 Thank you for calling the PlayStation tipline! |
12-year old PlayStation fan Ammon Bricker got more than he bargained for after calling a Sony tipline to help him get past a particularly challenging part of Ratchet and Clank. Turns out Sony had abandoned the tipline two years ago (probably when they realized, as little Ammon should have, that a Google search is quicker and cheaper) and the number was now in the hands of a tawdry phone sex service. Ammon's mother, Margo Myers, did what any responsible parent would do and immediately called Sony to give them hell. After all, it's no longer Sony's number so they must be responsible for whoever has it now, right? According to Ms. Myers the whole event "has been stressful on both her and her son." Oh, please. The kid's only stressed out because he's been on the news and now all his friends know he needs to call 900 numbers because he can't get past the third Invinco-Lock at the Gemlik base. Everyone knows the code is Right 6, Right 4, Right 3. And what kind of mother let's a twelve year-old play a T-rated game anyway? I bet she'd even let her 16 year old son play an M-rated game! Can you imagine the scandal? What is this country coming to!? Don't anyone tell the ESRB about this or they're liable to re-rate Ratchet and Clank as an Adults Only title. As it is, every game in the series sports a sexual innuendo as a subtitle. That deserves an M-rating at least, no? The sad part is, I'm only half kidding. [ KNDU News via Game|Life]
