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    Bad News Xbox 'Addict' Brandon Crisp Found Dead

    Xbox 'Addict' Brandon Crisp Found Dead
    Microsoft had contributed to a reward fund and turned over account data to aid in the search for the missing gamer.

    By Paul McDougall, InformationWeek
    Nov. 6, 2008
    URL: http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212000935


    A 15-year-old boy who stormed from his home last month after fighting with his parents over a video game has been found dead.
    Brandon Crisp, 15, had been missing for about three weeks from his house in Barrie, Ontario, a small Canadian city about 60 miles north of Toronto. Crisp bolted after a dispute with his parents over the amount of time he spent playing Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare on his Microsoft Xbox.
    Crisp's body was found Wednesday by deer hunters in a wooded area several miles from his home. Police said they do not suspect foul play, raising the possibility that the boy was a victim of the elements.
    Crisp was "addicted" to playing online video games, particularly Call Of Duty 4, over Microsoft's Xbox Live online gaming service, according to local media reports. The game allows players to assume the character of a contemporary combat soldier.
    The Center for Online Addiction estimates that between 5% and 10% of the population suffers from some form of Internet addiction. It defines the condition as "any online-related, compulsive behavior which interferes with normal living and causes severe stress on family, friends, loved ones, and one's work environment."
    Microsoft contributed $25,000 to a $50,000 reward fund for information on Crisp. Beyond the funds, Microsoft aided the search by turning over to police Crisp's Xbox Live account information. One theory that made the rounds was that Crisp had run off to join a "clan" of fellow gamers.
    In releasing the information, a Microsoft spokesman told InformationWeek that the company "expedited" its standard privacy procedures.
    The move came following the launch of an online petition, called "Project Red Tape," that asked the software maker to handover the youth's account data.
    Microsoft's spokesman said the company began cooperating with police as soon as it was asked to do so, and was not influenced by the petition.
    The petition appeared on a Web site, FindBrandonCrisp.com, that was established to help the search effort. It notes that Crisp was 5 feet 3 inches tall and 100 pounds with dirty blonde hair and green eyes. He was last seen alive on Oct. 13.
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    Default Re: Xbox 'Addict' Brandon Crisp Found Dead

    bahaha is this a piss take or is it real?

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    Default Re: Xbox 'Addict' Brandon Crisp Found Dead

    Quote Originally Posted by richiefaith1991 View Post
    bahaha is this a piss take or is it real?
    What a heartwarming second post.... Cant wait to see more from this one....
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    Default Re: Xbox 'Addict' Brandon Crisp Found Dead

    What kind of a piss take has no punchline?
    Rubbish joke, NEXT!

    Seriously though, it is pretty mad how long we spend behind computer screens....
    I`m an addict according to the definition above...

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