Dec 17 2008Smart: Stolen XBox Located Using Controller
A Missouri State student returned to his dorm room only to find his XBox 360 had been stolen. But one of the controllers had been left, and was still picking up a signal. So, using the peripheral, the gamer was able hone in on the stolen console.
Ketsenburg, who lives in Hutchens House, said that after his Xbox was stolen, he turned on his wireless Xbox controller and found that it was still connecting to his Xbox. Based on this discovery, Ketsenburg said he realized that his Xbox must be nearby, he said.
The controller connected to the Xbox on the fourth, fifth and sixth floors of Hutchens but not on the third floor and seventh floor, so through process of elimination, Ketsenburg said he figured out that the stolen Xbox must be on the fifth floor.Following the controller's signal, Ketsenburg said he was able to pinpoint the room where his Xbox was stolen.
The 5th floor resident assistant checked the alleged room where the stolen Xbox was and was able to find the Xbox, Ketsenburg said.
Oh man, that's great. The thief is being expelled and Ketsenburg, despite a reformatted hard-drive, is happy to have the XBox back. I swear, if there's one thing I can't stand, it's a thief. Which might sound hypocritical seeing how I just stole your heart. Admit it, you love me!
Wireless Controller Helps Recover Stolen 360 [kotaku]
Thanks to Saint Kevin, who once saw a man steal a woman's purse so he tripped the guy and kicked him in the throat until police arrived.
Reader Comments
1. Amador - December 17, 2008 10:53 AM
First
2. Thumperchica - December 17, 2008 10:55 AM
GW - Give that back! I was using that to barter with Satan... Damnit.
3. Daisy - December 17, 2008 10:56 AM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like the scene in the movie Never Back Down where theives stole Max's Del Tacos and were eating it nearby. Being able to detect the faint odor of the delectible morsels and also some bacon flavored ice cream he hid in a cardboard box and snuck up on the robbers. He then threw a bunch of gloves with the index finger tip and the thumb cut off which got the robbers attention and startted them arguing about the merits of the gloves and Max stole his del tacos back, but sadly the ice cream was all melted.
4. McGloin - December 17, 2008 11:03 AM
Surprise everyone -- I'm an anonymous f***ing racist on a comment board! Maybe next time I'll man up and post my name and address so we can argue in person!
5. blackasever - December 17, 2008 11:12 AM
@4. Still smarting at that huh? well you got 4 years to go so suck it up and stop being such a bigot.
p.s: I bet your daughter is banging loads of black guys. HAHAHAHAH!!!!!!
6. McGloin - December 17, 2008 11:17 AM
Iz sorry youz guyz. I don't really mean to be a dumb ass. I know Obama won fair and square. I'm just sad that I no longer have a chance to wax one out to the image of Cindy McCain on the CBS evening news any more. Mmmm....spider veins on the face are soooooooooooooooo hoooooooooooooot!
7. Gizmoduck - December 17, 2008 11:22 AM
No one will ever touch my Nintendo 64.
I poop on it
8. Nicolás - December 17, 2008 11:24 AM
Ok, you did it.
Did you ever thought that being afraid of robots is like being afraid of woman?
I mean, they are really powerful but kind of....
Also, God (the people as entity) would never let machines to control our brains.
Regards from Buenos Aires!
9. LSDiesel - December 17, 2008 11:29 AM
Can you just imagine this kid walking up and down the halls of his dorm with his xbox controller out in front of him muttering "I must find the source" to himself.
10. QUASIMODEM - December 17, 2008 11:32 AM
WE DON'T LIKE IT WHEN THE CITY PEOPLE ACT CROOKED WHEN THE CITY PEOPLE CROOKED THEN WE CAN'T GET DOWN
11. Minerva - December 17, 2008 11:37 AM
You bastard, I do love you!
12. Penny - December 17, 2008 11:43 AM
Nice.
13. Jeezy - December 17, 2008 11:47 AM
Hahahhaha. F***in' stupid kid. I hope the victim kicked the shit out of that f***in' thief before he got expelled.
14. George "Dubya" Bush - December 17, 2008 11:50 AM
This reminds me of the time I was having a press conference in a dorm room. As I was talking, this annoying XBOX 360 kept turning off and on. You could hear it come on because the disc drive is so loud. Anyway, moments later some nerdy kid holding a controller comes busting thru the door yelling " I found it, you thieves". Next thing you know, he's taking his shoes off and throwing them at me! I managed to dodge both shoes and a controller before secret service was able to subdue the attacker!
15. Mr. Man - December 17, 2008 11:57 AM
@10
you are so evilistic
16. Moose Knuckle - December 17, 2008 11:57 AM
Burglary fail
17. Anon - December 17, 2008 12:24 PM
#14,
that was actually funny.
18. Drago Lordist - December 17, 2008 12:25 PM
LMAO if I knew you would have posted this here I'd have sent you the link when it showed up in the paper and gotten one of those sweet credits you write. glad to see another MSU student most frequent your blog :P
19. Wetback Baby - December 17, 2008 3:19 PM
i giv dat guy mad props
20. Nate - December 17, 2008 3:20 PM
I admit it Geekologist. I love you.
21. QUASIMODEM - December 17, 2008 3:23 PM
YOU THE MAN MR MAN
22. Kevin - December 17, 2008 3:39 PM
you know i told u that story about the grandma throat kicking in confidence, lol, and in all fairness it was only a few kicks, then i just pinned him to the concrete with the old ladys walker.
23. Megan - December 17, 2008 4:27 PM
My friend Spencer did this like a year ago... he walked around campus until his controller connected and then when he figured out which dorm it was in, he walked up to the door and basically said "I know you have it, so give my shit back." And the person did, because they really couldn't argue about it and say they didn't have it
24. Mandi - December 17, 2008 5:30 PM
I KNOW HIM LOLOLOL
25. a-hole - December 17, 2008 7:28 PM
I piss myself off
26. asdadas - December 17, 2008 7:51 PM
The heart thief joke was funny <3
27. Somebody - December 17, 2008 9:22 PM
"That's fantastic. In a related note, I was able to find water under ground using my PS3 controller, pew pew pew."
UPDATE: The desert sucks ass...dying of thirst...cough.
28. What - December 27, 2008 7:00 AM
What if the kid really didn't steal it and it was really his xbox? The controller can connect to any xbox you know.