Some of you may have seen this on the 'Stiq, but it involves the 360 version of Madden, so we figure it deserves a mention here. Young Kolton Mahoney -- the strapping lad pictured at right -- opened his brand new, sealed copy of Madden 07 on Christmas morning, popped the officially labeled DVD into his 360, and was His first thought: "This is definitely not Madden." Having reached this conclusion, Kolton informed his parents, who in turn contacted the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. This group hopes to work with police to track down the culprit. This won't be easy, according to one investigator. Considering the game was sealed, we'd say the act was committed at the manufacturing level. With any luck, the task force will track down the culprit and prevent this from happening again.
We have to agree with one of our fellow bloggers, though. When questioned on the subject, he had only one thing to say: "At least it's not, you know, Madden porn." Indeed.
[Via Joystiq]
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1-02-2007 @ 5:39PM
Mark C. said...
I bet its a hoax. The kid probably got busted by his parents and he is blaming Madden. Either that or the parents are just trying to get money out of EA because the game is so popular and is making EA millions. The parents figure they deserve a cut of the profits for doing nothing. Go figure.
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1-02-2007 @ 5:54PM
Clayj said...
"Considering the game was sealed, we'd say the act was committed at the manufacturing level."
Proof of this? Did they take a picture of the package at the store, unseal it (all the while documenting this process), and discover porn? Answer: No.
As far as the DVD being officially labeled, I think someone from EA is going to want to inspect this DVD to see if it's really one of theirs, or just a convincing copy relabeled to look like a Madden 07 DVD.
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1-02-2007 @ 5:56PM
CaptainFortyTwo said...
Oh, that poor poor kid.
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1-02-2007 @ 5:57PM
Sirk said...
How much did EA charge him for the extra content?
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1-02-2007 @ 6:01PM
Saccia said...
There is a huge difference between a pressed DVD and a burned DVD. It would be interesting if they found that it was actually pressed at the factory as opposed to an actual burned DVD that was just dropped onto the factory line to get labeled.
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1-02-2007 @ 6:07PM
cameron said...
i for one would prefer porn to that american football rubish ;~)
Theres only one sport deserving of the name footbal and its played by us english (not very well i may add) :)
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1-02-2007 @ 6:13PM
Jeff said...
this was probably a Sony fanboy that set this up!
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1-02-2007 @ 6:20PM
Jonah Falcon said...
He just found a copy of Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 inside.
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1-02-2007 @ 6:36PM
boney said...
there is no way the culprit will be found, i work in a games store and we could shrink wrap games making them new looking. It was probally some perv that works in their local games store.
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1-02-2007 @ 7:36PM
yke said...
Probably his dad who put "vixens from the 70s" in stead of madden back in the cover..
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1-02-2007 @ 7:57PM
TSD said...
Ok why has someone has not asked. "Why did he even tells his parents. I know I had gotten porn instead of Madden when I was his age. I would never have said anything. Well porn was harder to get back in the 80's but damn. If it was that piece of crap Madden (I'd take the knee asswipe) then the porn is a much better gift. Thanks Dad!!!!
TSD
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1-02-2007 @ 8:10PM
drunkenshaolin said...
Whats wrong with that......sounds like he got a result!!!porn is good MMMmmmKay
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1-02-2007 @ 8:30PM
Jonah Falcon said...
How do you know it wasn't Madden men-on-men porn, complete with wide receivers and tight ends?
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1-02-2007 @ 8:54PM
Terry2Dix said...
I bet he knocked one out before he told his parents.
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1-02-2007 @ 9:14PM
LMAO said...
Wow, Hot Coffee in Madden?
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1-03-2007 @ 2:24AM
Brian James said...
Is it known rather or not the DVD was factory pressed or if it was a different disc?
Can you imagine EA distributing, literally, THOUSANDS of pornographic movies to children all around the country? EA would get raped with law suit, after lawsuit, after lawsuit.
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1-03-2007 @ 3:57AM
hppymnky said...
@1 - From the article:
"The Mahoneys aren't looking for a financial settlement, and only want a new Madden NFL 07 video game and a guarantee that no more games containing porn are sold. "We don't want anyone else exposed to it," Linda Mahoney said."
Is porn some kinda new super-virus? Seriously, I was 14 once and if somebody gave me porn for Christmas I'd at least say thank you. I just wish they stated what kind of porn it was. It's a Madden game so the target audience has probably seen plenty of porn before, now if it was a game like "Cars" or another game targeted at a very young audience I'd have another opinion on the matter.
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1-03-2007 @ 9:49AM
Boff said...
I bet the kid did keep quiet about it, till EA wanted 1600msp for the money shot.
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1-03-2007 @ 9:55AM
cdiddy67 said...
Oh, thats where I left it, sorry y'all, I've been looking fer that
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1-03-2007 @ 10:56AM
karask said...
Proof this is a family of idiots.
1) The kid complained about porn in the first place
2) The parents gave up the only evidence they had
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