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We twa hae run about the braes, And pu'd the gowans fine. - Robert Burns
Microsoft offers reward for Xbox runaway
SOFTWARE GIANT MICROSOFT has doubled a cash reward for information on the whereabouts of a Canadian boy who ran away from home after his father took away his Xbox.
Brandon Crisp, 15, legged it from his Barrie, Ontario home in October and has not been seen since. His dad said Brandon left after he had removed Brandon's Xbox.
He was worried that his son's behaviour had been changing since he started playing Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare online.
Apparently he had been skipping school, stealing money and ignoring his studies, his father said.
The local rag, the family's ISP and Child Find offered a $19,500 reward for information leading to his return.
When kind-hearted Vole heard about it, it topped up the fund with another $25,000. A spokesVole said in an email to AFP the the software outfit was " hoping for his swift return."
The company said it was deeply worried about the disappearance of Brandon Crisp after the kid's bike was found last week with a flat tire.
Coppers investigating the case are examining who Brandon played with online. Microsoft has been turning over data which police think might help them locate him.
In an interview with the Daily Globe and Mail, the boy's father, Steve Crisp, said he had not known how important the gaming system was to his son and how he would react when it was taken away. ยต
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That kid sure has some mental problems ... and may I ask ... who bought the kid's game ? ... also the kid's father made a mistake in removing the console ... just buy him another game ... less violent.
The kid is on drugs, obviously. It's not the stupid Xbox. Just check out Queen and Bloor in Toronto. The little shits probably peddling his ass for a fix right now.
And no not a second life: this Kid needs to get a real life. Maybe a week or two out in the open fending for himself without his elf lord and magix sword will put a bit of reality into his soul. God forbid he should ever get an xbox360. Introduce him to porn and girls(or boys) make friends, do pottery and lumberjacking. MSOFT are sickening, like drug dealer funded rehab, to keep Good customers alive re Winehouse.
What's wrong with people... I use to sneak into my own house on a nice day to play Mario 3 and would get the belt if I got caught. 

Belt your son a couple times and see if he does it again

Not bad you are a week late in posting this
Seems the town of barrie might have a serial killer as a woman disappeared last year and was found in pieces all over the area. Hope that's not the case with this kid, however its not the fault of cod4 if some kid leaves his house in a tantrum to take a bike ride and get kidnapped.

Video games are great fun people seem to forget what mischief kids would get into before video games, get together at the local park to smoke cigarettes, start fires in neighbors sheds, play kissing tag,full sex, beat each other up.... sounds like a version of GTA lol but we all remember with embarrassment some misadventures we had growing up, what i see is kids missing out on having the chance to do unsupervised mischief when they're busy playing these games.

So yes parents if you rather your kids be out of the house unsupervised left to their own devices, creating excitement for themselves the only way young teens can, than playing video games, don't complain when the cops bring your kid home because he and his friends were up to no good. 

Kids who grow up playing video games have a much greater chance of avoiding going down the wrong path than kids left to their own devices, before these video games we would say the same thing about kids who would play sports, they have a much greater chance of avoiding going down the wrong path, well these games are the same, a modern update if you will. 

Bl**dy xenophobics.....

i do hope they find him, poor kid.