Online Game Bug Leads to Death Threats and an Arrest

Sometimes video games have glitches. They might make you upset. They allegedly caused one player in Japan to make scary threats. According to Yahoo! News Japan, a 40-year-old man in Okayama, Japan, is in police custody after allegedly sending threats to Tecmo Koei via the company’s online contact form. Threats apparently included such n98 remarks as “Do me to end your life?” and “Should I attack your underling employees?” The suspect also reportedly made threats toward the president of Tecmo Koei. The authorities say that the suspect had been playing an Tecmo Koei net game and allegedly became enraged when a glitch made it impossible for him to continue play. Yahoo! News Japan did not specify which game, but the site reports that the suspect has apparently confessed.cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"e3616d04-4972-4839-a63a-c6975e2e9731","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.kotaku.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"1735383016","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"kotaku-east","SECTION":"","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"kotaku-east","TAGS":"","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); Top photo: Zhukov Oleg | Shutterstock pp slot To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter@Brian_Ashcraft Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you super slot the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Tune in every morning from 4am to 8am.