SWAT Arrives When Game Guns Stir Neighbors

Immersion is a cherished feeling in video games, but the usual realistic graphics and sound, intense plots and motion controls are nothing compared to a SWAT team storming your neighborhood and ordering your surrender mid-deathmatch. That’s what happened when two guys in Valby near Copenhagen, Denmark, played their Playstation too loud and alarmed the residents in their apartment building. The unnamed game, on an unnamed console generation, caused the neighbors to report gunfire to police, who swarmed the building and used a megaphone to call out the perps. As expected, the whole ordeal was cleared up — after a short handcuffing and a bit of explanation. Tonight, I play Gears of War 2 at full blast. [The Register via CrunchGear]