, that game barely has a date. Anyway, unfortunately for the GameStop outlet in the Union Square Park area, it wasn't a swarm of customers looking to see if they've got inFamous, it was literally a swarm of bees that surely gave the Memorial Day Weekend quite a buzz.

Okay, so a swarm attack isn't very funny. In fact, the bee infestation forced the GameStop employees to halt operations, shut the store down, and call for help. The bee scare continued for a few hours until the NYPD's very own Bee Expert, Tony Planakis, arrived in the scene. "I'm probably gonna be relying on scent ... the queen bee's scent ... it could take a half hour, an hour ... two hours ... I don't know," Planakis told ABC.

Good thing that no one was reported to be seriously stung by the swarm. As for the GameStop outlet, [insert bee pun that you definitely saw coming].

Via ABC

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# THE PAIN!!! — auronvi 2009-05-24 18:16

He doesn't like the selling of used games too. Ruining business for developers and making game prices go up!

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# hahaha — rollypoly 2009-05-24 18:31

oh the puns...



yet more pre-order "free bees"...

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# lol — ov3rkill 2009-05-24 20:51

lol @ at teh article and comments

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# UK — apex05 2009-05-25 03:10

Ahhh so that's where the bee's have disappeared to from the UK, The game developers have gathered them up to scare off the used game buyers.

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# Wow. — Guest 2009-05-25 03:15

The NYPD has a "Bee Expert" on call?

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# lol — shadows_flames 2009-05-25 05:29

The Pain off of MGS3 (he's back..)

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# What? — SaintHobson 2009-05-25 07:15

Where is NYC was this, I don't recall ever seeing a Bee in Brooklyn

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# well, — xXxZEROxXx 2009-05-25 07:54

That's because, Bee's are allergic to poor people.

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# wow — 1337-Scruffy 2009-05-25 09:49

way to read the article tartmuffin, it says union square.

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# err — xXxZEROxXx 2009-05-26 13:49

I was replying to sainthobson

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# Obviously, — Day Twelve 2009-05-26 17:43

They need more Battletoads

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